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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana Senate, District 26

Indiana Senate. 4-year term.

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What this office does

Members of the Indiana Senate write and vote on state laws as part of the Indiana General Assembly. The Senate has 50 members, each representing one district for a four-year term; about half the seats are elected every two years [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
4 years [1]
Term limit
None [1]
Seats
50 [1]
On the 2026 ballot
25 districts [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 25 years old when taking office and have lived in the district for at least a year, under Article 4 of the Indiana Constitution [1].

About this race

  • Senate District 26 covers all of Delaware and Randolph counties, including Muncie [5].
  • In 2022, after redistricting, Alexander won the seat with 61% of the vote over Democrat Melanie Wright, a former state representative [4]. Wright now chairs Dale's campaign committee [12].
  • May 5, 2026 primaries: Alexander won the Republican nomination over Katherine (Kat) Nunley-Kritsch, and Andrew Dale was unopposed for the Democratic nomination [13].
  • Key differences: Alexander voted for the 2025 property-tax law (SEA 1) [6], which Dale says should be repaired because it shifts the tax burden onto rural communities [12]. Dale supports a 12-to-18-month moratorium on large data center development [5]; no statement from Alexander on data centers was found. No debate or forum was found.

Candidates on the ballot

Scott A. Alexander

RepublicanIncumbent

Work
Owner and operator, Alexander & Company Real Estate Appraisers [3]

Scott Alexander is the incumbent, first elected in 2022, and owns a Muncie real estate appraisal firm [3, 5]. His campaign lists jobs, roads, schools and responsive government as priorities [5].

Alexander's background

  • Owner and operator of Alexander & Company Real Estate Appraisers; attended Delta High School, Vincennes University and Ball State University [3].
  • Was a Delaware County councilman before his 2022 election [4].
  • Lives in Muncie [5].

Alexander's positions

Property taxes

  • Says more is needed so that Hoosiers "are not forced out of homes they own free and clear" over property-tax bills [14].

Health care

  • Says "Healthcare is too expensive" and backs legislation on cost transparency, prescription costs and hidden fees [14].

Child care

  • Backs letting employers offer child care as a benefit [14].

Elections & redistricting

  • Supported mid-decade congressional redistricting in 2025, saying "The time to take action is now" [8].

Public safety

  • Authored SEA 144 on tobacco and vaping products and minors [10].

How Alexander would run the office

  • Campaign priorities listed by WFYI: job protections, safe roads, dependable schools and responsive government [5].

Alexander on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder. No statements about Dale were found.

How Alexander got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary over Katherine (Kat) Nunley-Kritsch [13].

Alexander's endorsements and funding

  • Top donors listed by WFYI from Transparency USA data: Senate Majority Campaign Committee, Indiana Multi Family Housing PAC, Indiana Merit Construction PAC of ABC, Law PAC of Indiana and Indiana Realtors PAC; no totals given [5].

What we could not find about Alexander

  • Did not respond to WFYI's 2026 survey; his campaign website could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • Primary vote totals against Nunley-Kritsch were not found, nor what the primary campaign debated.
  • No endorsements or fundraising totals found.

Alexander's record in office

Indiana Senate record, District 26 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
28
5 became law
Co-authored
40
25 became law
Sponsored
22
19 became law
Co-sponsored
5
5 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Agriculture
  • Judiciary
  • Natural Resources
  • Pensions and Labor
  • Government, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Majority Member)
  • Pension Management Oversight, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Majority Member)

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 411, No 74, Not voting 4
  • 2024: Yes 268, No 40
  • 2025: Yes 391, No 87, Excused 8, Not voting 1
  • 2026: Yes 260, No 39, Not voting 1
How Alexander voted on 35 selected bills
The 95 bills Alexander carried

  • SB 172: Maximum price of a pull tab in charity gaming.

    2023 · Authored (listed 2nd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Increases the maximum price of a charity gaming ticket for a pull tab, punchboard, or tip board game from $1 to $5.

  • SB 189: Assessed value growth cap.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Limits the annual increase in the gross assessed value of real property for property tax purposes to the lesser of 5% or the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers.

  • SB 465: Public defender reimbursement.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Allows a county or multicounty public defender's office to submit a request for reimbursement from the public defense fund for an amount equal to 60% of the expenditures for indigent defense services provided in all cases except misdemeanors.

  • SB 466: Communications infrastructure in utility easement.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that if an electricity supplier provides a property owner with notice of the electricity supplier's intent to: (1) install new communications infrastructure; or (2) allow: (A) an affiliated entity of the electricity supplier; or (B) a communications service provider; to install new communications infrastructure; within an electric easement on the property, the property owner shall allow t

  • SB 74: Local use of restricted funds.

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

    Defines "preservation" for purposes of provisions that require counties, cities, and towns to use at least 50% of the money distributed from the motor vehicle highway account for construction, reconstruction, and preservation of highways.

  • SB 75: Delaware County magistrate.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Allows the judges of the Delaware circuit court to appoint a full-time magistrate.

  • SB 188: School corporation governing bodies.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that for school board offices, each candidate's affiliation with a political party or status as an independent candidate must be stated on the ballot.

  • SB 35: Financial literacy.

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

    Provides that, beginning with the cohort of students who are expected to graduate from a public school, a charter school, or a state accredited nonpublic school in 2028, an individual must successfully complete a personal financial responsibility course (course) before the individual may graduate.

  • SB 392: University housing for single mothers.

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

    Provides that the commission for higher education may administer a program to support JobSource, Inc., for the management of the Heartland/Anderson Scholar House.

  • SB 405: Funding for defendant examinations.

    2023 · Co-authored · reported from Senate committee; no Senate third-reading vote

    Requires the office of judicial administration to establish and administer a program to provide a regional pool of mental health examiners who are available for appointment upon request by a court to conduct: (1) a competency examination of a defendant; and (2) mental health evaluations following a notice of an insanity defense; in a criminal case.

  • SB 480: Gender transition procedures for minors.

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

    Prohibits a physician or other practitioner from: (1) knowingly providing gender transition procedures to an individual who is less than 18 years of age (minor); and (2) aiding or abetting another physician or practitioner in the provision of gender transition procedures to a minor.

  • SB 486: Education matters.

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

    Repeals teacher training requirements regarding: (1) criminal gang organizations awareness; (2) certain information concerning homeless students; and (3) recognizing the signs and symptoms of seizures and the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to the symptoms; and requires that information concerning these subjects be included within the curriculum of teacher preparation programs.

  • SJR 16: Article V convention on congressional term limits.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Applies to Congress for a convention for proposing amendments under Article V of the Constitution of the United States to provide limits to the number of terms that an individual may serve in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate.

  • HB 1009: Court ordered expenses.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

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

  • HB 1142: Law enforcement recordings.

    2023 · Sponsored · 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 1155: Unlicensed real estate solicitor.

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

    Defines an "unlicensed real estate solicitor".

  • HB 1458: Doctor scope of treatment and do not resuscitate.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a declarant may include a person for whom a proxy has executed an out of hospital do not resuscitate (DNR) declaration if the person: (1) is at least 18 years of age and is certified as a qualified person; (2) is incapacitated or incompetent; and (3) has no representative who is able and available to execute an out of hospital DNR declaration.

  • HB 1560: Adoptions.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that certain consent to adoption may be withdrawn not later than 15 days after the consent to adoption is signed and that certain persons must file a motion to contest an adoption after receiving certain notice.

  • HB 1578: Covered persons for restricted addresses.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a regular, paid firefighter and a volunteer firefighter are "covered persons" under the statute that requires local government units that operate a public data base website containing the names and addresses of property owners to restrict disclosure to the general public of the covered person's home address.

  • HB 1621: Self-service storage facilities.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies that the term "personal property" includes trailers.

  • HB 1568: Prescription for hormonal contraceptives.

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

    Allows pharmacists who meet certain requirements to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered hormonal contraceptives (contraceptives).

  • SB 151: Statute of limitations.

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

    Allows the prosecution of Level 3 felony rape and child molesting offenses to be commenced at any time.

  • SB 152: Unemployment compensation.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Reduces the maximum amount of regular unemployment benefits to 14 times the individual's weekly benefit.

  • SB 154: Transportation funding.

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

    Provides that a school corporation may use the school corporation's operations fund for transportation of school children to certain: (1) apprenticeship programs; (2) career and technical education programs; (3) modern youth apprenticeships; and (4) work based learning courses.

  • SB 213: Prekindergarten programs.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Exempts public schools and charter schools from: (1) certain paths to quality program requirements; and (2) certain prekindergarten program eligible provider requirements.

  • SB 214: Student mental health resources.

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

    Requires the department of education, in consultation with the office of the secretary of family and social services, to approve and make available student mental health resources for certain schools.

  • SB 1: Reading skills.

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

    Provides that the department of education (department) may grant certain individuals a waiver that provides an exception to the literacy endorsement requirements if the department submits a report to the legislative council by a specified date.

  • SB 10: Community cares initiative grant pilot program.

    2024 · Co-authored · 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 129: Police officer employment and training cost reimbursement.

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

    Allows a county, city, or town (unit) to be reimbursed for some or all of a police officer's employment and training costs from a unit that subsequently employs the police officer less than three years after police officer completes the law enforcement basic training course.

  • SB 149: Tobacco.

    2024 · Co-authored · 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 159: Annexation.

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

    With certain exceptions, requires a municipality that initiates an annexation to file with the court an annexation petition approved by the signatures of: (1) at least 51% of the owners of non-tax exempt land in the annexation territory; or (2) the owners of at least 75% in assessed valuation of non-tax exempt land in the annexation territory.

  • SB 181: Citizenship and immigration status.

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

    Provides that, if the attorney general determines probable cause exists, the attorney general, rather than any person lawfully domiciled in Indiana, shall bring an action to compel a governmental body or postsecondary educational institution to comply with statutes requiring cooperation with federal immigration officials.

  • SB 234: Disaster emergency.

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

    Provides that a state of disaster emergency declared by the governor: (1) that applies to the entire state may not continue for more than 60 days unless a renewal is authorized by the general assembly; and (2) that only applies to part of the state may not continue for more than 30 days unless renewed by the governor.

  • SB 253: Lake Michigan rescue equipment.

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

    Requires the owner of a pier or public access site on Lake Michigan to install public rescue equipment, including at least one ring life buoy, on the pier or public access site.

  • SB 282: Absenteeism and school attendance.

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

    Amends the duties of an attendance officer and the state attendance officer.

  • SB 296: Administrative proceedings.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that the office of administrative legal proceedings (OALP) is the ultimate authority for agencies subject to the jurisdiction of the OALP.

  • SB 297: Administrative rules.

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

    Requires an agency to conduct a regulatory analysis for certain proposed rules, including if the implementation and compliance costs are at least $1,000,000.

  • SB 3: Prior authorization.

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

    Provides that a utilization review entity may only impose prior authorization requirements on less than 1% of any given specialty or health care service and 1% of health care providers overall in a calendar year.

  • SB 46: Parental rights.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a governmental entity may not substantially burden certain parental rights unless the burden is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering the governmental interest.

  • SB 48: State educational institution information.

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

    Requires a state educational institution to prominently display hyperlinks to certain college scorecard information on the state educational institution's website and degree web pages.

  • SB 49: Catastrophically disabled veteran hunting.

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

    Provides that catastrophically disabled veterans may hunt on the same free hunting days as those designated for youth hunters by the director of the department of natural resources.

  • SB 5: Lead water line replacement and lead remediation.

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

    Specifies that, for purposes of the statute concerning the replacement of customer owned lead service lines by water utilities, a municipally owned utility includes a utility company owned, operated, or held in trust by a consolidated city.

  • HB 1222: Residential real estate service agreements.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Defines a "residential real estate service agreement" as an agreement: (1) under which a service provider agrees to provide one or more services: (A) in connection with the maintenance, purchase, or sale of residential real estate; and (B) that are not to be performed in their entirety within one year after the agreement is entered into; and (2) that: (A) purports to run with the land or to be bin

  • HB 1284: Deposit account agreements.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a deposit account agreement between a depository financial institution and a depositor may be changed or amended from time to time, subject to the terms of the deposit account agreement.

  • HB 1302: Emergency medical services.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that not later than July 15, 2024, the county executive shall provide the department of homeland security (department) certain information relating to each emergency medical services (EMS) provider in the county.

  • HB 1338: Security of property and meeting decorum.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows the governing bodies of certain local government agencies (local agencies) to adopt rules or policies governing the conduct of meetings.

  • HJR 3: Terms of US Senators and members of Congress.

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

    Terms of US Senators and members of Congress.

  • SB 123: Unemployment compensation.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Reduces the maximum amount of regular unemployment benefits to 14 times the individual's weekly benefit.

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

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · 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 143: Parental rights.

    2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a governmental entity may not substantially burden certain parental rights unless the burden, as applied to the parent and the child, is required to advance a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of advancing the governmental interest.

  • SB 151: Statute of limitations.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies that a prosecution for rape as a Level 3 felony that is barred by the statute of limitations may still be brought within 10 years from the discovery of DNA evidence.

  • SB 233: Statute of limitations.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Allows for the prosecution of: (1) child molesting to be commenced before the date the alleged victim reaches 51 years of age; and (2) rape to be commenced within 15 years after the commission of the offense.

  • SB 356: Hospitality taxes.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Prohibits the civic center authority in Delaware County, which is established to receive and administer tax revenue from the county's food and beverage tax, from delegating any of its authorities under the food and beverage statute or from transferring any food and beverage tax revenue to governmental, not-for-profit, or other private entities under a lease or contractual arrangement for the purpo

  • SB 359: Student well-being and resiliency.

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

    Requires the department of education (department), in consultation with the office of the secretary of family and social services, to approve and make available student mental well-being resources for certain schools.

  • SB 364: Weather and the environment.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

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

  • SB 372: E-liquids and tobacco.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Increases the penalty for a person who: (1) makes a delivery sale of an e-liquid to an individual less than 21 years of age; (2) sells or distributes tobacco, an e-liquid, or an electronic cigarette to a person less than 21 years of age; and (3) purchases tobacco, an e-liquid, or an electronic cigarette for a person less than 21 years of age; from a Class C infraction to a Class B infraction.

  • SB 507: Sexual assault victims' rights.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides certain procedural protections for victims of sexual assault, including the rights guaranteed to a victim as they relate to the analysis and preservation of the victim's sexual assault forensic evidence.

  • SB 508: Property tax streamline.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Abolishes the offices of county assessor and township assessor, effective July 1, 2025.

  • SB 176: Nursing matters.

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

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

  • SB 222: Civil legal aid fund.

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

    Limits how a legal services provider may use funds from the civil legal aid fund.

  • SB 289: Unlawful discrimination.

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

    Repeals provisions concerning university diversity committees.

  • SB 324: Criminal procedures.

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

    Increases the penalty levels of crimes related to fentanyl.

  • SB 441: Definition of sex and gender; birth certificates.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Defines "sex" and "gender" for the purposes of the Indiana Code.

  • SB 480: Prior authorization.

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

    Sets forth requirements for a utilization review entity that requires prior authorization of a health care service.

  • SB 488: Skills training pilot program.

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

    Provides that the department of workforce development may establish a reemployment skills training pilot program (pilot program) to supplement an individual's receipt of weekly unemployment benefits.

  • SB 5: State fiscal and contracting matters.

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

    Allows a state agency to use artificial intelligence software to prepare information and projections for the state budget.

  • HB 1012: Notice to owner of the site of an accident.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that, on or before July 1, 2026, each law enforcement agency shall adopt and implement protocols for the law enforcement agency to notify a real property owner of: (1) damage to the owner's real property, crops, or a building, structure, or fixture attached to the owner's real property that is reported to a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency; and (2) debris identified by a

  • HB 1032: Foreign interests.

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

    Prohibits a prohibited person from entering into a contract for the provision of goods or services with the state, a state agency, and a political subdivision.

  • HB 1079: Property matters.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that if a tenant does not claim the tenant's property within 45 days after receiving a certain notice, a warehouseman or storage facility may sell the tenant's property (current law requires a warehouseman or storage facility to wait 90 days).

  • HB 1297: Motor vehicle medical information program.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the yellow dot motor vehicle medical information program.

  • HB 1641: County government matters.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows an executive session to be held to communicate with an attorney, subject to the attorney client privilege.

  • HB 1687: Probation transfers for sex or violent offenders.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Prohibits the transfer of a sex or violent offender's probation jurisdiction to another county in Indiana while the offender is required to register as an offender unless certain conditions are met.

  • HB 1403: Juvenile justice matters.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · 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 1593: Fraud prevention.

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

    Amends the definition of "principal office" for purposes of the statutes governing business entities.

  • HB 1605: Juvenile law matters.

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

    Requires the family and social services administration (FSSA) to provide address information to the department of child services (department) under specified circumstances subject to federal approval of a state plan amendment or waiver allowing FSSA to do so.

  • SB 142: Local hospitality boards.

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

    Allows the Delaware County executive to adopt an ordinance to consolidate the functions of a board, bureau, commission, authority, or any other similar entity (former entity) authorized to administer funds received from the Delaware County: (1) innkeeper's tax; or (2) food and beverage tax; into a single, consolidated entity as designated in the consolidating ordinance.

  • SB 143: Statute of limitations.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Allows the prosecution of Level 3 felony rape and child molesting offenses to be commenced at any time.

  • SB 144: Tobacco, e-liquid, and vapor devices.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Increases the penalty for a person who: (1) makes a delivery sale of an e-liquid to an individual less than 21 years of age; (2) sells or distributes a tobacco product to a person less than 21 years of age; and (3) purchases a tobacco product for a person less than 21 years of age; from a Class C infraction to a Class B infraction.

  • SB 249: State chemist.

    2026 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Codifies animal food administrative rules.

  • SB 255: Property tax streamline.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Abolishes the offices of county assessor and township assessor and transfers the duties of the assessor to the county auditor.

  • SB 267: Influence campaign reports.

    2026 · Authored · reported from Senate committee; no Senate third-reading vote

    Requires a person who provides another person with at least $500 in compensation to induce, support, aid, or otherwise encourage the other person to engage in an influence campaign to file a written report with the Indiana lobby registration commission.

  • SB 1: Human services matters.

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

    Establishes the Indiana rural health transformation fund and makes allotments and expenditures from the fund subject to budget committee review before the allotment and expenditure may occur.

  • SB 12: Prohibition of ranked choice voting.

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

    Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting.

  • SB 122: Various immigration matters.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that if a law enforcement officer, governmental body, or postsecondary educational institution is made a party to a civil suit and the attorney general determines that the suit has arisen out of certain acts, the attorney general shall defend the law enforcement officer, governmental body, or postsecondary educational institution throughout the action.

  • SB 14: Pension matters.

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

    Modifies the definition of "average of the annual compensation" for a member of the public employees' retirement fund (PERF) who retires after December 31, 2027.

  • SB 15: Foster youth.

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

    Requires the department of child services to: (1) create a statement called "the foster youth bill of rights", which is to summarize a foster youth's rights and responsibilities; (2) update the statement periodically; (3) distribute the statement to specified individuals; and (4) publish the statement on the department's website.

  • SB 230: Department of agriculture.

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

    Makes various amendments to the role of supervisors on soil and conservation boards.

  • SB 236: Abortion inducing drugs and abortion reports.

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

    Modifies the definitions of "abortion" and "abortion inducing drug".

  • SB 291: Court security.

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

    Establishes a procedure to prevent certain personal information of a protected judicial individual from being publically available by a public agency.

  • SB 76: Immigration matters.

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

    Provides that if a law enforcement officer, governmental body, or postsecondary educational institution is made a party to a civil suit and the attorney general determines that the suit has arisen out of certain immigration matters, the attorney general may defend the law enforcement officer, the governmental body, or the postsecondary educational institution if representation is requested and the

  • HB 1152: Homeowners association matters.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows, if certain conditions are met, a homeowners association to increase a budget, without a quorum, in an amount not to exceed 110% of the amount of the last approved budget, within five years after the first sale of a lot or unit from a developer to a person not associated with the developer.

  • HB 1252: Broker companies.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires a broker company who refers a client or customer to another broker company to disclose if the broker company may be compensated for referring the client or customer.

  • HB 1377: Straight ticket voting.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Repeals provisions that prohibit counting straight party votes for candidates for election to an at-large district to which more than one person may be elected.

  • HB 1429: Appraiser statute of limitations.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides with regard to an appraisal or appraisal service performed after June 30, 2026, a civil action against a licensed or certified real estate appraiser or registered appraisal management company must be commenced not later than five years after the appraisal service date.

  • HB 1389: Adoption and foster care matters.

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

    Prohibits a governmental entity from discriminating against a person in adoption and foster care matters based on the person's sincerely held religious belief, unless the discriminatory act as applied to the person is required to advance a compelling government interest and is the least restrictive means of advancing the interest.

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 Alexander's record came from

Alexander's campaign website

Sources for Alexander

Andrew Dale

Democratic

Work
Executive coach, Harbinger Coach LLC [5]

Andrew Dale is a Muncie executive coach running as a Democrat [5]. He focuses on affordability, public education funding, property-tax changes and rural health care [5, 12].

Dale's background

  • Executive coach at Harbinger Coach, LLC; age 59; lives in Muncie [5].

Dale's positions

Property taxes

  • Calls for repairing SEA 1, the 2025 property-tax law, which he warns will harm rural communities through property-tax shifts [12].

Data centers

  • Supports "a moratorium of 12 to 18 months on large data center development in Indiana" while environmental, zoning and public-health effects are studied [5]; favors incentives for wind and solar over courting data centers [12].

Energy & utilities

  • Says utility costs are too high and the legislature should take a more active role in regulating them [5, 12].

Education

  • Wants a law barring unlawful dissolution of school corporations, citing Union School Corporation in Randolph County; opposes the voucher program; says "Keeping church out of school is a must" [12].

Health care

  • Wants rural hospitals and clinics protected from closure [5, 12].

Housing

  • Calls for a comprehensive approach to housing, criticizes how Indiana handles tax-sale properties, and says homelessness should not be treated as a criminal matter [12].

Child care

  • Calls child care an economic issue that needs a lasting fix [12].

Economy & jobs

  • Proposes growing the education sector in Delaware County and supporting manufacturing, farmers and small businesses in both counties [12].

How Dale would run the office

  • Lists affordability, fully funded public education, state taxation and assessments, rural health care and preparing young people for the future as his priorities [5].

How Dale got on the ballot

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

Dale's endorsements and funding

  • Top donors listed by WFYI from Transparency USA data are individuals, including Dale himself; no totals given [5].

What we could not find about Dale

  • His education and any party leadership roles could not be confirmed from freely available sources.
  • A Ball State Daily News profile was referenced by other sites but could not be located.
  • No endorsements or fundraising totals found.
  • No direct statements about Alexander or his record were found; Dale says he wants to be "a custodian of trust rather than a gatekeeper of possibilities" [5].

Dale's campaign website

Sources for Dale

Key points

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana Senate (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Sen. Scott Alexander: biography, committees and news releases (Indiana Senate Republican Caucus)
  4. After redistricting, both State Senate districts 25 and 26 see Republican winners (Indiana Public Radio)
  5. 2026 Voter Guide: Indiana Senate District 26 (WFYI Public Media)
  6. Senate Roll Call 417: SB 1 (Local government finance), concurrence (Indiana General Assembly (roll-call PDF mirrored by FastDemocracy/BillTexts))
  7. Statement from State Sen. Scott Alexander regarding redistricting (Indiana Senate Republican Caucus)
  8. Alexander's bill to protect minors from tobacco and vaping products ceremonially signed into law (Indiana Senate Republican Caucus)
  9. Andrew Dale for Indiana Senate District 26 (Committee to Elect Andrew Dale (campaign))
  10. Indiana Primary Results, and More Local Impact News, 05/06/26 (WLBC / Woof Boom Radio)
  11. Alexander working to address affordability (Indiana Senate Republican Caucus)
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
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