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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana House, District 98

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

  • Robin Shackleford (Democratic) is the only candidate for House District 98 [2].

Candidates on the ballot

Robin Shackleford

DemocraticIncumbent

Work
Independent life and health insurance broker [3]

Democrat Robin Shackleford of Indianapolis has represented House District 98 since 2012, according to her caucus biography [3].

Shackleford's background

  • Elected to the Indiana House in 2012 [3].
  • Works as an independent life and health insurance broker; previously a policy and research specialist for the Indiana Health Care Association [3].
  • Bachelor's and master's degrees in public affairs from Indiana University and IUPUI [3].

How Shackleford got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary unopposed, with 4,803 votes [4].
  • Has no opponent on the November ballot [2].

What we could not find about Shackleford

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

Shackleford's record in office

Indiana House record, District 98 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
30
1 became law
Co-authored
31
16 became law
Co-sponsored
13
11 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Public Health (Ranking Minority Member)
  • Courts and Criminal Code
  • Insurance
  • Financial Institutions and Insurance, Interim Study Committee on (House Minority Member)
  • Public Health, Behavioral Health, and Human Services, Interim Study Committee on (House Minority Member)

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 382, No 74, Excused 25, Not voting 10
  • 2024: Yes 233, No 50, Excused 21, Not voting 6
  • 2025: Yes 389, No 100, Excused 12, Not voting 9
  • 2026: Yes 289, No 78, Excused 5, Not voting 5
How Shackleford voted on 37 selected bills
The 74 bills Shackleford carried

  • HB 1047: Small business development.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Makes an appropriation of available federal funds to the office of small business and entrepreneurship for purposes related to minority owned small businesses.

  • HB 1070: Domestic violence matters.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a director of a nonprofit organization that works to prevent domestic violence or assists victims of domestic violence who is convicted of a crime of domestic violence to report the conviction to: (1) the executive director or the president of the nonprofit organization; and (2) every member of the board of directors of the nonprofit organization.

  • HB 1071: Implicit bias continuing education.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the medical licensing board of Indiana to adopt rules requiring a physician and a physician assistant who apply for a license or renewal to complete continuing education addressing the topic of implicit bias.

  • HB 1094: Comprehensive student support program.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the comprehensive student support program (program) for the purposes of: (1) funding the formation and staffing of school based and district level comprehensive student support teams; (2) improving staffing ratios for student support personnel; (3) supporting the creation, expansion, and work of multidisciplinary school teams to address the school environment, school safety, school imp

  • HB 1095: Mental health and addiction matters.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Specifies that an individual's incarceration, hospitalization, or other temporary cessation in substance or chemical use may not be used as a factor in determining the individual's eligibility for coverage in: (1) a state employee health care plan; (2) Medicaid; (3) the healthy Indiana plan; (4) a policy of accident and sickness insurance; or (5) a health maintenance health care contract.

  • HB 1096: Funding for senior home repair program.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the residential emergency services to offer (home) repairs to the elderly (RESTORE) program and fund.

  • HB 1097: Healthy food incubator program.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the healthy food incubator program (program) and healthy food incubator fund (fund) under the administration of the Indiana housing and community development authority (IHCDA).

  • HB 1328: Traffic amnesty.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that license reinstatement fees are: (1) $150 for the first suspension; (2) $225 for the second suspension; and (3) $300 for the third and any subsequent suspensions.

  • HB 1481: Juvenile delinquency.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that juvenile law concerning delinquency does not apply to a child who: (1) is less than 10 years of age; or (2) is 10 or 11 years of age, unless the child is alleged to have committed a delinquent act that would be murder if committed by an adult.

  • HB 1571: Reading specialist grants.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Creates the reading specialist certification grant fund (fund).

  • HB 1091: Eligibility under Medicaid, CHIP and other benefits.

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

    Changes the requirements for submitting eligibility information for an individual who is: (1) less than 19 years of age; and (2) a recipient of either the Medicaid program or the children's health insurance program (CHIP) (programs).

  • HB 1139: Consent for pelvic, prostate, and rectal exams.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

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

  • HB 1319: Loan repayment for health professionals.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, physical therapists, and speech language pathologists are eligible for certain loan repayments made available to health care professionals.

  • HB 1320: Occupational therapists.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that for any rules adopted concerning community care for individuals with mental illness, a licensed occupational therapist is considered to be a qualified behavioral health professional.

  • HB 1330: Advanced practice registered nurses.

    2023 · Co-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 · Co-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 1461: Long term services.

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

    Requires the housing and community development authority to: (1) assess the feasibility of the development of new assisted living communities for low and middle income individuals; and (2) determine possible funding for the assisted living communities; and submit a report to the legislative services agency.

  • HB 1573: Repayment of medical school loans.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the Indiana department of health (department) to establish and administer a medical school loan forgiveness pilot program (program) for the purpose of attracting physicians to practice medicine in Indiana.

  • 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 158: Domestic violence.

    2023 · Co-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 252: Long acting reversible contraceptives.

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

    Allows a long acting reversible contraceptive that is prescribed to and obtained for a Medicaid recipient to be transferred to another Medicaid recipient if certain requirements are met.

  • SB 283: Marion County road funding.

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

    Provides that at least 65% of the funds distributed to a county containing a consolidated city from the motor vehicle highway account (MVHA) shall be used for the construction, reconstruction, and preservation of highways by the county and the consolidated city respectively.

  • 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 438: Home health services.

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

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to: (1) perform a comprehensive review of existing home health services for children with complex medical needs; (2) assess the home health services and policies for a person-centered approach; and (3) engage stakeholders in the assessment to solicit feedback on issues securing and maintaining home health services.

  • HB 1166: Chronic weight management task force.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the chronic weight management task force to study and make recommendations concerning chronic weight related diseases and Type 2 diabetes.

  • HB 1167: Implicit bias continuing education.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the medical licensing board of Indiana to adopt rules requiring a physician and a physician assistant who apply for a license or renewal to complete continuing education addressing the topic of implicit bias.

  • HB 1168: Racial equity impact notes.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requests the legislative council to assign a study of directing the legislative services agency to prepare a racial equity impact note for a legislative bill introduced in a session of the general assembly, if requested by an author or sponsor of the bill, the chair of a standing committee to which the bill is assigned, or the ranking minority member of a standing committee to which the bill is as

  • HB 1195: Right to counsel eviction task force.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the access to counsel in eviction task force (task force) to review matters related to the eviction process and potential funding sources to increase a tenant's access to counsel in an eviction proceeding.

  • HB 1257: Child care assistance eligibility.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a household is eligible to begin receiving assistance under the federal Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) voucher program if the household, at the time of the initial determination of the household's income eligibility by the office of the secretary of family and social services (FSSA): (1) has a household income that does not exceed 85% of Indiana's state median income for the

  • 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 1327: Health and insurance matters.

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

    Requires reporting of certain ownership information by: (1) a hospital to the Indiana department of health (state department); (2) a physician group practice to the professional licensing agency; and (3) an insurer, a third party administrator, and a pharmacy benefit manager to the department of insurance.

  • HB 1385: Emergency medical services.

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

    Establishes the community cares initiative grant pilot program for the purpose of assisting in the costs of starting or expanding mobile integrated health care programs and mobile crisis teams in Indiana.

  • HB 1386: Medicaid matters.

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

    Sets forth the powers and duties of the office of the secretary of family and social services (office of the secretary) concerning Medicaid home and community based services waivers.

  • SB 10: Community cares initiative grant pilot program.

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

    Establishes the community cares initiative grant pilot program for the purpose of assisting in the costs of starting or expanding mobile integrated health care programs and mobile crisis teams in Indiana.

  • SB 2: Child care.

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

    Requires the Indiana economic development corporation to annually report to the general assembly regarding funds dedicated to supporting child care under specified state and federal programs.

  • SB 9: Notice of health care entity mergers.

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

    Requires health care entities to provide notice of certain mergers or acquisitions to office of the attorney general.

  • HB 1048: Personal allowance for facility residents.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Increases the personal allowance for residential care recipients and Medicaid recipients from $52 to $100.

  • HB 1065: Cancer clinical trial program.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows an organization or entity to establish and administer a cancer clinical trial participation program for the purpose of providing payments to a participant for certain costs incurred by the participant while participating in a cancer clinical trial.

  • HB 1138: Coverage for obesity treatments.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a state employee health plan to provide coverage for anti-obesity medication and intensive behavioral and lifestyle therapy for an eligible individual.

  • HB 1139: Expansion of produce Rx pilot grant program.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Makes an appropriation to the Indiana department of health for the purpose of expanding the produce Rx pilot grant program.

  • HB 1140: Eviction assistance grant program.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a grant program to provide grants to counties, cities, towns, or townships (local units) for the funding of eviction related services for tenants facing an eviction action.

  • HB 1161: Licensure of home health aides.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides for the licensure of home health aides by the Indiana department of health (state department).

  • HB 1162: Rental rate increase control.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits a landlord from increasing the gross rental rate for certain rental units more than the lesser of: (1) 5%, plus the percentage cost of living increase; or (2) 10%; of the lowest gross rental rate charged for the rental unit during the 12 months prior to the effective date of the increase.

  • HB 1163: School wellness grant fund.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the school wellness grant fund (fund) to provide grants to school corporations to support local wellness initiatives developed by the school corporation.

  • HB 1202: Medicaid coverage for treatment of obesity.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires Medicaid coverage for the treatment of obesity, including specified services and medication approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

  • HB 1246: Comprehensive student support program.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the comprehensive student support program (program) for the purposes of: (1) funding the formation and staffing of school based and district level comprehensive student support teams; (2) improving staffing ratios for student support personnel; (3) supporting the creation, expansion, and work of multidisciplinary school teams to address the school environment, school safety, school imp

  • HB 1068: Repayment of medical school loans.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the Indiana department of health (department) to establish and administer a medical school loan forgiveness pilot program (program) for the purpose of attracting physicians to practice medicine in Indiana.

  • HB 1148: Confidentiality of birth and stillbirth records.

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

    Provides that a registration or certificate of a birth or stillbirth is open to public inspection and copying upon the request of any person that occurs 99 years (instead of 75 years) after the record is created.

  • HB 1167: Exceptions to paraphernalia statutes.

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

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

  • HB 1213: Insurance and transfer on death deeds.

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

    Removes language regarding coverage under a casualty insurance policy or liability insurance policy on property transferred by a transfer on death deed.

  • HB 1299: Funding for breast cancer research.

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

    Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to establish a program to provide grants to cancer centers in Indiana to increase breast cancer research projects or breast cancer clinical trials.

  • 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 1351: Consent for pelvic, prostate, and rectal exams.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

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

  • 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 1577: Mobile retail food establishment licenses.

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

    Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to establish: (1) a statewide mobile retail food establishment license (license); (2) standards for the licensure, inspection, and operation of a mobile retail food establishment; and (3) license fees and inspection fees.

  • HB 1587: Insurance matters.

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

    Provides that the director of the state personnel department may make a determination to provide coverage under the state employee health plan for emergency medical services as part of a mobile integrated healthcare program.

  • HB 1592: Services for the aged and disabled.

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

    Allows the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to reimburse a Medicaid provider for providing functional assessments if the provider completed training approved by the office.

  • HB 1595: Long term care insurance partnership program.

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

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to reapply before September 1, 2025, for a Medicaid state plan amendment that provides for the establishment of the long term care partnership program and the discontinuance of the current long term care program.

  • HB 1604: Cost sharing; out-of-pocket expense credit.

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

    Requires an insurer, an administrator, and a pharmacy benefit manager to apply the annual limitation on cost sharing set forth in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act under 42 U.S.C.

  • HB 1666: Ownership of health care providers.

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

    Requires reporting of certain ownership information by: (1) a hospital to the Indiana department of health (state department); (2) certain health care entities to the secretary of state; and (3) an insurer, a third party administrator, and a pharmacy benefit manager to the department of insurance.

  • SB 111: Coverage for living organ donors.

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

    Prohibits an insurer that issues a policy of life insurance, disability insurance, or long term care insurance from taking certain actions with respect to the coverage of individuals who are living organ donors.

  • SB 140: Pharmacy benefits.

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

    Requires an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager, or any other administrator of pharmacy benefits to ensure that a network utilized by the insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator is reasonably adequate and accessible and file an annual report regarding the network with the commissioner of the department of insurance (commissioner).

  • SB 176: Nursing matters.

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

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

  • HB 1179: Term limits.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that an individual elected or appointed as a state senator or state representative after November 3, 2026, may serve until the earlier of the following: (1) The date on which the individual completes 20 total combined years of service as a state senator or state representative.

  • HB 1180: Health facility matters.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the state health commissioner to establish a work group to study methods of reducing and preventing health facility resident neglect and submit a report to the general assembly.

  • HB 1181: Eviction task force.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the access to counsel in eviction task force (task force) to review matters related to the eviction process and potential funding sources to increase a tenant's access to counsel in an eviction proceeding.

  • HB 1245: IURC study of data centers.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) to conduct a study to evaluate the effect of new and additional electricity demand from data centers and large load customers on: (1) the costs incurred by energy utilities to meet that demand; and (2) retail electric rates for all customer classes of energy utilities.

  • HB 1246: Financial literacy education.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a person who is at least 18 years of age and is a member of a family that receives TANF or SNAP benefits to complete a course of instruction on financial literacy that is established by the department of education (department).

  • HB 1028: Medicaid coverage for health related social needs.

    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 to provide coverage for health related social needs.

  • 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 1114: Coverage for certain cancer prescriptions.

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

    Prohibits a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization that provides coverage for advanced, metastatic cancer and associated conditions from requiring that, before providing coverage for a prescription drug, the insured fail to successfully respond to a different prescription drug or prove a history of failure of a different presc

  • 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.

  • HB 1413: Report on infant and maternal care.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the Indiana department of health to prepare an annual report with specified statistics that compare data from 2021 before abortion restrictions were enacted with data from each subsequent calendar year.

  • 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 Shackleford's record came from

Sources for Shackleford

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
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Candidate lists
As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
At the polls
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