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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana Senate, District 43

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 43 covers Dearborn, Jefferson, Ohio, Scott and Switzerland counties and part of Jennings County in southeast Indiana [4].
  • This is Maxwell's first general election for the seat; he was chosen by Republicans in 2023 to fill a vacancy [3, 13].
  • May 5, 2026 primary: Maxwell defeated Joe Volk in the Republican primary, 7,874 votes (60.1%) to 5,234 (39.9%), as reported by the Madison Courier; Byron Holland was unopposed for the Democratic nomination [13].
  • No debates or candidate forums for this race were found in published coverage as of October 10, 2026 [13].

Candidates on the ballot

Byron E. Holland

Democratic

Byron Holland is the Democratic nominee; his campaign says it is focused on health care, schools, and jobs and on building coalitions across party lines [14].

Holland's background

  • His campaign website and BallotReady profile do not describe his occupation, education, or community roles [14, 15].

Holland's positions

Data centers

  • His platform opposes new data centers on Indiana farmland and calls for ending state tax subsidies for them [16].

Agriculture

  • Supports full funding for county Extension offices and agricultural research, and farmland property tax relief through what the platform calls a fair, stable, and predictable assessment system [16].

Health care

  • Supports expanding rural emergency and critical care, addiction treatment and recovery services, and maternal health access, and raising Medicaid income-eligibility limits [16].

Energy & utilities

  • Calls for transparent utility rate-setting with clear explanations of proposed increases [16].

Economy & jobs

  • Supports expanding broadband access and opposes what the platform calls unnecessary expansion of toll fees [16].

How Holland would run the office

  • His campaign says he wants to work across party lines on affordable health care, strong schools, and good-paying jobs [14].

How Holland got on the ballot

  • Ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination in the May 5, 2026 primary [13].

What we could not find about Holland

  • No biographical information (occupation, residence, community roles) was found.
  • No news coverage of his campaign beyond candidate lists and primary results was found.
  • Endorsements could not be confirmed from freely available sources.
  • No campaign finance totals were found.
  • No statements by Holland about Maxwell or his record were found on his campaign website or in published coverage [14, 16].
  • No endorsements are listed on his campaign website; it links to an ActBlue donation page [17].

Holland's campaign website

Sources for Holland

  • About (Byron Holland campaign)

Randall D. Maxwell

RepublicanIncumbent

Randy Maxwell, the Republican incumbent, is a Guilford construction company CEO who joined the Senate in 2023 [4, 3].

Maxwell's background

  • CEO of Maxwell Construction, a family-owned general contractor and development company in southeast Indiana; studied finance, real estate and entrepreneurship at Indiana University [4].
  • Former president of the Dearborn County Home Builders Association, founding member and vice president of the 1Dearborn economic development organization, and appointed to the Indiana Unemployment Insurance Board in 2007, according to his caucus biography [4].

Maxwell's positions

Elections & redistricting

  • Supported mid-decade redrawing of Indiana's congressional map in an October 2025 statement and voted for HB 1032 in December 2025 [6, 7].

Public safety

  • Co-authored SEA 256 on foreign-adversary land ownership and agent registration, saying the law "is a big step forward for our state" [8].

Economy & jobs

  • Urged the governor in April 2026 to suspend the state gas tax, saying the state had the financial room to return money to taxpayers [12].

Health care

  • Cited 2026 legislation to "crack down on health care fraud" as a session accomplishment [18].

How Maxwell would run the office

  • Said at the end of the 2026 session that he would keep working with lawmakers and constituents during the interim [18].

Maxwell on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder. No statements by Maxwell about his general-election opponent were found [4].

How Maxwell got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary over Joe Volk with 60.1% of the vote [13].

What we could not find about Maxwell

  • No campaign website was found.
  • No information was found on bills Maxwell was the primary author of that became law.
  • Individual votes on the 2025 property-tax law (SEA 1) and the 2025 state budget were not verified.
  • The Madison Courier's county-level primary figures for Switzerland County did not add up and were not used.
  • No campaign finance totals were found.
  • No endorsements or campaign finance figures were found in available sources [4].

Maxwell's record in office

Indiana Senate record, District 43 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
6
2 became law
Co-authored
26
15 became law
Sponsored
3
3 became law
Co-sponsored
12
10 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Homeland Security and Transportation
  • Pensions and Labor
  • Public Policy
  • Veterans Affairs and The Military
  • Commerce and Economic Development, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Majority Member)
  • Employment and Labor, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Majority Member)
  • Environmental Affairs, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Majority Member)

Floor votes

  • 2024: Yes 271, No 36, Not voting 1
  • 2025: Yes 405, No 82
  • 2026: Yes 267, No 33
How Maxwell voted on 35 selected bills
The 47 bills Maxwell carried

  • SB 238: Innkeeper's tax.

    2024 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Authorizes Jefferson County to impose its innkeeper's tax at a rate of 8% (instead of 5% under current law).

  • SB 248: Economic development.

    2024 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Allows a city on the Ohio River that established a port authority to annex territory that is not contiguous to the city boundaries if a railroad owned by the port authority connects the city to the annexed territory.

  • SB 293: Trespass.

    2024 · Authored · passed both chambers in some form; final version not enacted

    Provides that a person commits trespass if the person does not have a contractual interest in the property and knowingly or intentionally enters or refuses to leave the property of another person after having been prohibited from entering or asked to leave the property by a law enforcement officer, if the officer was dispatched to the property after a person with a contractual interest in the prop

  • 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 151: Statute of limitations.

    2024 · Co-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 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 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 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 52: Prohibition on use of dedicated lanes.

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

    Prohibits, until July 1, 2025, a consolidated city from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, or other requirement concerning a public transportation project, including the blue line, that seeks to: (1) convert; (2) restrict; or (3) otherwise establish; a vehicular traffic lane for use as a dedicated lane.

  • HB 1135: Cosmetology apprenticeships.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that an individual who completes a United States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program to practice cosmetology may take the cosmetologist licensure examination and, upon passage of the examination, practice as a cosmetologist.

  • HB 1108: Development restrictions on slopes.

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

    Prohibits a unit from preventing development exclusively on the basis of slope, if the predevelopment slope of the site is less than 25%, unless the site is within a watershed area of a reservoir that is a source of a municipality's drinking water.

  • SB 405: Labor organization membership.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that if a governmental entity contracts with a private entity to manage or lease an asset owned by the governmental entity, the governmental entity may not require or consider, as a provision of the contract or as a condition of entering into the contract, that the employees of the private entity are members or nonmembers of a labor organization.

  • SB 543: Gaming revenue distribution.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Establishes the gaming revenue fund (fund).

  • SB 143: Parental rights.

    2025 · Co-authored · 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 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 249: Teacher compensation.

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

    Amends provisions that allow school corporations to provide a supplemental payment to teachers in excess of the salary specified in the school corporation's compensation plan.

  • SB 289: Unlawful discrimination.

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

    Repeals provisions concerning university diversity committees.

  • SB 292: Short line railroad tax credit.

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

    Allows a taxpayer to claim a credit against state income tax liability for certain qualified railroad expenditures and qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures.

  • 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 365: Education matters.

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

    Requires the department of education (department), in collaboration with certain other state entities, to collect and maintain certain data and to publish on the department's website timely and relevant information about secondary education programs.

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

    2025 · Co-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 424: Small modular nuclear reactor development costs.

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

    Amends as follows the Indiana Code section concerning certificates of public convenience and necessity (certificates) for small modular nuclear reactors: (1) Authorizes a public utility to petition the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) for approval to incur, before obtaining a certificate, project development costs for the development of one or more small modular nuclear reactors.

  • 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 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.

  • SB 515: Historic sites.

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

    Establishes the division of historic sites (division) in the department of natural resources.

  • HB 1489: Indiana-Ireland trade commission.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the Indiana-Ireland trade commission (commission) to advance bilateral trade and investment between Indiana and Ireland and other related matters.

  • 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 1380: Supplemental fee for electric vehicles.

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

    Provides that the supplemental fee to register an electric vehicle does not apply to a motor driven cycle.

  • HB 1393: Immigration notice.

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

    Provides that if a law enforcement officer arrests an individual for a felony or a misdemeanor and there is probable cause to believe that the individual is not lawfully present in the United States, the jail or detention facility shall notify the county sheriff of the probable cause during the individual's intake process, and the county sheriff shall notify the proper authority.

  • SB 70: Riverboat relocation.

    2026 · Authored (listed 2nd) · reported from Senate committee; no Senate third-reading vote

    Provides that the licensed owner of the riverboat located in the city of Rising Sun (licensed owner) may relocate gaming operations to a casino in Allen County or Fort Wayne if certain conditions are met.

  • 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 176: Shooting ranges.

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

    Provides that the maintenance, repair, renovation, modernization, or expansion of buildings, structures, or facilities used in connection with a shooting range, including improvements to safety, security accessibility, or environmental controls, is a continuation of a permitted use and may not be treated by a local unit of government as: (1) an expansion of a nonconforming use; or (2) a basis to d

  • 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 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 241: Utility service enhancement improvement costs.

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

    Amends the statute that authorizes a conservancy district providing water service to withdraw from the jurisdiction of the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) if the conservancy district serves less than 2,000 customers, so as to authorize a withdrawal from the IURC's jurisdiction if the conservancy district serves less than 3,000 customers.

  • SB 256: Foreign agent registration, foreign terrorist organizations, and foreign adversaries.

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

    Provides that contracts entered into, amended, or renewed by a qualified entity for the provision of a technological product or service must contain a provision requiring the contractor to confirm that the contractor and any subcontractors working under the contract for the contractor are not prohibited persons.

  • HB 1003: Boards and commissions.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Creates the agricultural promotion and regulation task force to study various agriculture related topics.

  • HB 1002: Electric utility affordability.

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

    Requires an electricity supplier, other than a municipally owned utility, that is under the jurisdiction of the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) to do the following: (1) Beginning with the first monthly billing cycle that begins after June 30, 2026, apply a levelized billing plan (plan) to all active residential customer accounts: (A) for service provided under the electricity supplier

  • HB 1036: Children in need of services.

    2026 · Co-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 1099: Foreign adversaries.

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

    Provides that, if a contractor or a subcontractor working under the contractor for the provision of a technological product or service is a prohibited person, a qualified entity may enter into the contract if the contractor affirms the contractor and its subcontractors are not acting as agents of a foreign adversary.

  • HB 1155: Traffic enforcement.

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

    Establishes a traffic enforcement on private roads pilot project.

  • HB 1204: Natural resource entrance fees.

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

    Allows counties that meet certain criteria to adopt an ordinance to impose a surcharge of not more than $1 in addition to the fees charged by the department of natural resources (department) for entry into certain state parks and recreation areas.

  • HB 1268: Indiana defense matters.

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

    Adds one voting member to the Indiana defense task force (task force) appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and one voting member to the task force appointed by the speaker of the house.

  • HB 1302: Various labor and safety matters.

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

    Repeals various provisions concerning the Indiana department of labor employer data base for youth employment.

  • HB 1343: Public safety matters.

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

    Provides that the law enforcement training board (board) shall select an executive director to serve at the pleasure of the board.

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 Maxwell's record came from

Sources for Maxwell

Key points

  • Senate District 43 covers Dearborn, Jefferson, Ohio, Scott and Switzerland counties and part of Jennings County in southeast Indiana. (Indiana Senate Republicans)

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana Senate (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Maxwell sworn in as Senate District 43 state senator (Indiana Senate Republicans)
  4. Sen. Randy Maxwell biography (Indiana Senate Republicans)
  5. Statement from State Sen. Randy Maxwell on Redistricting (Indiana Senate Republicans)
  6. How senators voted in keeping Indiana's congressional map unchanged (WISH-TV)
  7. Maxwell: Foreign adversary bill ceremonially signed into law (Indiana Senate Republicans)
  8. Statement from State Sen. Randy Maxwell urging the governor to suspend the gas tax (Indiana Senate Republicans)
  9. Maxwell wins Republican primary in State Senate District 43 (Madison Courier)
  10. About (Byron Holland campaign)
  11. Byron E. Holland (BallotReady)
  12. Platform (Byron Holland campaign)
  13. Holland for Hoosiers (Byron Holland campaign)
  14. Statement from State Sen. Randy Maxwell on the conclusion of the 2026 legislative session (Indiana Senate Republicans)
What's included
the U.S. House, statewide offices, every Indiana House and Senate district on the ballot, Indiana's statewide public questions and judicial retention questions, and county, township, city, town and school board races from the Indiana Election Division's candidate list.
Everything else
Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: IndianaVoters.in.gov.
Candidate lists
As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
At the polls
Indiana law lets you bring a list of candidates and public questions into the polling place, including one stored on your phone, as long as you don't electioneer. IC 3-11-8-18.5

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