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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana House, District 41

Indiana House of Representatives. 2-year term.

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What this office does

Members of the Indiana House of Representatives write and vote on state laws as part of the Indiana General Assembly. The House has 100 members, each representing one district for a two-year term [1].

The job in full — the duties the Indiana Code puts in it, the term, what it pays and who sets that, and what to ask a candidate.

Term
2 years [1]
Term limit
None [1]
Seats
100 [1]
On the 2026 ballot
All 100 [2]
What the law puts in this job (2)
  • Introduces and votes on state legislation as one of the two chambers of the Indiana General Assembly [1].
  • Must be at least 21 years old when taking office and have lived in the district for at least a year [1].

About this race

  • House District 41 covers parts of Boone, Clinton, Montgomery and Tippecanoe counties in west central Indiana, according to the House Republican caucus [3].
  • Genda has held the seat since 2022; Wikipedia reports he won 73.1% of the vote in 2024 [10].
  • Both Genda and Hayes were the only candidates listed in their parties' May 5, 2026 primaries, according to Wikipedia [10].
  • No debates, candidate forums or local news coverage of this race were found.
  • Where they differ: Hayes's campaign calls for expanding Medicaid, closing private-school voucher funding, more regulation of data centers and reversing the state's abortion law; Genda voted for the 2025 property-tax law and budget, and no 2026 campaign platform from him was found [11, 4, 5].

Candidates on the ballot

Mark Genda

RepublicanIncumbent

Work
Licensed funeral director for 37 years; owns Genda Rentals in Frankfort [3]

Rep. Mark Genda, the Republican incumbent seeking a third term, is a Clinton County native and longtime funeral director [3].

Genda's background

  • Licensed funeral director for 37 years and former owner of Genda Funeral Homes in Flora, Frankfort, Rossville and Mulberry; owns Genda Rentals in Frankfort, according to the caucus [3].
  • Served two terms on the Community Schools of Frankfort Board of Trustees, including as president [3].
  • Graduated from Worsham College of Mortuary Science [3].
  • Lives in Frankfort [3].

Genda's positions

Property taxes

  • Voted for SEA 1 in 2025 and said the law "will help homeowners, small business owners, veterans and farmers" [4, 9].

Economy & jobs

  • Sponsored a 2025 bill to remove sales tax from feminine hygiene and adult incontinence products, saying, "I'm hoping we can ease some financial stress for Hoosiers" [7].

Elections & redistricting

  • Voted no on the December 2025 mid-decade congressional redistricting bill (HB 1032) [6].

Genda on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder.

How Genda got on the ballot

  • Was the only Republican listed in the May 5, 2026 primary, according to Wikipedia [10].

What we could not find about Genda

  • No campaign website or 2026 platform was found; BallotReady lists only his official House page and a Facebook page.
  • No endorsements or campaign finance totals were found.
  • No public statement explaining his no vote on HB 1032 was found.
  • Whether the hygiene-product sales tax exemption remained in the final 2025 budget, and whether the alkaline hydrolysis bill became law, were not confirmed.
  • No 2026 bills he authored that became law were found.
  • No statements by Genda about Hayes were found.

Genda's record in office

Indiana House record, District 41 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
16
0 became law
Co-authored
11
3 became law
Sponsored
3
1 became law
Co-sponsored
5
4 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Natural Resources (Vice Chair)
  • Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development
  • Employment, Labor and Pensions
  • Commerce and Economic Development, Interim Study Committee on (House Majority Member)

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 430, No 57, Excused 4
  • 2024: Yes 270, No 27, Excused 12, Not voting 1
  • 2025: Yes 385, No 95, Excused 24, Not voting 6
  • 2026: Yes 263, No 100, Not voting 14
How Genda voted on 37 selected bills
The 35 bills Genda carried

  • HB 1415: Contest based raffles.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Creates contest based raffles for charity gaming.

  • HB 1416: Sales tax exemption for certain hygiene products.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides sales tax exemptions for feminine hygiene products and adult diapers.

  • HB 1538: Use of certain fees to install school bus cameras.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a court to assess a safe schools fee (fee) of at least $200 and not more than $1,000 when a person operates a vehicle and recklessly passes a school bus stopped on a roadway or a private road when the arm signal device is in the device's extended position (violation).

  • HB 1129: Health facility staff ratios.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that each health facility and residential care facility shall post on the facility's public website the minimum ratio of direct patient care staff to residents in the facility.

  • HB 1345: Waiver of requirements for new businesses.

    2023 · Co-authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Establishes a "regulatory sandbox" program (program).

  • SB 373: Assistance for funeral and cemetery expenses.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Raises the dollar amounts considered when determining Medicaid payments for funeral director expenses and cemetery expenses.

  • SB 4: Public health commission.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Defines "core public health services" for purposes of public health laws.

  • HB 1217: Alkaline hydrolysis.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides for alkaline hydrolysis as a means for the dissolution of human remains.

  • HB 1357: Contest based raffles.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Creates contest based raffles for charity gaming.

  • HB 1001: Education and higher education matters.

    2024 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the definition of "eligible student" to include a sibling of a student with a disability with regards to the education scholarship account program (ESA).

  • HB 1002: Enforcement of equal educational opportunity.

    2024 · Co-authored · passed both chambers; vetoed by the Governor

    Defines "antisemitism", specifies that the public policy of the state is to provide educational opportunities free of religious discrimination, and provides that antisemitism is discrimination on the basis of race, creed, religion, or national origin.

  • HB 1004: Pension matters.

    2024 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a state employee may affirmatively elect to enroll in the deferred compensation plan prior to the auto enroll date on day 31 of the state employee's employment.

  • HB 1305: Major ground water withdrawal facilities.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Defines a facility as a "major ground water withdrawal facility" if: (1) the facility includes one or more wells that have the capability of withdrawing at least 10,000,000 gallons of ground water from one or more aquifers in one day; and (2) the facility is connected, or plans provide for the facility to be connected, to pipeline facilities through which at least 10,000,000 gallons of ground wate

  • SB 65: Salvage motor vehicles.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows an automotive salvage recycler or an agent of an automotive salvage recycler to apply for a certificate of authority for a motor vehicle on behalf of the seller with all required information collected at the point of sale.

  • HB 1042: Sales tax exemption for certain hygiene products.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides sales tax exemptions for feminine hygiene products and adult diapers.

  • HB 1043: Contest based raffles.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Creates contest based raffles for charity gaming.

  • HB 1044: Dissolution of human remains.

    2025 · Authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)

    Amends the definition of cremation to include alkaline hydrolysis as a means for the dissolution of human remains.

  • HB 1396: Tax credit for employer guard and reserve expenses.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a tax credit for a taxpayer that employs a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard.

  • HB 1397: Driving privilege cards.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that an individual who is an Indiana resident and cannot provide proof of identity and lawful status in the United States may apply for a driving privilege card to obtain driving privileges.

  • HB 1409: Anatomical gifts.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a person who makes certain anatomical gifts to: (1) designate on a form prescribed by the state board of funeral and cemetery service the funeral home licensee to whom custodial care of the decedent's body will be granted following the recovery of the donated organ or tissue; and (2) submit the designation to the appropriate procurement organization.

  • HB 1642: Selection of IEDC board members.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides for appointment to the board of the Indiana economic development corporation of two nonvoting, advisory members who are members of the general assembly.

  • HB 1030: Repeal of the death penalty.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Repeals the law concerning the imposition and execution of death sentences and makes conforming amendments.

  • HB 1194: County coroners.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the coroner where the incident occurred to respond to the coroner where the death occurred not more than 24 hours after being contacted to discuss the need for an autopsy.

  • HB 1268: DNR study of ground water resources.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the department of natural resources (department) to study certain information pertaining to ground water and water withdrawals.

  • SB 252: Boone County innkeeper's tax.

    2025 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Authorizes Boone County to impose its innkeeper's tax at a rate of 8% under the uniform innkeeper's tax statute (instead of 5% under current law) and provides that the increase to the tax rate expires January 1, 2047.

  • SB 28: Ground water emergencies.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows the owner or operator of a significant ground water withdrawal facility to file a complaint with the director of the department of natural resources (director) that a water well on the property of the owner of the significant ground water withdrawal facility failed to furnish the well's normal supply of water or failed to furnish potable water.

  • SB 291: Anatomical gift inquiries.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Requires a state agency to offer a state employee an opportunity to register as a donor of an anatomical gift: (1) during the state employee's onboarding process; and (2) on an annual basis, during the state agency's employee benefits enrollment period.

  • HB 1072: Anatomical gifts.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a violation of certain provisions of the uniform anatomical gift act constitutes a deceptive consumer act.

  • HB 1237: Use of opioid settlement funds.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that distributions to the local abatement opioid settlement account to cities, counties, and towns may be used for the procurement of mobile radio equipment by a city, county, or town for use by first responders, in addition to programs of treatment, prevention, and care that are best practices as defined or required by a settlement document or court order under current law.

  • HB 1240: Dissolution of human remains.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Amends the definition of cremation to include alkaline hydrolysis as a means for the dissolution of human remains.

  • HB 1407: Contest based raffles.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows qualified organizations to conduct contest based raffles for charity gaming.

  • HB 1287: Execution of death sentence.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the warden of the state prison to select an execution team consisting of members of the general assembly who have volunteered to serve on the execution team.

  • HB 1387: Release and sale of cemetery plots.

    2026 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)

    Provides that if a burial space in a cemetery: (1) has remained unused for a period of at least 100 years from the date of sale or last recorded designation or transfer; and (2) has no improvements on the burial space, including the placement of a monument, memorial, or other permanent appurtenance; the person or entity having jurisdiction over the cemetery may terminate the rights and interests o

  • SB 67: Studies relating to natural lands.

    2026 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Requires the department of natural resources to study and issue a report on the following topics: (1) opportunities to leverage public land to improve public health outcomes; (2) options for a consistent visitor fee collection system at state fish and wildlife areas; and (3) a plan to mitigate and recover from natural disasters affecting public land.

  • SB 27: Stadium authority.

    2026 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the northwest Indiana stadium authority (stadium authority) for the purpose of acquiring and financing certain facilities.

How this record was put together, and what it does not show

What we list: 28 bills chosen by a rule that does not look at topic: both state budgets, four bills named in advance, the 2025-26 redistricting bill, and in each session and chamber the 3 bills whose final-passage vote drew the most “nay” votes.

  • Votes reflect party caucus dynamics. Indiana has Republican supermajorities in both chambers, and many floor votes split along party lines; a single vote says little without the bill and its context.
  • Bills often die for procedural reasons, such as no committee hearing or a deadline, and a bill marked “not reported from committee” may have become law inside another bill.
  • A third-reading vote is on the version in front of the chamber at that time; the final version can be very different.
  • Authoring and co-authoring are different: co-authors sign on, often in large numbers, and usually did not write the bill.
  • Attendance counts roll calls on bills and joint resolutions (about 89% of numbered roll calls). “Excused” is an absence the chamber approved; “not voting” means no vote was recorded.

Where Genda's record came from

Sources for Genda

Jackson T. Hayes

Democratic

Jackson T. Hayes, the Democratic nominee, is a Frankfort resident and first-time candidate whose campaign website lays out positions on utilities, health care, education and abortion [11].

Hayes's background

  • Grew up in rural Illinois near Champaign, studied history and American government at BYU-Idaho, and has worked in factories, theaters, gas stations, moving companies and call centers, according to his campaign [11].
  • Moved to Indiana in 2016 and lives in Frankfort [11].

Hayes's positions

Energy & utilities

  • Says "Utilities companies are not people," wants utility monopolies reined in, and supports hardening infrastructure against storms [11].

Data centers

  • Wants data center companies to "pay their fair share in taxes and utilities rates" and says "This industrial expansion must be stopped until it submits to environmental regulation" [11].

Health care

  • Calls for expanding Medicaid by raising income caps and reducing paperwork, preserving funding for rural hospitals, and focusing fraud investigations on providers and insurers [11].

Education

  • Says funds were "siphoned from Indiana public schools into for profit private organizations" and wants that money returned to public schools [11].

Public safety

  • Wants fewer firearms in circulation and says police "need retrained to deescalate situations" [11].

Immigration

  • Opposes laws requiring education and health care professionals to work with immigration authorities, calling that "an awful mistake" [11].

Abortion

  • Says he will "always fight to reverse our state's harmful abortion ban" [11].

Environment

  • Supports wind, solar and other clean energy and says "People deserve clean air, land, and water" [11].

Civil rights

  • Opposes requiring identification documents to match birth certificates, which he says was designed to hurt transgender people [11].

Hayes on the current officeholder

  • Says, "My opponent, Mark Genda, does NOT believe in reproductive freedom," and that Genda will continue to support restrictions on abortion access; no response from Genda was found [11].

How Hayes got on the ballot

  • Was the only Democrat listed in the May 5, 2026 primary and is the party's nominee, according to Wikipedia [10, 12].

What we could not find about Hayes

  • No news coverage of Hayes's campaign was found.
  • No endorsements or campaign finance totals were found.
  • His current occupation is not stated on his campaign website.
  • His website's claim that nearly $2 billion was diverted from public schools to private organizations gives no source and was not verified.
  • No legislative agenda beyond the positions on his website was found [11].

Hayes's campaign website

Sources for Hayes

Key points

  • House District 41 covers parts of Boone, Clinton, Montgomery and Tippecanoe counties in west central Indiana, according to the House Republican caucus. (Indiana House Republicans)
  • Where they differ: Hayes's campaign calls for expanding Medicaid, closing private-school voucher funding, more regulation of data centers and reversing the state's abortion law; Genda voted for the 2025 property-tax law and budget, and no 2026 campaign platform from him was found. (Hayes campaign)
  • Both Genda and Hayes were the only candidates listed in their parties' May 5, 2026 primaries, according to Wikipedia. (Wikipedia)

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana House of Representatives (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Mark Genda - member page (Indiana House Republicans)
  4. House Roll Call 433: SB 1 (Local government finance), third reading, Apr. 10, 2025 (Indiana House of Representatives (billtexts.com mirror))
  5. House Roll Call 576: HB 1001 (State budget), conference committee report, Apr. 25, 2025 (Indiana House of Representatives (billtexts.com mirror))
  6. House Roll Call 28: HB 1032 (Redistricting), third reading, Dec. 5, 2025 (Indiana House of Representatives (billtexts.com mirror))
  7. Rep. Genda's legislation to eliminate sales tax on hygiene products added to state budget (Indiana House Republicans)
  8. Reps. Commons, Genda: Legislation delivering robust property tax relief and reform to Hoosiers signed into law (Indiana House Republicans)
  9. 2026 Indiana House of Representatives election (Wikipedia)
  10. Jackson Hayes for Indiana House District 41 (Hayes campaign)
  11. Jackson T. Hayes (BallotReady)
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the U.S. House, statewide offices, every Indiana House and Senate district on the ballot, Indiana's statewide public questions and judicial retention questions, and county, township, city, town and school board races from the Indiana Election Division's candidate list.
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Candidate lists
As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
At the polls
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