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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana House, District 76

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 76 covers all of Posey County and part of Vanderburgh County [3], including Evansville's west side, Mount Vernon, New Harmony and Poseyville, with about 65,000 constituents [9].
  • McNamara is seeking a ninth term; WNIN reports no Democrat has held the seat since 2008 [9]. She was reelected without opposition in 2024 [13].
  • Both McNamara and Logan Patberg were unopposed for their parties' nominations in the May 5, 2026 primary [13].
  • Forums: Both candidates spoke at an Aug. 30, 2026 meet-the-candidates event hosted by the Posey County Farm Bureau [9]. The Evansville NAACP and League of Women Voters of Southwestern Indiana invited all local and state candidates on the ballot to a Sept. 12 forum in Evansville [14]; attendance was not reported.
  • Key differences: On energy costs, Patberg proposes removing the sales tax on residential utility bills and capping how fast investor-owned utilities can raise rates, while McNamara points to the state utility regulator's role and the 2026 utility law (HB 1002) [9]. McNamara supported the 2025 congressional redistricting bill; Patberg's position on it was not reported [9].

Candidates on the ballot

Wendy (Mac) McNamara

RepublicanIncumbent

Work
Spent 31 years with the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation as a teacher and administrator [9]

Wendy McNamara has represented District 76 since 2010, chairs the House Courts and Criminal Code Committee and directs EVSC Early College [3]. She cites juvenile justice, anti-trafficking and child-protection laws as her main legislative work [9].

Mac McNamara's background

  • Spent 31 years with the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation as a teacher and administrator and created its Early College High School [9]; the caucus lists her as a former teacher, social studies supervisor and assistant principal and adjunct professor [3].
  • Member of the Justice Reinvestment Advisory Council and a non-voting member of the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute Board of Trustees [4]. Lives in Evansville [3].

Mac McNamara's positions

Public safety

  • Lists mental health, corrections and support for law enforcement among her priorities and says she is drafting bills on alert systems and competency to stand trial [9].
  • On HEA 1303: "These predators can do lifelong damage to children" [12].

Energy & utilities

  • Says rate-setting rests with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission and calls HB 1002 "a big step forward," citing relief for lower-income customers and limits on payments [9].

Elections & redistricting

  • Says she would again vote for the December 2025 congressional map, citing an estimated $25–30 million a year in federal funding for Posey County and $250–300 million for Vanderburgh County; says constituent responses were mixed [9].

Education

  • Plans to expand career and technical education and improve students' transitions to college or work [9].

Consumer protection

  • Authored the statewide ban on cryptocurrency kiosks, saying it gives the attorney general a path to penalize scammers [11].

How Mac McNamara would run the office

  • Says lawmaking requires working across the aisle and that legislators must balance party ideals with constituent needs [9].

Mac McNamara on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder. In response to Patberg's critique on energy costs, she pointed to HB 1002 and the complexity of rate-setting; WNIN reported no direct statements about him [9].

How Mac McNamara got on the ballot

  • Unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary [13].

What we could not find about Mac McNamara

  • Campaign website appears outdated (news items from 2019); no 2026 issue pages found.
  • No statement found on the 2025 property-tax law (SEA 1) or data centers.
  • Campaign finance totals not checked/found.
  • WNIN notes its interview transcripts were produced automatically with light editing, so quotes may not be exact.
  • No 2026 endorsements or campaign finance totals were found.

Mac McNamara's record in office

Indiana House record, District 76 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
25
16 became law
Co-authored
41
21 became law
Sponsored
15
13 became law
Co-sponsored
16
12 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Courts and Criminal Code (Chair)
  • Corrections and Criminal Code, Interim Study Committee on (House Chair)
  • Public Health, Behavioral Health, and Human Services, Interim Study Committee on (House Chair)
  • Roads and Transportation

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 427, No 47, Excused 12, Not voting 5
  • 2024: Yes 266, No 29, Excused 14, Not voting 1
  • 2025: Yes 383, No 74, Excused 50, Not voting 3
  • 2026: Yes 276, No 90, Excused 2, Not voting 9
How Mac McNamara voted on 37 selected bills
The 97 bills Mac McNamara carried

  • HB 1186: Encroachment on an investigation.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally approaches within 25 feet of a law enforcement officer after the law enforcement officer has ordered the person to stop commits a Class C misdemeanor.

  • HB 1194: Competency to stand trial.

    2023 · 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 1195: ICJI victim services division.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows the victim services division (division) of the Indiana criminal justice institute (ICJI) to assume the duties of the domestic violence prevention and treatment council (council) within the division.

  • HB 1196: CDL training regarding human trafficking.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that the bureau of motor vehicles shall require an applicant who is applying for a commercial driver's license for the first time to attest to having watched an instructional video on how to recognize, prevent, and report human trafficking.

  • HB 1197: Distribution of registration fees.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the law enforcement training academy account (account) consisting of money deposited from various registration or license plate fees (various fees) imposed by the bureau of motor vehicles.

  • HB 1198: Serious communicable diseases.

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

    Removes certain sentencing enhancements for battery and malicious mischief that relate to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

  • HB 1226: Twenty-first century scholars program.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Defines, for purposes of the twenty-first century scholars program, "qualified early college student".

  • HB 1361: Funding of juvenile justice oversight.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Makes certain amendments to the juvenile diversion grant program, the juvenile community alternatives grant program, and the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant pilot program (programs).

  • HB 1492: School safety.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Makes changes to the permissible uses of the Indiana secured school fund.

  • HB 1493: Elimination of costs and fees in juvenile court.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a parent is presumed indigent for purposes of parental payment or reimbursement for services provided by the department of child services to a child adjudicated delinquent or a child in need of services.

  • HB 1002: Education and workforce development.

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

    Establishes the: (1) career scholarship account program (CSA program); (2) career scholarship account program fund; (3) career scholarship account administration fund; (4) career scholarship account donation fund; (5) connecting students with careers fund; (6) teacher higher education and industry collaboration grant program and fund; (7) career coaching grant fund; and (8) intermediary capacity b

  • HB 1006: Mental health programs.

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

    Specifies the circumstances under which a person may be involuntarily committed to a facility for mental health services and specifies that these services are medically necessary when provided in accordance with generally accepted clinical care guidelines.

  • HB 1009: Court ordered expenses.

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

    Specifies what a court shall order a father to pay for pregnancy and childbirth expenses.

  • HB 1032: Credit time assignments.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a person who is imprisoned for a crime or imprisoned awaiting trial or sentencing for a crime that resulted in death or serious bodily injury to a public safety official, for a crime committed after June 30, 2023, is initially assigned to Class D and may not be assigned or reassigned to any other credit time class.

  • 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 1087: Transportation for a released offender.

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

    Provides that the department of correction may not provide transportation to, or procure transportation or public transportation to, a county other than the released offender's county of residence at the time of conviction unless certain circumstances apply.

  • HB 1142: Law enforcement recordings.

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

    Provides that the direct cost that a state or local agency may charge for providing a copy of a law enforcement recording (recording) includes labor costs incurred to: (1) obscure nondisclosable information in the recording; and (2) perform an administrative review of the recording to determine if all nondisclosable information has been obscured.

  • HB 1156: Motor vehicle matters.

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

    Provides for the process for suspending the Indiana driving privileges of a minor who is an Indiana resident for failing to appear or answer a traffic summons.

  • HB 1236: Protections for motor vehicle dealers.

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

    Specifies the amount of compensation by a manufacturer or distributor to a dealer for a part.

  • HB 1306: Killing a law enforcement animal.

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

    Increases the penalty for killing a law enforcement animal to a Level 5 felony.

  • 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 1400: Statute of limitation on certain claims.

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

    Provides that an action for injury to a person that results from the sexual abuse of a child, that has expired under the current statute of limitations, may be commenced at any time against certain entities seeking bankruptcy protections.

  • HB 1462: Health matters.

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

    Amends the requirements for a physician to provide office based opioid treatment.

  • HB 1542: Secured school safety grants.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Specifies that an educational service center may receive a grant from the Indiana safe schools fund.

  • HB 1605: Public defender participation in PARF.

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

    Adds a person who serves in one of the following positions on or after January 1, 2014, to the prosecuting attorneys retirement fund (PARF): (1) The state public defender or the second highest paid staff person employed by the state public defender.

  • HB 1637: Teacher education scholarship programs.

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

    Increases the annual scholarship amount that the commission for higher education (commission) may award under the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program from $7,500 to $10,000.

  • HB 1648: Sentence modification.

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

    Establishes an additional sentencing modification procedure for certain individuals and requires that the department of correction annually review inmate records and transmit certain information to specified persons.

  • HJR 2: Impeachment of prosecutor.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a prosecuting attorney may be removed from office for crime, incapacity, or negligence.

  • SB 158: Domestic violence.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a person arrested for certain crimes committed against a family or household member may not be released on bail for 24 hours.

  • SB 159: Computer trespass.

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

    Defines "financial information".

  • SB 161: Unlawful surveillance.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Adds a prohibition against using a tracking device to the list of conditions a court may impose when issuing a protection order.

  • SB 25: Cigarette tax evasion.

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

    Provides that if a person unlawfully transports cigarettes without an Indiana tax stamp, the person commits: (1) a Class C infraction if a person possesses more than 1,000 cigarettes; (2) a Class B misdemeanor if the number of cigarettes is between 2,000 and 7,500; (3) a Class A misdemeanor if the number of cigarettes is between 7,500 and 15,000; and (4) a Level 6 felony if the number of cigarette

  • SB 445: Electronic monitoring standards.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Permits the justice reinvestment advisory council to develop electronic monitoring standards and to submit an annual report as to the standards.

  • SB 464: Jurisdiction.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that an adult criminal court has jurisdiction over a person at least 21 years of age who committed an offense as a child (an adult child offender), if the offense could have been waived to adult court, and provides that the juvenile court has jurisdiction over an adult child offender if the offense could not have been waived.

  • SB 48: Child sex offenses.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a criminal prosecution of a sex offense committed against a child that is otherwise barred by the statute of limitations may nevertheless be commenced within five years from the date on which: (1) the state discovers DNA evidence; (2) the state learns of a recording that provides evidence sufficient to charge the offender; or (3) a person confesses to the offense.

  • 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 179: Home detention.

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

    Provides that a court may not order a person convicted of a: (1) Level 1 felony; or (2) crime subject to certain enhancements; to a community corrections program.

  • SB 4: Public health commission.

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

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

  • SB 473: Limits on discharges into the Ohio River.

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

    Provides that if a community water system that discharges wastewater into the Ohio River demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department of environmental management that the discharged wastewater does not increase the mass of mercury in the Ohio River by an amount greater than the mass of mercury in the water withdrawn from the Ohio River by the community water system: (1) the community water s

  • SJR 1: Limitation on right to bail.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · enacted: became law (no signature action listed)

    Provides that an offense other than murder or treason is not bailable if: (1) the proof is evident or the presumption strong; and (2) the state proves by clear and convincing evidence that no release conditions will reasonably protect the safety of any other person or the community.

  • HB 1132: Investigators employed by the attorney general.

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

    Provides that the attorney general shall designate not more than four investigators employed within the state Medicaid fraud control unit to be law enforcement officers of the state.

  • HB 1182: Regulation of controlled substances.

    2024 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Relocates requirements that the board of pharmacy must comply with when adopting interim rules declaring a substance a synthetic drug from the professional licensing law to the statutes governing administrative rulemaking.

  • HB 1194: State administration.

    2024 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Changes the name of the northwest Indiana law enforcement academy and the northwest Indiana law enforcement training center.

  • HB 1238: Competency evaluation.

    2024 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the division of mental health and addiction to establish a training program to certify a competency evaluator to assist a court in determining competency.

  • 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 1104: School safety.

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

    Provides that a school safety plan developed by a school corporation or charter school must establish an armed intruder drill protocol.

  • HB 1216: Medicaid reimbursement for certain detainees.

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

    Removes provisions in current law specifying that services provided to an individual while the individual is committed to a facility for mental health services are medically necessary when provided in accordance with generally accepted clinical care guidelines.

  • HB 1240: Criminal law issues.

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

    Makes numerous changes to the criminal law, including: (1) changing references from "county prosecuting attorney" to "prosecuting attorney"; (2) specifying the membership of county school safety commissions; (3) removing and replacing the organized theft statute; (4) increasing the penalty for fraud and battery under certain circumstances; and (5) defining "abusive head trauma" and permitting it t

  • HB 1354: Release from department of correction and parole.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes an additional sentencing modification procedure for certain individuals and requires that the department of correction annually review inmate records and transmit certain information to specified persons.

  • HB 1418: Forensic diversion and drug courts.

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

    Provides that a pregnant woman charged with a drug crime may be referred to a forensic diversion program or a drug court at an initial hearing.

  • SB 172: Compensation for victims of violent crime.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends definitions of emergency shelter care, motor vehicle, violent crime, and victim of a child sex crime.

  • SB 179: Commission on court appointed attorneys.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the justice reinvestment advisory council (council) to conduct a study on criminal indigency determinations by all Indiana trial courts.

  • SB 149: Tobacco.

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

    Prohibits a retail establishment from holding more than one active tobacco sales certificate (certificate) for a retail location at any time.

  • 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 240: Public safety.

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

    Provides that a person who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly operates a vehicle in a repeated or continuous manner with the intent of causing a rotational skid commits reckless driving, a Class B misdemeanor, and increases the penalty if certain circumstances apply.

  • SB 281: Child safety requirements for off-road vehicles.

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

    Provides that an individual less than 18 years of age is not required to wear a helmet while operating or riding on an off-road vehicle if certain requirements are met.

  • HB 1056: Controlled substances.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Adds additional substances to the list of controlled substances.

  • HB 1117: State property offenses.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a person convicted of: (1) rioting; (2) criminal mischief; (3) burglary; (4) residential entry; or (5) criminal trespass; committed on state property is ineligible to receive or continue receiving state public assistance, including tuition assistance, for a period of three years.

  • HB 1118: Critical incident stress management debriefings.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a first responder recipient of critical incident stress management (CISM) services may not be compelled to testify or otherwise disclose a communication made to a CISM services provider or peer support team member relating to the first responder recipient's CISM services in a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding.

  • HB 1119: Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

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

    Defines "qualified test".

  • HB 1121: Concurrent juvenile delinquency jurisdiction on military bases.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Creates a process for the state to establish concurrent jurisdiction with the United States for certain juvenile delinquency proceedings on Indiana military property.

  • HB 1122: Unlawful encroachment.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Authorizes a law enforcement officer to order a person to stop approaching the law enforcement officer if the officer reasonably believes that the person's presence within 25 feet of the officer will interfere with the performance of the officer's duties.

  • HB 1403: Juvenile justice matters.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the duties of the statewide juvenile justice oversight body established by the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana (oversight body).

  • HB 1006: Prosecutors.

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

    Establishes the prosecutor review board and sets forth the duties of the board.

  • HB 1007: Energy generation resources.

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

    Provides a credit against state tax liability for expenses incurred in the manufacture of a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) in Indiana.

  • HB 1155: Signal jamming devices.

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

    Provides that a signal jammer may be seized.

  • HB 1188: Resisting law enforcement.

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

    Increases certain penalties for resisting law enforcement.

  • HB 1295: Licensed electrologists.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that an applicant for an electrology license does not need to hold a cosmetologist license or esthetician license before applying for an electrology license.

  • 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 1355: Human immunodeficiency virus.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Removes enhancements for battery by body waste and malicious mischief with food based on HIV contamination.

  • HB 1390: Bureau of motor vehicles.

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

    Provides the records of the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau), for purposes of showing the last registered owner of a vehicle when obtaining a certificate of title for a repossessed vehicle, mean records related to certificate of titles or registrations.

  • HB 1416: Awareness of human trafficking.

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

    Requires safety rest areas, gas stations, and welcome centers to display human trafficking awareness information, and permits massage establishments to display human trafficking awareness information.

  • HB 1451: Evansville professional sports development area.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Increases the maximum amount of covered taxes that may be captured in the Evansville professional sports and convention development area from $10 per resident to $5,000,000.

  • SB 120: DNA samples at time of arrest.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires a sheriff to take a DNA sample of a person taken into custody for a felony.

  • SB 144: County police force pension trust and trust fund.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires in a county other than Marion County, that the county police department or a designee of the county police department make an annual presentation regarding the county police force pension trust and trust fund to the county council.

  • SB 218: Electronic monitoring.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the information that must be provided by a supervising agency in quarterly reports to the local justice reinvestment advisory council.

  • SB 74: Extension of lifeline law immunity.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that an individual who is: (1) reasonably believed to be suffering from a health condition which is the direct result of alcohol consumption; and (2) assisted by a person who requested emergency medical assistance for the individual; is immune from prosecution for certain crimes.

  • SB 138: Sale of low THC products to persons less than 21.

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

    Makes possession of low THC hemp extract or a cannabinoid by a minor a Class B misdemeanor.

  • SB 141: Eyewitness identification procedures.

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

    Establishes a procedure to be used by a law enforcement agency in conducting a lineup or in person witness identification.

  • SB 289: Unlawful discrimination.

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

    Repeals provisions concerning university diversity committees.

  • SB 312: Exceptions to paraphernalia statutes.

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

    Provides that the controlled substance paraphernalia statutes do not apply to items marketed to detect the presence of a drug or controlled substance.

  • SB 324: Criminal procedures.

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

    Increases the penalty levels of crimes related to fentanyl.

  • HB 1040: Battery against school and healthcare employees.

    2026 · Authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate

    Increases the penalty for battery on certain health care employees and school employees.

  • HB 1116: Virtual currency kiosks.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Prohibits the operation of virtual currency kiosks in Indiana.

  • HB 1165: Various animal related matters.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Removes partial liability for damages when a person removes a domestic animal from a motor vehicle.

  • HB 1303: Sex crimes and child safety.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies the sex offender reporting requirements for persons who are sex offenders or required to register in other jurisdictions.

  • HB 1025: County policies.

    2026 · Co-authored · passed both chambers in some form; final version not enacted

    Specifies that county residency requirements do not apply to: (1) public defenders (except for the chief public defender); (2) employees of a public defender office; (3) judicial officers; or (4) court personnel.

  • HB 1029: Alzheimer's disease and dementia education.

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

    Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to: (1) collaborate with a national Alzheimer's disease and dementia organization in educating the public about Alzheimer's disease and dementia; and (2) identify and collaborate with additional partners in the education.

  • HB 1248: Advanced DNA testing for cold cases.

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

    Establishes a process concerning eligibility for advanced DNA testing for cold cases.

  • HB 1250: Public safety procedures.

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

    Requires the department of correction to electronically notify, at least seven days in advance, the: (1) county sheriff; (2) prosecuting attorney; and (3) chief of police; of the county or municipality into which the department will release a serious violent felon, including a juvenile adjudicated for an act that would be a serious violent felony, and of the county or municipality where the seriou

  • HB 1269: Unlawful proposition penalties.

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

    Provides that at the time of sentencing for a person convicted of making an unlawful proposition the court may require the person to complete a prostitution offender program approved by the court.

  • SB 271: Telecommunications wire and valuable metal dealers.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Adds telecommunications network wire to the definition of "valuable metal" for purposes of Indiana law governing valuable metal dealers.

  • SB 90: Consent for pelvic, prostate, and rectal exams.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Prohibits health practitioners and other specified individuals from performing pelvic, prostate, or rectal examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious patient except in specified circumstances.

  • 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.

  • SB 92: Community corrections trust funds.

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

    Authorizes a county that operates a community corrections program to establish a county community corrections trust fund (fund).

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 Mac McNamara's record came from

Mac McNamara's campaign website

Sources for Mac McNamara

Logan A. Patberg

Democratic

Work
Teaches science in the Evansville-area school district he attended [15]

Logan Patberg is a public school science teacher and Evansville Teachers Association board member making his first run for office [4]. He calls energy affordability his top issue [9].

Patberg's background

  • Teaches science in the Evansville-area school district he attended [4, 15]. Serves on the Evansville Teachers Association board and chairs its Advocacy Committee [4].
  • Describes himself as a lifelong resident of Southwestern Indiana and a union member [15, 9]. Has not held elected office [4].

Patberg's positions

Energy & utilities

  • Proposes eliminating the 7% sales tax on residential utility bills, capping how quickly investor-owned utilities can raise rates (with safety and reliability exceptions) and considering retail energy competition with consumer protections [9].
  • Lists keeping energy costs affordable for ratepayers as a priority [17].

Data centers

  • "Data center sales tax extensions should be repealed, because 50 years of a corporate handout is way too long" [9].

Education

  • Wants public schools funded at their pre-2008 level and expanded career and technical education; opposes cuts to public higher education [17].

Health care

  • Says he will "Fight to protect Medicaid/HIP access," expand CHIP (Hoosier Healthwise) for children and lower prescription drug costs [17].

Economy & jobs

  • Supports expanding collective bargaining and workforce development partnerships; says Indiana "needs to have paid leave laws" and more child care capacity [17].

How Patberg would run the office

  • Says he wants to give educators, union members and "regular folks" a voice in Indianapolis [9].

Patberg on the current officeholder

  • Says lawmakers have not answered concerns about jobs, benefits, child care and energy costs well in recent sessions; WNIN reported he did not name McNamara directly on most issues [9].

How Patberg got on the ballot

  • Filed in early February 2026 [9, 16]; unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary [13].

What we could not find about Patberg

  • No position found on the 2025 property-tax law (SEA 1) or the 2025 congressional redistricting vote.
  • Campaign finance totals not found.
  • A WNIN photo caption from the Feb. 3 filing listed Patberg for District 78 and Busby for District 76 in one caption and the reverse in another; the ballot list places Patberg in District 76.
  • No endorsements were listed on his campaign site, and no campaign finance totals were found [18].

Patberg's campaign website

Sources for Patberg

Key points

  • House District 76 covers all of Posey County and part of Vanderburgh County, including Evansville's west side, Mount Vernon, New Harmony and Poseyville, with about 65,000 constituents. (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  • Key differences: On energy costs, Patberg proposes removing the sales tax on residential utility bills and capping how fast investor-owned utilities can raise rates, while McNamara points to the state utility regulator's role and the 2026 utility law (HB 1002). (WNIN)
  • Both McNamara and Logan Patberg were unopposed for their parties' nominations in the May 5, 2026 primary. (Wikipedia)

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana House of Representatives (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Wendy McNamara (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  4. Voter Guide 2026 (Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library / Evansville NewsLab)
  5. Indiana House District 76 — no Democrats since 2008, McNamara vs. Patberg in 2026 (WNIN)
  6. Governor ceremonially signs McNamara's law protecting Hoosiers from cryptocurrency scams (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  7. Rep. McNamara's legislation targeting child predators signed into law (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  8. 2026 Indiana House of Representatives election (Wikipedia)
  9. Candidates Forum Set for Saturday (WNIN)
  10. About (Logan Patberg campaign)
  11. Vanderburgh Democrats bring several challengers to GOP-controlled county, state, national seats (WNIN)
  12. Priorities (Logan Patberg campaign)
  13. Logan Patberg for Indiana House District 76 (Logan Patberg campaign)
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

This is not an official ballot. Confirm your registration, polling place and ballot with your election office through vote.gov.