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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana Senate, District 4

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 4 covers northern Porter County (including Burns Harbor, Chesterton, Porter and Portage) and part of LaPorte County (including Michigan City and Westville) [3].
  • Pol was unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary; Nate Uldricks won the Republican primary with 74.3% over Johannes Poulard [13]. Gov. Mike Braun endorsed Uldricks in that primary; President Trump did not endorse in the race [14].
  • Both candidates were listed to speak at a Duneland Chamber of Commerce candidate forum on April 14, 2026, in Valparaiso, with Chesterton Town Council President Erin Collins listed as speaking on Pol's behalf [15]. No general-election debate was found as of October 10, 2026.
  • Both candidates emphasize cost of living and public safety; Pol's record centers on utility costs, opposition to the 2025 budget's school funding changes, and the crime-guns task force bill, while Uldricks's campaign emphasizes manufacturing jobs, enforcement, and environmental protection with local input [7, 12, 16].

Candidates on the ballot

Rodney Pol

DemocraticIncumbent

Work
Attorney; former public defender and Gary city attorney [4]

Rodney Pol Jr., the Democratic incumbent from Chesterton, is an attorney and the Senate Democrats' Minority Caucus Chair seeking his second full term [3].

Pol's background

  • Attorney; former public defender (2010–2014) and Gary city attorney (2014–2021) [4].
  • Graduated from Chesterton High School and Indiana University Bloomington and earned a law degree from the IU McKinney School of Law [4].
  • Lives in Chesterton [3].

Pol's positions

Education

  • Opposed the 2025 budget's shift of funds toward the universal voucher program and cited cuts to special education funding and child care aid [7].

Property taxes

  • Voted against the Senate's February 2025 version of the SB 1 property-tax bill [5].

Elections & redistricting

  • Said "Drawing new maps five years early just to flip two seats that were fairly representative of their districts is wrong" and called for public hearings and an open process [9].

Public safety

  • Said his SB 148 "invests in data-driven resources and preventive measures proven to decrease crime" [12].

Energy & utilities

  • After the December 2025 special session was cancelled, said his focus would shift to cost-of-living concerns including higher utility charges [21].

Pol on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder. No public statements by Pol about Uldricks were found.

How Pol got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary unopposed with 7,457 votes, according to Wikipedia's tabulation [13].

Pol's endorsements and funding

  • Endorsed in the primary by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 [19].
  • Wikipedia lists a general-election endorsement from Indiana Farm Bureau's AgELECT PAC [13].

What we could not find about Pol

  • His campaign website could not be located, and the Indiana Capital Chronicle voter guide entry for him could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • Wikipedia says he voted with Republicans in 2025 on the bill restricting transgender youth sports participation; this was not confirmed from the source it cites.
  • Senate Democrats' pages reviewed do not list his standing committee assignments.
  • His vote on the final April 2025 SB 1 concurrence was not individually confirmed (reporting says Democrats voted no).
  • No fundraising totals were found; state campaign finance reports could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • No published 2026 campaign platform was found; see gaps.

Pol's record in office

Indiana Senate record, District 4 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
57
10 became law
Co-authored
70
36 became law
Sponsored
16
12 became law
Co-sponsored
29
26 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Corrections and Criminal Law (Ranking Minority Member)
  • Judiciary (Ranking Minority Member)
  • Appropriations
  • Pensions and Labor
  • Rules and Legislative Procedure
  • School Funding Subcommittee
  • Code Revision Committee (Senate Minority Member)
  • Corrections and Criminal Code, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Minority Member)
  • Courts and the Judiciary, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Minority Member)
  • Employment and Labor, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Minority Member)
  • Fiscal Policy, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Minority Member)
  • Government, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Minority Member)
  • Legislative Council (Senate Minority Member)
  • Legislative Council, Audit and Financial Reporting Subcommittee (Senate Minority Member)
  • Pension Management Oversight, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Minority Member)
  • Probate Code Study Committee (Senate Minority Member)
  • Ethics (Vice Chair)

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 413, No 75, Not voting 1
  • 2024: Yes 253, No 54, Not voting 1
  • 2025: Yes 397, No 83, Excused 2, Not voting 5
  • 2026: Yes 138, No 32, Excused 97, Not voting 33
How Pol voted on 35 selected bills
The 172 bills Pol carried

  • SB 156: Tax sales.

    2023 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a person who acquires a certificate of sale (certificate) may not assign the certificate to a person who was not eligible under the tax sale laws to bid on or purchase real property at a tax sale until the person satisfies the eligibility requirements as determined by the county auditor.

  • SB 296: Sale of tax delinquent real property.

    2023 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Defines the term "severed interest" as an improvement, mineral rights, air rights, water rights, or other rights in property in, on, under, or above the land for which the owner or holder of the interest identified in the current real property tax records of the county auditor is sent a separate property tax statement.

  • SB 317: Contracting and purchasing.

    2023 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a political subdivision may make advance payments to contractors to enable the contractors to purchase materials needed for a public works project of the political subdivision.

  • SB 353: Risk management and catastrophic liability funds.

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

    Authorizes the insurance commissioner to cease operation of the political subdivision risk management fund upon a determination by the insurance commissioner that: (1) all political subdivisions that were members of the fund have withdrawn from the fund; and (2) all payment of the liabilities of former members of the fund have been determined and finalized.

  • SB 364: Paid family and medical leave program.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires the department of workforce development (department) to establish a paid family and medical leave program (program) to provide payments for employees who take family and medical leave.

  • SB 365: Credit time for pretrial home detention.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that good time credit earned for pretrial home detention is the same as good time credit earned for pretrial incarceration.

  • SB 366: Minimum wage.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Increases, for any work week beginning on or after July 1, 2023, the minimum wage paid to certain employees from $7.25 per hour to $13 per hour.

  • SB 377: Cannabis regulation.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Permits the use of cannabis by: (1) a person at least 21 years of age; and (2) a person with a serious medical condition as determined by the person's physician.

  • SB 399: Regulation of coal combustion residuals.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Establishes a state policy favoring beneficial uses of coal combustion residuals (CCR).

  • SB 415: Juveniles.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a statement made by a juvenile during custodial interrogation in response to a materially false statement from a law enforcement officer is inadmissible against the juvenile unless certain exceptions apply.

  • SB 420: Delinquent acts.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a juvenile commits a delinquent act if: (1) the juvenile commits an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult (under current law, a juvenile commits a delinquent act if the juvenile commits an act that would be a felony or a misdemeanor if committed by an adult); (2) the juvenile commits an offense related to unlawful carry of a firearm; or (3) the juvenile commits indecent

  • SB 421: Unemployment benefits.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Amends the definition of "wage credits".

  • SB 424: Lake Michigan rescue equipment.

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

    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 425: Pregnancy accommodation.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires an employer to grant an employee's request for a reasonable accommodation for a known limitation related to the employee's pregnancy absent undue hardship on the employer's business.

  • SB 426: Educational support professionals.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Establishes: (1) the educational support professional grant program to provide grants to eligible school corporations to recruit and retain educational support professionals; and (2) the educational support professional grant fund (fund).

  • SB 469: County or city service officers.

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

    Provides that a county executive or mayor of a city may waive certain active duty or residency requirements for a service officer if the unit is unable to find a candidate that meets those requirements.

  • SB 470: Basis for escape.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Removes a violation of a home detention order as a basis for committing the crime of escape.

  • SB 481: Human trafficking.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that the human trafficking prevention and victim assistance fund may provide funds for victim transition services.

  • SB 482: PFAS biomonitoring pilot program.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Establishes the PFAS biomonitoring pilot program (pilot program) under the department of homeland security (department) to collect and analyze blood samples of individuals who were previously, or are currently, firefighters: (1) for serum PFAS levels; and (2) to determine whether there may be corresponding health implications associated with elevated serum PFAS levels.

  • SB 157: Parcels offered at successive tax sales.

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

    Requires that the county auditor's notice of tax sale include a statement providing that if a tract or item of real property has been offered for sale at a county treasurer's tax sale (treasurer's sale) and a county executive's tax sale (executive's sale) on two or more occasions without a bid, the tract or item of real property may be subject to an ordinance authorized by the bill.

  • SB 167: FAFSA.

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

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

  • SB 182: Township mergers.

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

    Allows a township that does not have a township trustee or township board to merge with another township, if identical resolutions approving the merger are adopted by the following: (1) The township trustee and legislative body of the other township.

  • SB 194: Collective bargaining for teachers.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires a school employer to bargain collectively class size, health and safety matters, and teacher preparation time with an exclusive representative.

  • SB 214: Standing order for overdose intervention drugs.

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

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

  • SB 233: Vision zero task force.

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

    Establishes the vision zero task force (task force) to study and make recommendations concerning: (1) the reduction and prevention of fatalities on roads and highways; and (2) other driving safety issues.

  • SB 252: Long acting reversible contraceptives.

    2023 · Co-authored · 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 259: Sales tax exemption for feminine hygiene products.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides a sales tax exemption for feminine hygiene products.

  • SB 286: Credit time.

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

    Permits a person placed on pretrial home detention to earn accrued time and good time credit in the same manner as other persons on home detention, but provides that specified misconduct will result in the deprivation of all credit time earned on pretrial home detention.

  • SB 293: Craft hemp flower products.

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

    Establishes certain regulatory testing and packaging requirements for the distribution and sale of craft hemp flower products and specifies penalties applicable to the unlawful possession or distribution of craft hemp flower products.

  • SB 38: Donation of income tax refund for cancer research.

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

    Establishes the Senator David C.

  • 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 445: Electronic monitoring standards.

    2023 · Co-authored · 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 460: Indiana historical murals.

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

    Requires the governor to administer a program under which historical murals depicting milestones in Indiana's history as a territory and a state will be created and permanently displayed in prominent places around the state capitol campus in celebration of the 2026 semiquincentennial of the United States.

  • SB 461: Short term rentals.

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

    Permits a unit to charge a $25 annual short term rental inspection fee.

  • SB 468: Uniform Commercial Code amendments.

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

    Incorporates into Indiana's Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) the Amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code (2022) approved and recommended for enactment in all states by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) to address emerging technologies.

  • SJR 15: Ballot and initiative referendum.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that the people of Indiana may propose and adopt amendments to the Constitution of the State of Indiana and propose and enact statutes independent of the general assembly through initiative.

  • 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 1172: Paternity actions.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows a child, by the child's next friend, to commence a child custody proceeding under certain circumstances.

  • HB 1219: PFAS biomonitoring pilot program.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that the department of homeland security (department) may establish the PFAS biomonitoring pilot program (pilot program) to collect and analyze blood samples of individuals who were previously, or are currently, firefighters: (1) for serum PFAS levels; and (2) to determine whether there may be corresponding health implications associated with elevated serum PFAS levels.

  • HB 1228: Child seduction.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that "solicit", for purposes of the crime of child solicitation, includes luring and enticing.

  • HB 1318: Corrections and clarifications.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies that an "eligible regional economic acceleration and development organization" means any of the following: (1) A development authority.

  • HB 1365: Machine guns.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Revises, for purposes of an enhancement and certain criminal offenses, a definition of "machine gun".

  • HB 1196: CDL training regarding human trafficking.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · 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 1211: Welding certifications on public works projects.

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

    Requires that contractors on a public works project meet certain standards relating to the welding of structural steel.

  • HB 1287: Home detention.

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

    Allows a court to place a person convicted of certain crimes directly in a community corrections program.

  • HB 1466: Juror compensation.

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

    Increases the jury fee collected from a defendant who has committed a crime or committed certain violations to $6.

  • HB 1578: Covered persons for restricted addresses.

    2023 · Co-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 1605: Public defender participation in PARF.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · 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 1627: Sale of tax sale properties to nonprofits.

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

    Provides that a tax sale statute concerning the sale of real property to eligible nonprofit entities for low or moderate income housing applies to all counties.

  • SB 100: Unemployment benefits.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Amends the definition of "wage credits".

  • SB 160: Local government pensions.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Increases the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund's maximum annual cost of living adjustment from 3% to 5%.

  • SB 253: Lake Michigan rescue equipment.

    2024 · 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 254: Transit development district three-way permits.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides for the issuance of 25 new three-way alcoholic beverage permits to restaurants located: (1) within a transit development district; or (2) not more than 1,500 feet from the boundary of a transit development district.

  • SB 291: Compassionate release.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Allows certain convicted persons that have a chronic medical condition or are terminally ill or gravely disabled to file a petition for sentence modification, without the consent of the prosecuting attorney.

  • SB 292: Various child care matters.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

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

  • SB 99: Cannabis regulation.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Permits the use of cannabis by: (1) a person at least 21 years of age; and (2) a person with a serious medical condition as determined by the person's physician.

  • 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 130: Deadline to grant or deny an order for protection.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires a court to issue an ex parte order either granting or denying an order for protection not later than one day after a petition for an order for protection is filed.

  • SB 139: Psilocybin treatment program.

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

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

  • SB 15: Military benefits and services poster.

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

    Requires that the Indiana department of labor consult with the Indiana department of veterans' affairs to create and distribute a veterans' benefits and services poster.

  • SB 172: Compensation for victims of violent crime.

    2024 · Co-authored · 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 · Co-authored · 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 2: Child care.

    2024 · Co-authored · 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 205: Collaborative brewing.

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

    Allows a small brewery to manufacture beer for another small brewery if certain requirements are met.

  • SB 223: Construction workforce task force.

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

    Establishes the building Indiana's construction workforce task force (task force).

  • SB 246: Assessment of wetlands classified as wildlands.

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

    Provides that a parcel of land that: (1) is at least 1/2 of an acre in size; and (2) contains wetlands, as delineated by a person certified in wetland delineation; may be classified as wildlands for purposes of property tax assessment.

  • SB 266: Video voyeurism.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that "peep", for purposes of the voyeurism statute, includes the use of a concealed camera with the intent of capturing an intimate image.

  • SB 275: Pension matters.

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

    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.

  • SB 284: Consumer genetic testing providers.

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

    Provides that a person may not discriminate against an individual on the basis of the individual's solicitation and use of consumer genetic testing services or on the basis of the results of genetic testing performed by a provider of consumer genetic testing services (provider).

  • SB 294: Medical cannabis.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    After marijuana is removed as a federal schedule I controlled substance, permits the use of cannabis by a person with a serious medical condition as determined by the person's physician.

  • HB 1053: Test strips.

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

    Removes provisions related to testing the strength, effectiveness, or purity of a controlled substance in the criminal laws concerning possession of controlled substance paraphernalia.

  • HB 1021: Green alert for missing at risk veterans.

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

    Defines "veteran at risk".

  • HB 1025: Mixed beverages.

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

    Adds a definition of "mixed beverage".

  • HB 1047: Sexual offenses.

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

    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 before July 1, 2025, against specified entities seeking bankruptcy protection, if certain circumstances exist.

  • HB 1068: Unlicensed real estate solicitors.

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

    Defines an "unlicensed real estate solicitor".

  • HB 1079: Low THC hemp extract.

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

    Defines "work in progress hemp extract" for purposes of the statute concerning industrial hemp.

  • HB 1204: Publication of public notices.

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

    Allows a political subdivision to publish notice in the print or electronic edition of a newspaper or locality newspaper that issues a print edition not more than three times a week.

  • SB 113: Cannabis regulation.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Permits the use of cannabis by: (1) a person at least 21 years of age; and (2) a person with a serious medical condition as determined by the person's physician.

  • SB 114: Test strips.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Removes provisions related to testing the strength, effectiveness, or purity of a controlled substance in the criminal laws concerning possession of controlled substance paraphernalia.

  • SB 115: Paid family and medical leave program.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires the department of workforce development (department) to establish a paid family and medical leave program (program) to provide payments for employees who take family and medical leave.

  • SB 116: Unemployment benefits.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Amends the definition of "wage credits".

  • SB 117: Compassionate release.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Allows certain convicted persons who have a chronic medical condition or are terminally ill or gravely disabled to file a petition for sentence modification, without the consent of the prosecuting attorney.

  • SB 17: Election of Lake County superior court judges.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that the superior court judges of Lake County are elected as are other superior court judges.

  • SB 19: Driver instructions of law enforcement procedures.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires the driver education advisory board to consult with the commissioner of the bureau of motor vehicles (commissioner) and the state police department, and advise the commissioner in the administration of the policies of the commission and the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) regarding driver education in: (1) the procedures of a law enforcement officer during a traffic stop; and (2) the ac

  • SB 218: Electronic monitoring.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · 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 275: Abortion.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Reestablishes the licensure of abortion clinics.

  • SB 406: Local government pensions.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Increases the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund's maximum annual cost of living adjustment from 3% to 5%.

  • SB 407: Tax credit for employer guard and reserve expenses.

    2025 · Authored · reported from Senate committee; no Senate third-reading vote

    Establishes a tax credit for a taxpayer that employs a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the Indiana National Guard.

  • SB 408: Worker's compensation.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Increases the amount of worker's compensation and worker's occupational diseases compensation benefits available under current law for injuries and disablements occurring on and after July 1, 2024, and before July 1, 2025, by: (1) 10% on and after July 1, 2025; (2) 6% on and after July 1, 2026; (3) 4% on and after July 1, 2027; (4) 4% on and after July 1, 2028; (5) 4% on and after July 1, 2029; an

  • SB 409: Employee absence for certain meetings.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Prohibits an employer from taking an adverse employment action against an employee as a result of the employee's absence from work to attend an attendance conference or a case conference committee meeting with respect to the employee's child, except under certain circumstances.

  • SB 410: Preventive detention and presumptive release.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a trial court may not release on bail a defendant if the state proves by clear and convincing evidence that a defendant poses a substantial risk and the proof is evident or the presumption strong.

  • SB 411: Short term rental properties.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires a unit to amend its zoning ordinance to specify the use, development standards, and findings of fact required to approve, deny, or make a recommendation on a special exception, special use, contingent use, conditional use, or use variance from the zoning ordinance with regard to a short term rental property.

  • SB 412: Payment card network interchange fees.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Defines an "interchange fee" as a fee established, charged, or received by a payment card network to compensate an issuer of a debit card or credit card for the issuer's involvement in an electronic payment transaction.

  • SB 413: Settlements under the tort claims act.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires a court to specify how much of a settlement must be allocated against the tort claim act liability cap when: (1) the cap applies to two or more defendants; (2) one, but not all, of the defendants settle the case; and (3) the defendants have not agreed on the allocation of the claim.

  • SB 414: Sale of bureau of motor vehicles information.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Prohibits the bureau of motor vehicles (BMV) from selling the personal information of an individual who: (1) is less than 21 years of age; (2) is 65 years of age or older; or (3) opts out of the sale of the individual's personal information.

  • SB 415: Landlord-tenant matters.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that, upon the request of a prospective tenant, a landlord must provide the prospective tenant with a written explanation of the landlord's reasons for denying the tenant's rental application.

  • SB 497: Tax credit for newborn children.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Establishes a tax credit for newborn children, which an eligible taxpayer may claim only in the first taxable year in which a particular newborn child is eligible for the exemption allowed under specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

  • SB 103: Vehicle emissions.

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

    Requires IDEM to: (1) perform a comprehensive evaluation of ambient air quality within nonattainment areas in Indiana; and (2) identify air pollution reduction or regulatory relief strategies that could accomplish certain goals with respect to the federal Clean Air Act.

  • SB 111: Coverage for living organ donors.

    2025 · Co-authored · 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 141: Eyewitness identification procedures.

    2025 · Co-authored · 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 142: Eviction issues.

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

    Allows a court to order, upon its own motion, that certain eviction records may not be disclosed.

  • SB 159: Procedures for obtaining a warrant.

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

    Specifies that a request for a warrant made orally by telephone, radio, or similar electronic means must be recorded and typed or transcribed.

  • 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 209: Electronic pull tabs in charity gaming.

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

    Allows for the use of electronic pull tab games, electronic pull tab devices, and electronic pull tab systems in charity gaming by certain organizations.

  • SB 227: Judicial salaries fee for eviction actions.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Establishes an additional judicial salaries fee of $115 for cases filed for possessory action between a landlord and a tenant, including an emergency possession action.

  • SB 248: Firearm storage.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a person having the care of a dependent who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally fails to secure a loaded firearm in the person's residence or vehicle commits neglect of a dependent, a Level 6 felony, if the dependent uses the firearm to cause bodily injury or death to any person.

  • SB 312: Exceptions to paraphernalia statutes.

    2025 · Co-authored · 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 331: Amended registration.

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

    Provides that if a person changes the exterior color or appearance of their passenger vehicle from the color listed in the vehicle's registration through certain methods, the person must apply to amend their vehicle registration, and that a law enforcement officer shall issue a warning to a person who does not update the person's registration to reflect the color changes.

  • SB 388: 1977 pension and disability fund.

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

    Increases the basic monthly pension benefit payable to a member of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund who retires after June 30, 2025, with 20 years of service.

  • SB 463: Child care matters.

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

    Extends the availability of the employer child care expenditure tax credit through July 1, 2027.

  • SB 468: Midwest continental divide commission.

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

    Allows an eligible county and city to establish by ordinance, a Midwest continental divide commission and district for the purpose of acquiring, developing, funding, constructing, equipping, and owning economic improvement projects in or serving the district.

  • SB 478: Craft hemp flower and THC products.

    2025 · Co-authored · passed both chambers in some form; final version not enacted

    Establishes certain regulatory testing and packaging requirements for the distribution and sale of craft hemp flower products.

  • 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 513: State administered retirement program.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Establishes a board to design, establish, and operate a state administered retirement program (program) that automatically enrolls specified private sector employees.

  • SB 74: Extension of lifeline law immunity.

    2025 · Co-authored · 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 93: Common construction wage.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires any firm, individual, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation that is awarded a contract, after June 30, 2025, by the state, a political subdivision, or a municipal corporation for the construction of a public work, and any subcontractor of the construction, to pay a scale of wages that is not less than the common construction wage.

  • SB 95: Law enforcement training cost reimbursement.

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

    Allows the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision (public employer) to be reimbursed for the costs of employing and training a law enforcement officer by a public employer that subsequently employs the officer.

  • HB 1049: Public service attorney scholarships.

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

    Establishes the: (1) county deputy prosecuting attorney and public defender scholarship program (program); and (2) county deputy prosecuting attorney and public defender scholarship fund (fund).

  • HB 1292: Professional sports development commission.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the northwest Indiana professional sports development commission.

  • HB 1376: Emergency medication.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the definition of "emergency medication".

  • HB 1478: Pro bono legal services fee.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Removes the sunset provision for pro bono legal services fees.

  • HB 1014: Public safety.

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

    Limits the total of the consecutive terms of imprisonment to which a defendant is sentenced for misdemeanor convictions arising out of an episode of criminal conduct.

  • HB 1098: Youth, family, and caregiver engagement initiative.

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

    Provides that the commission on improving the status of children in Indiana (CISC) must create and provide staff support to a statewide youth, family, and caregiver engagement initiative to carry out certain duties.

  • HB 1155: Signal jamming devices.

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

    Provides that a signal jammer may be seized.

  • HB 1167: Exceptions to paraphernalia statutes.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · 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 1221: Pension matters.

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

    Amends provisions regarding the surcharge rates established by the Indiana public retirement system to actuarially prefund certain postretirement benefits.

  • HB 1253: Child care.

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

    Provides that a granted waiver or variance expires three years after the date that the waiver or variance becomes effective.

  • HB 1276: Various alcoholic beverage matters.

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

    Allows a craft manufacturer to participate in a farmers' market, subject to certain conditions.

  • HB 1289: Employment social enterprises.

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

    Defines "employment social enterprise" as a nonprofit or for-profit organization that meets certain criteria.

  • HB 1297: Motor vehicle medical information program.

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

    Establishes the yellow dot motor vehicle medical information program.

  • HB 1391: Services for the aged and disabled.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · 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 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 1416: Awareness of human trafficking.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · 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 1466: Various agency administrative procedures.

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

    Provides that the department of natural resources is subject to the jurisdiction of the office of administrative law proceedings.

  • HB 1471: Law enforcement officer impeachment evidence.

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

    Establishes the procedure for placing a law enforcement officer's name on a Giglio list.

  • HB 1558: Employment of minor league baseball players.

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

    Provides that a person who has entered into a contract to play baseball at the minor league level and is compensated under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement is excluded from the definition of "employee" for purposes of the minimum wage law.

  • SB 127: Landlord-tenant matters.

    2026 · Authored (listed 3rd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a landlord may not sell a residential rental property that is subject to an unexpired written lease unless the landlord gives written notice to the tenant not less than 60 days before the landlord lists the property for sale, unless certain exceptions apply.

  • SB 133: Protection from immigration status disclosure.

    2026 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a law enforcement officer may not request verification of the citizenship or immigration status of an individual from federal immigration authorities if the law enforcement officer determines that the individual: (1) has requested emergency medical assistance; or (2) acted in concert with another person who requested emergency medical assistance for an individual who reasonably appea

  • SB 147: Transit development district license.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission to issue new three-way permits: (1) that are not subject to the permit quota; and (2) within a transit development district.

  • SB 148: Indiana crime guns task force.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Beginning July 1, 2027, adds LaPorte County and Porter County to the task force area of the Indiana crime guns task force (task force), and specifies the number required for a quorum and to take official action in the event of a tie vote.

  • SB 149: Tolling transponders.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Allows a person who: (1) lives or works in a county where there is a toll road or tollway; and (2) pays for tolls assessed while driving on the toll road or tollway with a transponder; to apply for a credit to be added to the person's qualifying account for use towards future tolls.

  • SB 150: Insulin price cap.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires an insurer to cap the total amount an insured is required to pay for a 30 day supply of prescription insulin drugs at an amount not to exceed $35, regardless of the number of prescriptions and different types of insulin prescribed and filled during that period.

  • SB 265: Various employment matters.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that, under certain circumstances, an employer who takes an adverse action against an employee commits an infraction.

  • SB 266: Base rate cases for electricity suppliers.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that in a base rate proceeding that is filed with or pending before the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) after December 31, 2025, for an increase in an electricity supplier's basic rates and charges, the IURC shall do the following: (1) Consider whether the requested increase would result, upon full implementation, in an average monthly residential bill that would represent mo

  • SB 271: Telecommunications wire and valuable metal dealers.

    2026 · Authored (listed 3rd) · 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 276: Farmers' market nutrition assistance programs.

    2026 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires, subject to federal approval of any necessary plan, amendment, or waiver, the Indiana department of health (state department) to provide for: (1) a recipient of benefits under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to receive triple value for the recipient's SNAP benefits; and (2) a recipient of benefits under the federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Wo

  • SB 286: Cannabis regulation.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Permits the use of cannabis by: (1) a person at least 21 years of age; and (2) a person with a serious medical condition as determined by the person's physician.

  • SB 119: Grooming.

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

    Adds a facility or event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age to the list of facilities at which a sexually violent predator or an offender against children may not work or volunteer.

  • SB 162: Department of workforce development.

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

    Removes vacation pay and sick pay from the definition of "deductible income".

  • SB 163: Various property tax matters.

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

    Provides that a county board or assessing official shall not enter a property to conduct a physical inspection without first receiving the permission of the taxpayer to enter the property.

  • SB 183: Income tax deduction for health insurance premiums.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a taxpayer who is covered by a health insurance plan may deduct from the taxpayer's adjusted gross income an amount equal to the total amount of premiums on the health insurance plan the taxpayer paid for coverage during the taxable year.

  • SB 194: Redistricting standards.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Establishes redistricting standards for state legislative congressional districts.

  • SB 208: Firefighter cancer insurance.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires a group health insurance program for firefighters to provide coverage for the screening of certain forms of cancer.

  • SB 228: Midwest continental divide commission.

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

    Makes the following changes to the law regarding the Midwest continental divide commission (commission): (1) Amends the definition of a "land use and zoning plan" (plan) to provide that it is a plan and not an overlay district.

  • SB 246: Redaction of court records.

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

    Requires the names and specified other information of child victims, child witnesses, and certain other persons to be redacted in criminal actions.

  • SB 254: Ivy Tech Community College.

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

    Consolidates duties and responsibilities for Ivy Tech Community College (college).

  • SB 261: Criminal vandalism.

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

    Renames the crime of "criminal mischief" to "criminal vandalism".

  • SB 27: Stadium authority.

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

    Establishes the northwest Indiana stadium authority (stadium authority) for the purpose of acquiring and financing certain facilities.

  • 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 63: Thirteenth check.

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

    Provides for a thirteenth check in calendar year 2026 for certain members, participants, or beneficiaries of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) Indiana public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; (4) state police pre-1987 benefit system; and (5) state police 1987 benefit

  • SB 67: Studies relating to natural lands.

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

    Requires the department of natural resources to study and issue a report on the following topics: (1) opportunities to leverage public land to improve public health outcomes; (2) options for a consistent visitor fee collection system at state fish and wildlife areas; and (3) a plan to mitigate and recover from natural disasters affecting public land.

  • SB 69: 1977 pension and disability fund.

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

    Increases the lump sum death benefit payable to the heirs or estate of a 1977 fund member.

  • SB 87: E-Verify requirements for public works projects.

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

    Provides that a public agency may not enter into or renew a contract for a public works project with a contractor unless, among other requirements, the contractor signs a notarized affidavit affirming that the contractor does not knowingly employ an unauthorized alien.

  • SB 9: Victim impact statements.

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

    Requires a defendant to be present in the courtroom while a victim makes a statement concerning the crime and the sentence, unless the defendant presents a safety risk or causes a significant disruption.

  • SB 91: Syringe exchange program.

    2026 · Co-authored · enacted: became law without the Governor's signature

    Prohibits a qualified entity that operates a syringe exchange program (program) from establishing or operating a fixed site for the distribution or exchange of a syringe or needle within 1,000 feet of specified facilities.

  • HB 1025: County policies.

    2026 · Sponsored · 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 1036: Children in need of services.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the department of child services, subject to certain procedural safeguards, to have in-person contact with an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect: (1) before concluding an assessment; and (2) before dismissing or terminating a pending child in need of services case with the juvenile court.

  • HB 1048: VFD clothing and automobile allowances.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Increases, from $100 to $250, the clothing and automobile allowance for an active member of a volunteer fire department (department).

  • HB 1248: Advanced DNA testing for cold cases.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

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

  • HB 1269: Unlawful proposition penalties.

    2026 · Sponsored · 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.

  • HB 1035: Permissible unsupervised activity.

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

    Defines "independent activity".

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 Pol's record came from

Sources for Pol

Nate Uldricks

Republican

Nate Uldricks, a Republican from Porter County, chairs the Pine Township Board and is a volunteer firefighter; his campaign says he previously held management roles at the White House and the U.S. Department of Defense [17].

Uldricks's background

  • Born and raised in Portage and a Portage High School graduate, according to his campaign site [17].
  • Holds a B.S. in industrial engineering from Purdue University, an M.A. in government from Johns Hopkins University, and an MBA from the University of Virginia, per his campaign site [17].
  • Serves as Pine Township Board chairman and as a volunteer firefighter [17].
  • His campaign says he held management roles at the White House and the U.S. Department of Defense focused on cutting waste and improving efficiency [17].

Uldricks's positions

Economy & jobs

  • Wants to "keep good paying manufacturing jobs right here," supports "cutting unnecessary red tape," and would partner with "local schools, employers, and labor unions" [16].

Cost of living

  • Says "The American Dream should be affordable for all Hoosiers" and lists housing, groceries, gas and utilities as costs to address [16].

Public safety

  • Says officials "need to put effective enforcement as a top priority" and supports "holding repeat offenders accountable" [16].

Environment & growth

  • Says "Responsible growth means protecting these natural assets while allowing communities to thrive," referring to the dunes, lake and farms, and favors planning with local input [16].

How Uldricks would run the office

  • Lists building the manufacturing economy, lowering everyday costs, strengthening public safety, and protecting the dunes, lake and farms as his priorities [18].

Uldricks on the current officeholder

  • His campaign site says the region has been "overlooked and underserved" and calls for leadership "focused on results, not headlines"; the pages reviewed do not name Pol [18, 16].

How Uldricks got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary with 3,371 votes (74.3%) over Johannes Poulard (25.7%), according to Wikipedia's tabulation [13].

Uldricks's endorsements and funding

  • Endorsed by Gov. Mike Braun in the Republican primary [14].
  • Endorsed in the primary by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 [19].
  • iVoterGuide lists an endorsement from U.S. Rep. Rudy Yakym and reports 2025 contributions from Randy Niemeyer, Rudy Yakym III and Ted Uzelac, without amounts [20].

What we could not find about Uldricks

  • Wikipedia's election page describes Uldricks as Porter County Republican chairman; his campaign site does not mention a party office, and this could not be confirmed.
  • The Indiana Capital Chronicle voter guide entry for him could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • He did not answer the iVoterGuide questionnaire.
  • No fundraising totals were found; state campaign finance reports could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • No statements on property taxes, education, NIPSCO rates, or the 2025 redistricting fight were found.

Uldricks's campaign website

Sources for Uldricks

Key points

  • Senate District 4 covers northern Porter County (including Burns Harbor, Chesterton, Porter and Portage) and part of LaPorte County (including Michigan City and Westville). (Indiana Senate Democrats)
  • Pol was unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary; Nate Uldricks won the Republican primary with 74.3% over Johannes Poulard. Gov. Mike Braun endorsed Uldricks in that primary; President Trump did not endorse in the race. (Wikipedia)

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana Senate (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. State Senator Rodney Pol, District 4 (Indiana Senate Democrats)
  4. Rodney Pol Jr. (Wikipedia)
  5. Senate advances property tax relief over bipartisan opposition (Indiana Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News)
  6. Senator Pol Votes No on the State Budget (Indiana Senate Democrats)
  7. Pol Urges His Colleagues to Honor our Oath and Protect the Vote (Indiana Senate Democrats)
  8. Sen. Pol's SB 148 Passes Out of the House (Indiana Senate Democrats)
  9. 2026 Indiana Senate election (Wikipedia)
  10. Braun mostly echoes Trump's GOP primary picks in redistricting vote fallout (Indiana Capital Chronicle via IPM)
  11. April 2026 Candidate Forum (Duneland Chamber of Commerce)
  12. Priorities (Uldricks campaign)
  13. Meet Nate (Uldricks campaign)
  14. Nate Uldricks for Indiana State Senate (Uldricks campaign)
  15. IUOE Local 150 Endorsed Candidates, Indiana Primary Election (IUOE Local 150)
  16. Nate Uldricks – candidate profile (iVoterGuide)
  17. Pol Responds Following Senate Cancelling the December Session (Indiana Senate Democrats)
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