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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana House, District 75

Indiana House of Representatives. 2-year term. Write-in candidates must be written in by name.

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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 75 covers portions of Gibson, Pike and Warrick counties in southwestern Indiana, per the House Republican caucus [3].
  • Ledbetter was reelected without opposition in 2024 and was unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary [11]. No Democratic primary is listed for this seat [11].
  • Ballot: Ledbetter (R) and Mason Barclay (D); Jim Shields is a declared write-in candidate whose name will not be printed on the ballot [2].
  • Key differences: Barclay focuses on utility rate reviews, data-center rules and changes to SEA 1, and criticizes Ledbetter's votes and utility PAC contributions [12, 13, 14]; Ledbetter's record centers on health care, veterans and public-safety bills and support for SEA 1 [3, 8].
  • No debate or forum for this race was found.

Candidates on the ballot

Mason Barclay

Democratic

Mason Barclay is the Democratic nominee and a first-time candidate focused on utility costs, data centers and property taxes [16, 12].

Barclay's background

  • Describes himself as a lifelong Hoosier and a member of the District 75 community; his site does not give his occupation or hometown [17].

Barclay's positions

Energy & utilities

  • Wants laws requiring "open, independent reviews of utility companies before any rate hikes are approved" and says he refuses utility PAC money [12].

Data centers

  • Says large data centers "must build their own power grids," should use no city water for cooling, and should face a 40-decibel noise limit at the property line, a half-mile buffer from homes and upfront cleanup bonds [13].

Property taxes

  • Says he would work to make tax laws fair for families buying or keeping a home and to fix SEA 1 so local services stay affordable [12].

Health care

  • Says hospitals should have to show "the clear, upfront cash price for standard procedures" [12].

Property rights

  • Says he is committed to protecting property rights and stopping "corporate overreach" [12].

How Barclay would run the office

  • Says he would focus spending on "job training, better roads, and helping working families" [12].

Barclay on the current officeholder

  • His campaign site says Ledbetter voted yes on SEA 1, supported HB 1276, which it says reduced state oversight of certain electric generation, and voted yes on SB 373 on eminent domain for carbon storage; it also cites a 33% rating from the Citizens Action Coalition [14]. It says she took "thousands in campaign cash from utility PACs" [13]. Her SEA 1 vote is confirmed by the roll call [8].

Barclay's endorsements and funding

  • iVoterGuide lists an endorsement from the United Mine Workers of America's COMPAC [18].

What we could not find about Barclay

  • Occupation, residence and community roles were not found.
  • No news coverage was found in Evansville-area or Pike/Gibson outlets reviewed.
  • How he reached the ballot (likely a Democratic ballot-vacancy caucus after the primary) is unconfirmed.
  • His claims about Ledbetter's HB 1276 and SB 373 votes, the CAC rating and utility PAC donations were not independently checked.
  • No fundraising totals were found.
  • No Democratic primary for this seat is listed in the May 5, 2026 results [11]. How he was nominated was not found.

Barclay's campaign website

Sources for Barclay

Cindy Ledbetter

RepublicanIncumbent

Work
Nurse practitioner at an outpatient clinic [3]

Cindy Ledbetter is the three-term incumbent and an assistant majority floor leader [3]. She was unopposed in the May primary [11].

Ledbetter's background

  • Nurse practitioner at an outpatient clinic providing counseling and medication management; nursing degrees from Ivy Tech and the University of Southern Indiana [3].
  • Has owned a manufacturing company and a restaurant [3]. Served on the Warrick County Council [4].
  • Lives in Newburgh [3].

Ledbetter's positions

Energy & utilities

  • Supported the goal of "lowering Indiana's high electricity rates" and argued existing power sources should not close amid supply warnings; called nuclear "clean, baseload power" [7].

Property taxes

  • Voted yes on SEA 1 (2025) [8].

Veterans

  • Said "Our veterans deserve the best mental health care" in authoring HB 1120 [5].

Public safety

  • Co-sponsored SEA 26 on signal jammers, saying lawmakers must update laws for "any threat posed by new technologies" [6].

Government operations

  • Supported HEA 1003 (2026), saying Hoosiers "will benefit from eliminating unnecessary bureaucracy" [15].

Elections & redistricting

  • Voted yes on HB 1032, the December 2025 congressional redistricting bill [10].

Ledbetter on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder. No response to her challengers' criticisms was found.

How Ledbetter got on the ballot

  • Was unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary [11].

What we could not find about Ledbetter

  • No campaign website was found.
  • No response to Barclay's claims about utility PAC donations, HB 1276 or SB 373 was found, and those claims were not independently checked.
  • Whether HB 1120 (2025) became law was not confirmed.
  • No endorsements or fundraising totals were found.

Ledbetter's record in office

Indiana House record, District 75 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
25
3 became law
Co-authored
30
12 became law
Sponsored
5
3 became law
Co-sponsored
14
11 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Family, Children and Human Affairs
  • Insurance
  • Public Health
  • Public Health, Behavioral Health, and Human Services, Interim Study Committee on (House Majority Member)

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 375, No 46, Excused 68, Not voting 2
  • 2024: Yes 245, No 26, Excused 34, Not voting 5
  • 2025: Yes 363, No 80, Excused 63, Not voting 4
  • 2026: Yes 276, No 90, Excused 2, Not voting 9
How Ledbetter voted on 37 selected bills
The 74 bills Ledbetter carried

  • HB 1201: Rare disease advisory council.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the rare disease advisory council (council) to address various issues concerning the needs of patients in Indiana with rare diseases and their caregivers and providers.

  • HB 1307: High value workforce ready credit-bearing grant.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that an applicant who has previously received a baccalaureate degree or an associate degree may be eligible for a high value workforce ready credit-bearing grant if the applicant: (1) received a diploma of graduation, high school equivalency certificate, or state of Indiana general educational development diploma five or more years before the applicant applies for a grant; and (2) is not

  • HB 1330: Advanced practice registered nurses.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

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

  • HB 1352: Telehealth services.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides (beginning January 1, 2024) that the office of Medicaid policy and planning may not require: (1) a provider that is licensed, certified, registered, or authorized with the appropriate state agency or board and exclusively offers telehealth services to maintain a physical address or site in Indiana to be eligible for enrollment as a Medicaid provider; or (2) a telehealth provider group wit

  • HB 1353: Health care staffing.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a hospital to establish a nurse staffing council or assign the functions of the council to an entity in the hospital to develop a nurse staffing plan and review any reported deviations from the plan.

  • HB 1354: Service animals.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that only a dog or miniature horse qualify as a service animal.

  • HB 1440: Involuntary commitment for addiction treatment.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a proceeding for the commitment of an individual who suffers from substance abuse.

  • HB 1598: Income tax credit for nursing preceptors.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides a refundable credit of $1,000 against the adjusted gross income tax liability of a taxpayer who has served as a nursing preceptor during the taxable year.

  • 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 1027: Renter's tax deduction for disabled veterans.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows a disabled veteran who rents a dwelling as a principal place of residence to claim an additional renter's deduction of up to $3,000 from the disabled veteran's adjusted gross income.

  • 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 1194: Competency to stand trial.

    2023 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)

    Provides that certain licensed individuals may examine a defendant and testify as to whether the defendant can understand the criminal proceedings and assist in the preparation of the defendant's defense.

  • HB 1265: Housing issues.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Makes appropriations to the Indiana housing and community development authority and the office of the secretary of family and social services to fund programs for housing and other supportive services for individuals experiencing homelessness.

  • HB 1314: Pediatric cancer research and treatment grant.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the pediatric cancer research and treatment grant program (grant program) to be administered by the Indiana department of health (state department).

  • HB 1356: Cannabis.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Decriminalizes the possession of: (1) two ounces or less of cannabis; or (2) five grams or less of hash oil or hashish.

  • HB 1397: Professional counselors licensure compact.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the behavioral health and human services licensing board to administer the professional counselors licensure compact (compact).

  • HB 1457: Public health matters.

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

    Establishes licensing standards for rural emergency hospitals.

  • HB 1616: Assessed value.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Limits the annual increase in assessed value of real property to 5% unless ownership of the real property changes during the year or the increase results from physical changes to the real property.

  • HB 1639: Watershed development commissions.

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

    Provides that the executives of one or more counties may adopt ordinances designating their counties as members of a proposed watershed development commission and that the proposed watershed development commission is established as a legal entity with the counties as its members if it is recognized by the natural resources commission.

  • SB 212: Witness protection pilot programs.

    2023 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of witness protection and assistance pilot programs in Lake County, Marion County, and Vanderburgh County to the appropriate interim study committee.

  • SB 474: Home health agencies.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows a home health agency to: (1) provide services in any county in Indiana; and (2) satisfy supervising home health aide services requirements by complying with federal law.

  • SB 1: Behavioral health matters.

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

    Provides that, subject to certain procedures and requirements, the office of the secretary of family and social services may apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services: (1) for a Medicaid state plan amendment, a waiver, or an amendment to an existing waiver to require reimbursement for eligible certified community behavioral health clinic services; or (2) to participate in

  • SB 11: Marriage and family therapists.

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

    Decreases the number of experiential practice hours required to obtain a license as a marriage and family therapist or a therapist associate.

  • SB 167: FAFSA.

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

    Requires all students, except for students at certain nonpublic schools, in the student's senior year to complete and submit the FAFSA not later than April 15 unless: (1) a parent of a student or a student, if the student is an emancipated minor, signs a waiver that the student understands what the FAFSA is and declines to complete it; or (2) the principal or school counselor of the student's high

  • SB 214: Standing order for overdose intervention drugs.

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

    Provides that a statewide standing order for the dispensing of an overdose intervention drug must allow for choice in the: (1) purchasing; (2) dispensing; and (3) distributing; of any formulation or dosage of a naloxone product that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

  • SB 338: Art and music therapy.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Provides for the licensure of music therapists, art therapists, and art therapist associates by the medical licensing board of Indiana.

  • SB 340: Imagination library.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House

    Establishes the Indiana imagination library.

  • SB 73: Occupational therapy licensure compact.

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

    Establishes the occupational therapy licensure compact.

  • HB 1015: Health care staffing.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a hospital to establish a nurse staffing council or assign the functions of the council to an entity in the hospital to develop a nurse staffing plan and review any reported deviations from the plan.

  • HB 1022: Automated tractor-trailers.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that an automated tractor-trailer may not be operated on a highway to transport passengers or goods unless a human operator who meets all state and federal qualifications to operate a tractor-trailer is physically present in the automated tractor-trailer to monitor the performance of the automated tractor-trailer and to take control of all or part of the automated tractor-trailer's operat

  • HB 1043: Gold and silver as legal tender.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Defines "specie" as: (1) coin having gold or silver content; or (2) refined gold or silver bullion.

  • HB 1059: Advanced practice registered nurses.

    2024 · 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 1382: Retirement of electric generating units.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Amends the descriptions of "reliability" and "resiliency" as attributes of electric utility service in the Indiana Code section that sets forth state policy concerning Indiana's electric generation resource mix, energy infrastructure, and electric service ratemaking constructs.

  • 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 1054: Screening for scoliosis.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a health care provider who provides health care services to a child who is at least nine years of age but less than 13 years of age to take certain actions concerning a scoliosis screening.

  • HB 1254: Study of nutritional support Medicaid waiver.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Urges the legislative council to assign to an appropriate committee during the 2024 legislative interim the issue of applying for and implementing a Medicaid waiver to include nutrition supports for certain Medicaid recipients.

  • HB 1259: Health care matters.

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

    Establishes the therapeutic psilocybin research fund, administered by the division of mental health and addiction, to provide financial assistance to research institutions in Indiana to study the use of psilocybin to treat mental health and other medical conditions.

  • HB 1426: Long acting reversible contraceptives.

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

    Requires a hospital that operates a maternity unit to ensure that a woman who is: (1) giving birth in the hospital; and (2) eligible for or receiving Medicaid assistance; has the option, if not medically contraindicated, of having a long acting reversible subdermal contraceptive implanted after delivery and before the woman is discharged.

  • SB 45: Trauma informed care.

    2024 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Requires the Indiana state board of nursing to study whether trauma informed care should be included as part of the required curriculum for nursing education programs.

  • SB 65: Salvage motor vehicles.

    2024 · 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.

  • SB 171: Reunification plan for a child in need of services.

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

    Amends the circumstances under which reasonable efforts to reunify a child with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian or preserve a child's family are not required.

  • SB 23: Damage to a penal facility.

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

    Provides that a person who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally damages a component of an automatic building fire suppression system that is located in a penal facility commits criminal mischief, a Level 6 felony.

  • SB 233: Certified community behavioral health clinics.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services and the division of mental health and addiction to include each community mental health center that meets certain requirements in: (1) the community mental health services demonstration program (program), if Indiana is approved to participate in the program and as a state plan amendment for specified reimbursement after the program

  • SB 260: Neighborhood and individual development incentives.

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

    Defines a "community based organization" as a private, nonprofit corporation whose board of directors is comprised of business, civic, and community leaders, and whose principal purpose includes the provision of low income housing.

  • HB 1057: Automated tractor-trailers.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that an automated tractor-trailer may not be operated on a highway to transport passengers or goods unless a human operator who meets all state and federal qualifications to operate a tractor-trailer is physically present in the automated tractor-trailer to monitor the performance of the automated tractor-trailer and to take control of all or part of the automated tractor-trailer's operat

  • HB 1059: High value workforce ready credit-bearing grant.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that an applicant who has previously received a baccalaureate degree or an associate degree may be eligible for a high value workforce ready credit-bearing grant if the applicant: (1) received a diploma of graduation, a high school equivalency certificate, or a state of Indiana general educational development diploma five or more years before the applicant applies for a grant; and (2) is

  • HB 1116: Advanced practice registered nurses.

    2025 · 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 1120: Hyperbaric oxygen treatment program.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Extends the Indiana department of veterans' affairs (department) hyperbaric oxygen treatment pilot program (program) to June 30, 2027.

  • HB 1129: Mental health coverage by third party.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that if an insurer contracts with a third party for coverage of services related to the treatment of a mental illness or substance abuse, the insurer and third party shall deem a provider providing mental illness or substance abuse services as: (1) an in network provider for purposes of calculating cost sharing for a covered individual if the provider is in network for medical or surgical

  • HB 1141: Mental health and substance abuse coverage.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the department of insurance (department) to implement and enforce applicable provisions of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Act of 2008 (act).

  • HB 1151: Advanced practice registered nurses.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Adds two additional members to the Indiana state board of nursing (board) and changes the required qualifications for certain members.

  • HB 1031: Dental matters.

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

    Specifies the persons that may file an action to obtain an injunction against an individual practicing dentistry without a license and the action that is required or allowed to be included in an injunction.

  • HB 1154: Behavioral health preceptorship tax credit.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides a $1,000 credit against state tax liability to a behavioral health professional who provides a preceptorship for at least 20 days in the applicable tax year.

  • HB 1275: Alcohol and tobacco commission matters.

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

    Makes the following changes: (1) Expands the purpose of the Richard D.

  • HB 1308: Nutrition supports Medicaid waiver.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply, not later than October 1, 2025, for approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver or any other Medicaid waiver to provide coverage for nutrition supports for specified individuals.

  • HB 1309: Pediatric mental health.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the pediatric mental health professional recruitment pilot program.

  • HB 1346: Maintenance of U.S. 41 right-of-way.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Appropriates $500,000 from the state general fund to the Indiana department of transportation (department) to be used by the department for the purpose of providing roadside mowing on U.S.

  • HB 1391: Services for the aged and disabled.

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

    Allows the office of the secretary of family and social services (office of the secretary) to study and prepare a report containing recommendations for realigning and consolidating the local area agency on aging (area agency) planning and service areas.

  • HB 1614: Bullion depositories.

    2025 · Co-authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Defines "bullion" as refined silver or gold that has certain specified characteristics.

  • SB 26: Signal jamming.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a signal jammer may be seized.

  • SB 473: Various health care matters.

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

    Specifies the process for a managed care organization to follow concerning home modification services.

  • HB 1059: Commercial advertising on a school bus.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a school corporation may display commercial advertising on a school bus owned by the school corporation if the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy that meets certain requirements.

  • HB 1120: Retirement of electric generation resources.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Amends the statute concerning public utilities' annual electric resource planning reports to the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) to provide that for an annual report submitted after December 31, 2026, if: (1) after an investigation under the statute, the IURC does not issue an order to prohibit the retirement of a public utility's electric generation resource; (2) the public utility p

  • HB 1129: Advanced practice registered nurses.

    2026 · 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 1139: Assessment of property.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that all tangible property that is subject to assessment shall be assessed on a just valuation basis and in a uniform and equal manner regardless of: (1) who owns the tangible property; or (2) who the person or entity is that is liable for property taxes due on the tangible property.

  • HB 1276: Competitive electric generation service.

    2026 · 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 1054: Plumbing noncompete agreements.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Defines "noncompete agreement".

  • HB 1074: Nutrition supports Medicaid waiver.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply, not later than October 1, 2026, for approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver or any other Medicaid waiver to provide coverage for nutrition supports for specified individuals.

  • HB 1201: Various mental health and insurance matters.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits the use of an artificial intelligence system to impersonate or act as a substitute for a licensed mental health professional.

  • HB 1278: Nursing matters; education programs.

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

    Requires the Indiana State Nurses Association, any time there is a vacancy or expiration of a term on the board of nursing, to recommend to the governor a list of qualified nurses for appointment.

  • SB 262: INSPECT program.

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

    Sets forth the circumstances in which a dispenser is not required to transmit certain information to the INSPECT program (program).

  • 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 Ledbetter's record came from

Sources for Ledbetter

Declared write-in candidates

Not printed on the ballot; a vote counts only when the name is written in.

Jim Shields

IndependentWrite-in

Declared write-in candidate listed as Independent on the Indiana Election Division's list; his name will not be printed on the ballot [2].

How Shields got on the ballot

  • Filed as a declared write-in candidate [2].

What we could not find about Shields

  • No campaign website, news coverage or published policy positions were found.

Sources for Shields

Key points

  • House District 75 covers portions of Gibson, Pike and Warrick counties in southwestern Indiana, per the House Republican caucus. (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  • Key differences: Barclay focuses on utility rate reviews, data-center rules and changes to SEA 1, and criticizes Ledbetter's votes and utility PAC contributions; Ledbetter's record centers on health care, veterans and public-safety bills and support for SEA 1. (Mason Barclay campaign)
  • Ballot: Ledbetter (R) and Mason Barclay (D); Jim Shields is a declared write-in candidate whose name will not be printed on the ballot. (Indiana Election Division)

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana House of Representatives (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. State Rep. Cindy Ledbetter: biography and committees (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  4. Cindy Ledbetter (Wikipedia)
  5. Ledbetter authors bill to extend veteran PTSD treatment program (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  6. Governor ceremonially signs bill co-sponsored by Rep. Ledbetter to strengthen public safety (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  7. Ledbetter: Indiana will be a leader in energy (guest column) (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  8. House Roll Call 433: SB 1 (Local government finance), third reading (Indiana General Assembly (roll-call PDF mirrored by FastDemocracy/BillTexts))
  9. House Roll Call 28: HB 1032 (Redistricting), third reading (Indiana General Assembly (roll-call PDF mirrored by FastDemocracy/BillTexts))
  10. 2026 Indiana House of Representatives election (Wikipedia)
  11. Priorities (Mason Barclay campaign)
  12. Data centers (Mason Barclay campaign)
  13. Accountability (Mason Barclay campaign)
  14. Warrick County legislators highlight new state laws taking effect (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  15. Mason Barclay for Indiana House District 75 (Mason Barclay campaign)
  16. Meet Mason (Mason Barclay campaign)
  17. Mason Barclay: State Representative, District 75 (iVoterGuide)
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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