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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana House, District 61

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

  • Matt Pierce (Democratic) is the only candidate for House District 61 [2].

Candidates on the ballot

Matt Pierce

DemocraticIncumbent

Work
Attorney [3]

Democrat Matt Pierce of Bloomington represents House District 61 and is Assistant Democratic Floor Leader, according to his caucus biography [3].

Pierce's background

  • Attorney; Indiana University bachelor's (1984) and law degree (1987) [3].
  • Chief of staff to former U.S. Rep. Baron Hill (1999–2001); principal clerk of the Indiana House (1996–1998); elected to the Bloomington City Council in 1995 [3].

How Pierce got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary with 3,824 votes, ahead of Lilliana Young (1,881) [4].
  • Has no opponent on the November ballot [2].

What we could not find about Pierce

  • No opponent is on the ballot, so no candidate forum or questionnaire was expected; no 2026 campaign platform was reviewed.

Pierce's record in office

Indiana House record, District 61 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
7
1 became law
Co-authored
15
5 became law
Co-sponsored
5
5 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications (Ranking Minority Member)
  • Courts and Criminal Code
  • Elections and Apportionment
  • Rules and Legislative Procedures
  • Statutory Committee on Ethics
  • Artificial Intelligence Task Force (House Minority Member)
  • Corrections and Criminal Code, Interim Study Committee on (House Minority Member)
  • Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications, Interim Study Committee on (House Minority Member)

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 405, No 82, Excused 4
  • 2024: Yes 240, No 65, Excused 4, Not voting 1
  • 2025: Yes 390, No 117, Excused 3
  • 2026: Yes 291, No 86
How Pierce voted on 37 selected bills
The 27 bills Pierce carried

  • HB 1011: End of life options.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows individuals with a terminal illness who meet certain requirements to make a request to an attending provider for medication that the individual may self-administer to bring about death.

  • HB 1256: Archives and record administration.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends related definitions.

  • HB 1472: Hospital and health care cost and quality controls.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides for implementation of a health care improvement and cost control strategy in Indiana that requires equalization of hospital reimbursement rates for all payers by July 1, 2025, and a total cost of care model of health care improvement and cost control for all heath care providers by July 1, 2030.

  • HB 1367: Natural resource entrance fees.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows counties that meet certain criteria to adopt an ordinance to impose a surcharge of not more than $2 in addition to the fees charged by the department of natural resources (department) for entry into certain state parks and recreation areas.

  • SB 271: Certified technology parks.

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

    Specifies additional information that a certified technology park (park) is required to provide to the Indiana economic development corporation (corporation) in the course of a review.

  • SB 374: Regional water, sewage, or solid waste districts.

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

    Increases the maximum amount that may be paid to a member of the board of trustees of a regional water, sewage, or solid waste district from $50 to $150 per day.

  • HB 1011: End of life options.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows individuals with a terminal illness who meet certain requirements to make a request to an attending provider for medication that the individual may self-administer to bring about death.

  • 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 1163: Certificates of public convenience and necessity.

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

    Provides that: (1) a rural electric membership corporation (REMC); (2) a nonprofit corporation that is an electric cooperative and that has at least one member that is an REMC; and (3) certain corporations resulting from a merger or consolidation of an REMC and a telephone cooperative corporation; are exempt from the requirement that a public utility obtain a certificate of public convenience and

  • HB 1277: State administration of federal BEAD program.

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

    Specifies that the existing Indiana statute concerning the awarding of grants by the office of community and rural affairs for certain eligible broadband projects does not apply to subgrants awarded by the Indiana broadband office (office) under the federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program (program).

  • HB 1278: IURC and office of energy development matters.

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

    Repeals the Indiana Code provisions concerning the following obsolete programs and funds administered by the Indiana office of energy development (office): (1) The alternative fuel fueling station grant program.

  • HB 1317: State payments in lieu of property taxes.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the state to make payments in lieu of property taxes (PILOTs) for qualified parcels in qualified counties in which the lesser of 19%, or 5,000 acres, of all land in the qualified county is: (1) owned or leased by the state or the federal government; and (2) subject to an exemption from property taxes.

  • SB 150: Artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

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

    Creates the artificial intelligence task force (task force) to study and assess use of artificial intelligence technology by state agencies.

  • HB 1011: End of life options.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows individuals with a terminal illness who meet certain requirements to make a request to an attending provider for medication that the individual may self-administer to bring about death.

  • HB 1155: Signal jamming devices.

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

    Provides that a signal jammer may be seized.

  • HB 1245: Natural resource entrance fees.

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

    Allows counties that meet certain criteria to adopt an ordinance to impose a surcharge of not more than $1 in addition to the fees charged by the department of natural resources (department) for entry into certain state parks and recreation areas.

  • HB 1313: Reentry support pilot programs.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a peer mentorship pilot program in the: (1) Indiana state prison; (2) New Castle Correctional Facility; (3) Branchville Correctional Facility; (4) Indiana women's prison; and (5) Putnamville Correctional Facility; to use peer mentors and other qualified individuals to provide counseling and other services to aid in the reentry of incarcerated individuals.

  • HB 1444: Gender transition procedures for minors.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Removes the following from the statute prohibiting a physician or other practitioner from knowingly providing gender transition procedures to a minor: (1) Provisions prohibiting a physician or practitioner from aiding or abetting in the provision of gender transition procedures to a minor.

  • HB 1447: State forest areas restricted from logging.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the department of natural resources (department), before January 1, 2026, to designate at least one undivided area comprising at least 10% of each state forest as an old forest area.

  • SB 26: Signal jamming.

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

    Provides that a signal jammer may be seized.

  • SB 422: Advanced transmission technologies.

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

    Defines "advanced transmission technologies" as software or hardware technologies that increase the capacity, efficiency, reliability, or safety of an existing or new electric transmission facility.

  • HB 1011: End of life options.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows individuals with a terminal illness who meet certain requirements to make a request to an attending provider for medication that the individual may self-administer to bring about death.

  • HB 1022: Selection of candidate for lieutenant governor.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a candidate for governor who has been nominated at a primary election or state convention to certify the name of the candidate for lieutenant governor who will run jointly with the candidate for governor at the general election.

  • HB 1204: Natural resource entrance fees.

    2026 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate

    Allows counties that meet certain criteria to adopt an ordinance to impose a surcharge of not more than $1 in addition to the fees charged by the department of natural resources (department) for entry into certain state parks and recreation areas.

  • HB 1267: State board of accounts.

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

    Provides that the state board of accounts is subject to applicable professional auditing standards.

  • HB 1338: Physician standards of practice.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Specifies that the provisions prohibiting a physician or practitioner from aiding or abetting in the provision of gender transition procedures to a minor do not prohibit a physician or other practitioner from: (1) releasing a minor's health information to another physician or other practitioner in the course of the receiving practitioner's care of the minor; or (2) discussing a minor's medical his

  • HB 1339: Voter identification.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a REAL ID driver's license or identification card that complies with certain requirements is sufficient proof of identification for purposes of elections statutes.

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 Pierce's record came from

Sources for Pierce

Key points

Sources

Researched Tuesday, October 13, 2026

  1. Indiana House of Representatives (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Member page: State Representative (Indiana House Democratic Caucus)
  4. 2026 Primary Election results (certified), Indiana Election Night Reporting (Indiana Election Division)
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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