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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana House, District 50

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 50 covers all of Huntington County and portions of Miami, Wabash and Wells counties, according to the House Republican caucus [3].
  • Sweet was first elected in 2022, succeeding Dan Leonard, and won re-election in 2024 with 76.9% of the vote [4, 14].
  • Sweet and Democrat Pepper Snyder were the only candidates listed in their parties' May 5, 2026 primaries [14]; both are on the November ballot [2].
  • Key differences: Snyder opposes expanding private-school vouchers, would eliminate sales tax on residential utility bills and supports a regulated adult cannabis market [15]; Sweet's campaign emphasizes individual liberty, gun rights, limited government and opposition to abortion [16], and she voted for SEA 1 and HB 1032 [10, 12].
  • No debate or forum for this race was found.

Candidates on the ballot

Pepper Snyder

Democratic

Work
More than 13 years with the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, as an eligibility specialist, fraud investigator and state eligibility manager [18]

Pepper Snyder is a Huntington County resident who spent more than 13 years with the state's Family and Social Services Administration, including as a fraud investigator [17, 18]. Her campaign focuses on public school funding, utility costs, rural health care, child care and data-center tax policy [15].

Snyder's background

  • Worked more than 13 years for the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration as an eligibility specialist, fraud investigator and state eligibility manager [17]; her campaign says she supervised and investigated food stamp and Medicaid fraud [18].
  • Lives in Huntington County; Seeger High School graduate [18].

Snyder's positions

Education

  • Would "Protect public school funding instead of continuing to expand taxpayer-funded private-school vouchers" [15].

Energy & utilities

  • Would eliminate the sales tax on residential utility bills and oppose rate hikes: "If billion-dollar data centers get the break, Hoosier families should too" [15].

Data centers

  • Says she would "Make billion-dollar data centers pay their fair share, protect local control" and keep large developments from polluting land, water or air [15].

Health care

  • Would "Fight to keep hospitals, maternity care, pediatric care and other essential health services available close to home" [15].

Child care

  • Supports a child care tax credit for working families and full funding of CCDF vouchers [15].

Cannabis & revenue

  • Supports a regulated, adult-only cannabis market, saying revenue could fund schools, roads and mental health services and "provide property tax relief" [15].

How Snyder would run the office

  • Says her goal is "making Indiana affordable again" for working families, seniors and the next generation [18].

Snyder on the current officeholder

  • Her campaign does not name Sweet; it criticizes the Republican supermajority's record, including data-center tax breaks and child care voucher cuts, and says "It's time for representation that puts Hoosiers before corporations" [17].

How Snyder got on the ballot

  • The only Democrat listed in the May 5, 2026 primary [14].

Snyder's endorsements and funding

  • Her campaign lists an endorsement from Veterans for Indiana [19].

What we could not find about Snyder

  • No independent news coverage of Snyder's 2026 campaign was found.
  • Her campaign's statistical claims about the legislature's record (e.g., coverage losses for children, data-center tax-break totals) were not independently checked.
  • Possible match, not confirmed: a Pepper Snyder of Huntington was the Libertarian Party's 2016 nominee for Indiana's 3rd Congressional District [20]; her campaign does not mention it.
  • No campaign finance data found.

Snyder's campaign website

Sources for Snyder

  • Issues (Pepper Snyder campaign)

Lorissa C. Sweet

RepublicanIncumbent

Work
Owns Sweet Grooms, a pet grooming business, and Sweet Occasions, a wedding decor rental business [3]

Lorissa Sweet is the Republican incumbent, first elected in 2022 [3]. Her legislative work has included election administration, the 2023 Kinsey Institute funding amendment and public-safety bills [7, 6, 8].

Sweet's background

  • Owns Sweet Grooms, a pet grooming business opened in 2009, and Sweet Occasions LLC, a wedding decor rental business started in 2021; lives in Wabash; holds a Purdue University degree in animal agribusiness [3].
  • Served on the Wabash County Council from 2016 until joining the House [3, 4].

Sweet's positions

Elections & redistricting

  • Said of her 2024 paper-ballot bill: "Returning to hand-counted ballots will return us to the basics of voting and increase public confidence in our system" [7]. Voted for HB 1032 (2025 congressional redistricting) [12].

Public safety

  • Said of HB 1413: "Due to limited resources, a backlog of untested rape kits has accumulated," and a dedicated fund would help ensure "violent criminals are held accountable" [8].
  • Campaign site: "I will not compromise when it comes to defending your Constitutional right to bear arms" [16].

Higher education

  • On her 2023 Kinsey amendment: "We, as the governing body, need to put limits on the access to tax dollars we allow Indiana University to garner" [6].

Abortion

  • Campaign site: "Life begins at conception" [16].

Government & regulation

  • Campaign site: "It is past time to reign in government overreach, unconstitutional edicts, and mandates" [16].

Property taxes

  • Voted for SEA 1 (2025) [10].

How Sweet would run the office

  • On her 2026 interim committee: said study committees let lawmakers "take a deep dive into issues that impact constituents" ahead of the next session [5].

Sweet on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder. No statements by Sweet about Snyder were found.

How Sweet got on the ballot

  • Unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary [14].

What we could not find about Sweet

  • No candidate survey responses, interviews or 2026 campaign coverage were found.
  • Final outcome of HB 1413 (2025) not confirmed; the subject and outcome of HB 1166 (2026) beyond committee referral not found.
  • No fundraising data found.
  • No endorsements or fundraising figures were found.

Sweet's record in office

Indiana House record, District 50 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
22
0 became law
Co-authored
29
5 became law
Sponsored
2
2 became law
Co-sponsored
4
4 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Family, Children and Human Affairs
  • Local Government
  • Government, Interim Study Committee on (House Majority Member)

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 385, No 80, Excused 25, Not voting 1
  • 2024: Yes 267, No 35, Excused 8
  • 2025: Yes 373, No 97, Excused 38, Not voting 2
  • 2026: Yes 272, No 102, Not voting 3
How Sweet voted on 37 selected bills
The 57 bills Sweet carried

  • HB 1117: Second amendment protection.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that certain federal laws that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms are invalid, not recognized, and rejected, and shall not be enforced by Indiana.

  • HB 1118: Prohibited services relating to care of minors.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits specified health care professionals from: (1) performing, or causing to be performed, certain medical procedures on a minor; or (2) subjecting a minor to certain activities that purposely attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a minor's perception of the minor's own sexual attraction or sexual behavior, or attempt to change, reinforce, or affirm a minor's gender identity when the identi

  • HB 1230: Declaration of candidacy.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Removes the requirement that to determine a candidate's affiliation with a major political party, the candidate must have voted in the political party's most recent primary elections or the county chairman of the political party must certify the candidate's affiliation with that major political party.

  • HB 1594: Protection of born alive infants.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that when a woman who is in premature labor presents to a hospital, the hospital must inform the woman of the hospital's capabilities of treating the born alive infant and managing a high risk pregnancy and, if it does interfere with the woman's care, the hospital must provide this information before the woman is admitted to the hospital.

  • HB 1595: Feticide.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Removes language that the feticide statute does not apply to a pregnant mother whose pregnancy is terminated.

  • HB 1596: Protection of life.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Finds that: (1) human physical life begins when a human ovum is fertilized by a human sperm; and (2) a mother and her unborn child are equally valuable as individual patients when receiving health care services from a health care provider.

  • HB 1008: Pension investments.

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

    Specifies certain entities, actions taken, or factors considered to which the ESG commitment provisions do not apply.

  • HB 1034: Income tax exemption for military pay.

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

    Exempts military pay for members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard from the individual income tax.

  • HB 1613: Indiana education scholarship account program.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Amends the: (1) definition of "eligible student" for purposes of eligibility under the Indiana education scholarship account program; and (2) grant amount that an eligible student may receive under the program.

  • HB 1614: Repeal of involuntary firearm removal process.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Repeals provisions concerning the: (1) confiscation and retention of firearms from a dangerous person; (2) compilation and publication of statistics related to the confiscation and retention of firearms from a dangerous person; and (3) making of a false report that a person is dangerous.

  • HB 1618: Exemption for new business personal property.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that for business personal property purchased after December 31, 2023, the total acquisition cost of a taxpayer's total business personal property in a county for an assessment date is exempt from taxation.

  • HB 1622: County elected officials training fund.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows money in the county elected officials training fund (fund) to be used to pay for county employee training or the development of orientation or onboarding programs for training new hire county employees.

  • SB 317: Contracting and purchasing.

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

    Provides that a political subdivision may make advance payments to contractors to enable the contractors to purchase materials needed for a public works project of the political subdivision.

  • HB 1286: Elections.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that the state of Indiana shall conduct all elections using secure, hand-marked paper ballots that are: (1) designed and made in Indiana; (2) embellished with a distinctive watermark; and (3) serialized numerically.

  • HB 1287: Protection of born alive infants.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that when a woman who is in premature labor presents to a hospital, the hospital must inform the woman of the hospital's capabilities of treating the born alive infant and managing a high risk pregnancy and, if the hospital's capabilities interfere with the woman's care, the hospital must provide this information before the woman is admitted to the hospital.

  • HB 1288: State regulation of mobile food vendors.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a person may not operate a mobile food unit unless the person is issued a statewide mobile food unit license (license) by the Indiana department of health (state department).

  • HB 1289: Daylight saving time.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Exempts Indiana from daylight saving time.

  • HB 1379: Unborn children.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Modifies the definition of "human being" in the criminal code to include an unborn child.

  • 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 1071: Exceptions to required immunizations.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a person may not be required to receive an immunization if: (1) the entity requiring an immunization has certain documentation that the person received the immunization required by the entity; (2) the immunization is medically contraindicated; (3) receiving the immunization is against the person's religious belief; or (4) the person refuses to permit the immunization after being full

  • HB 1164: Reporting of child abuse or neglect.

    2024 · Co-authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Provides that certain individuals at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age are included in the definitions for "child", "child abuse or neglect", and "victim of child abuse or neglect".

  • HB 1258: Food regulation.

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

    For provisions governing home based food products, repeals the term "potentially hazardous food product" and defines "time temperature control for safety food".

  • HB 1408: Indiana education scholarship account program.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Amends the: (1) definition of "eligible student" for purposes of eligibility under the Indiana education scholarship account program; and (2) grant amount that an eligible student may receive under the program.

  • HB 1409: Repeal of involuntary firearm removal process.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Repeals provisions concerning the: (1) confiscation and retention of firearms from a dangerous person; (2) compilation and publication of statistics related to the confiscation and retention of firearms from a dangerous person; and (3) making of a false report that a person is dangerous.

  • HB 1411: Elimination of state individual income tax.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Eliminates the state individual adjusted gross income tax by reducing the rate to 0%.

  • SB 104: Veterinary medicine.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the state police department to disclose to the board of veterinary medicine (board) the criminal history or activity of veterinary license or certificate holders or applicants.

  • HB 1334: Unborn children.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Modifies the definition of "human being" in the criminal code to include an unborn child.

  • HB 1335: Weather control.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits a person who has the intent of affecting the intensity of sunlight, temperature, or weather from discharging a chemical or apparatus into the atmosphere, except in certain circumstances.

  • HB 1336: Health care matters.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a hospital to inform a woman in premature labor of the hospital's capabilities of treating the born alive infant and managing a high risk pregnancy and, if the hospital's capabilities interfere with the woman's care, the hospital must provide this information before the woman is admitted to the hospital.

  • HB 1337: Time observance in Indiana.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Exempts Indiana from daylight saving time.

  • HB 1524: Tax credit for contributions to qualified nonprofits.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides a state tax credit (credit) for contributions made to a qualified nonprofit organization for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2025.

  • HB 1657: Second amendment protection.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that no person or entity has the authority to enforce, attempt to enforce, or participate in any way in enforcing particular federal laws concerning firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition against a law abiding citizen.

  • HB 1116: Advanced practice registered nurses.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Removes the requirement that an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) have a practice agreement with a collaborating physician.

  • HB 1160: Student immunizations.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a student enrolled in a health profession education program may not be required to receive an immunization as a condition of: (1) participating in; or (2) obtaining; clinical training or clinical experience required by the program when the student has a medical or religious exemption.

  • HB 1412: Reporting of child abuse or neglect.

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

    Provides that an individual's duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect may only be delegated to another person if certain conditions are met.

  • HB 1413: Rape kits.

    2025 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate

    Establishes the rape kit backlog fund to provide funding for assisting law enforcement agencies and testing labs in eliminating the backlog of untested rape kits.

  • HB 1508: Middle school health curriculum.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that each school corporation must include instruction on fetal development as a part of the health education curriculum for students enrolled in grades 6 through 8.

  • HB 1651: Elimination of state individual income tax.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Eliminates the state individual adjusted gross income tax by reducing the rate to 0%.

  • HB 1653: Repeal of involuntary firearm removal process.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Repeals provisions concerning the: (1) confiscation and retention of firearms from a dangerous person; (2) compilation and publication of statistics related to the confiscation and retention of firearms from a dangerous person; and (3) making of a false report that a person is dangerous.

  • HB 1656: Property tax freeze for persons 65 and older.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Freezes the property tax liability on a homestead of an individual who is at least 65 years of age.

  • SB 137: Voter registration.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the bureau of motor vehicles commission to notify the election division if the voter registration form being transmitted is for an applicant who applied for or was issued a temporary credential.

  • SB 231: Various corrections matters.

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

    Eliminates requirements that the department of correction: (1) maintain farm programs for offenders committed to the department; and (2) prepare a report calculating the savings realized as a result of sentencing changes.

  • SB 26: Signal jamming.

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

    Provides that a signal jammer may be seized.

  • SB 306: Film and media production tax credit.

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

    Provides that a taxpayer may assign any part of the film and media production tax credit (credit) that the taxpayer may claim.

  • HB 1166: Elections.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that the state of Indiana shall conduct all elections using secure, hand-marked paper ballots that are: (1) designed and made in Indiana; (2) embellished with a distinctive watermark; and (3) serialized numerically.

  • HB 1255: Presumption of continuation of life.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a presumption that the continuation of life is in a minor's best interests.

  • HB 1295: Hospital disclosures and requirements.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a hospital to: (1) inform a woman in premature labor of the hospital's capabilities of treating the born alive infant and managing a high risk pregnancy; and (2) if the hospital's capabilities interfere with the woman's care, provide this information before the woman is admitted to the hospital.

  • HB 1304: Titles for vintage vehicles.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a procedure for applying for bonded certificates of title for vintage motor vehicles.

  • HB 1305: Grain shortages, claims, and payments.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows the inspector general to receive complaints regarding violations of the Indiana grain buyers and warehouse licensing and bonding law by the director of the Indiana grain buyers and warehouse licensing agency.

  • HB 1073: Rape kit processing.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the state police department (department) to use part of an appropriation from House Enrolled Act 1001 (2025) to process rape kits and to eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits.

  • HB 1110: PFAS chemicals.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the department of environmental management to adopt maximum contaminant levels for PFAS chemicals and effluent limitation standards for wastewater containing PFAS chemicals by July 1, 2027.

  • HB 1151: Time observance in Indiana.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Exempts Indiana from daylight saving time.

  • HB 1186: Restrictions on the sale of public utilities.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits a public utility from: (1) selling, assigning, transferring, leasing, or encumbering its franchise, business, or property; or (2) selling, assigning, or transferring any shares of its stock; to a prohibited person.

  • HB 1276: Competitive electric generation service.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that beginning: (1) July 1, 2028, for industrial customers; (2) January 1, 2029, for commercial customers; and (3) July 1, 2029, for residential customers; a customer of an electricity supplier may elect to receive competitive electric generation service directly from a retail electric provider.

  • HB 1341: Eminent domain.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Eliminates eminent domain authority for the following purposes: (1) Acquiring a right-of-way for the construction or operation of a pipeline for transporting carbon dioxide or other carbon oxides.

  • HB 1375: Repeal of involuntary firearm removal process.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Repeals provisions concerning the: (1) confiscation and retention of firearms from a dangerous person; (2) compilation and publication of statistics related to the confiscation and retention of firearms from a dangerous person; and (3) making of a false report that a person is dangerous.

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 Sweet's record came from

Sweet's campaign website

Sources for Sweet

Key points

  • House District 50 covers all of Huntington County and portions of Miami, Wabash and Wells counties, according to the House Republican caucus. (Indiana House Republicans)
  • Sweet and Democrat Pepper Snyder were the only candidates listed in their parties' May 5, 2026 primaries; both are on the November ballot. (Wikipedia)

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana House of Representatives (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Lorissa Sweet (member page) (Indiana House Republicans)
  4. Lorissa Sweet (Wikipedia)
  5. Reps. Sweet, Snow receive 2026 summer study committee appointments (Indiana House Republicans)
  6. House Republicans vote to block public funding from Kinsey Institute at Indiana University (WFYI (via WVPE))
  7. Rep. Sweet's bill would return Indiana to hand-marked, hand-counted paper ballots (Indiana House Republicans)
  8. Legislation co-authored by Rep. Sweet addressing backlog of untested rape kits heads to Senate (Indiana House Republicans)
  9. House Roll Call 433: SB 1 (Local government finance), third reading (Indiana General Assembly (roll-call PDF mirrored by FastDemocracy/BillTexts))
  10. House Roll Call 28: HB 1032 (Redistricting), third reading (Indiana General Assembly (roll-call PDF mirrored by FastDemocracy/BillTexts))
  11. 2026 Indiana House of Representatives election (Wikipedia)
  12. Issues (Pepper Snyder campaign)
  13. Lorissa Sweet for Indiana State Representative (Lorissa Sweet campaign)
  14. People for Pepper (home page) (Pepper Snyder campaign)
  15. Meet Pepper (Pepper Snyder campaign)
  16. Endorsements (Pepper Snyder campaign)
  17. Libertarian candidate chosen for 3rd District congress race (WOWO)
What's included
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.
Everything else
Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: IndianaVoters.in.gov.
Candidate lists
As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
At the polls
Indiana law lets you bring a list of candidates and public questions into the polling place, including one stored on your phone, as long as you don't electioneer. IC 3-11-8-18.5

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