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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana Senate, District 46

Indiana Senate. 4-year term. Open seat: Andrea Hunley is not on the ballot.

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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 46 in Indianapolis is open: Sen. Andrea Hunley is not seeking re-election [3, 2].
  • Allissa Impink is the only candidate on the ballot [2].

Candidates on the ballot

Allissa Impink

Democratic

Work
Director of advocacy, Women's Foundation of Indiana; former IPS teacher [4]

Democrat Allissa Impink, a former Indianapolis Public Schools teacher elected to the IPS board in 2024, won the Democratic primary for the open District 46 seat; her campaign site lists fully funding public schools and a moratorium on new charter schools [3].

Impink's background

  • Former IPS teacher; elected to the Indianapolis Public Schools board in 2024 for District 4, a term that runs to 2028, according to Chalkbeat [3].
  • Director of advocacy for the Women's Foundation of Indiana; previously worked as a child welfare case manager and as a teacher, and is a former president of the Fletcher Place Neighborhood Association, according to Mirror Indy [4].
  • After winning the primary she announced she would resign from the IPS board effective June 15, 2026 [5].

Impink's positions

Education

  • Her campaign website supports "a moratorium on new charter schools" and "fully funding public schools," according to Chalkbeat [3].
  • Wants IPS "fully reimbursed for transportation, facilities, and special education services provided to innovation schools" [3].

How Impink would run the office

  • After the primary, said she would focus on community voices, including "parents who are juggling their jobs, childcare, and paying their bills" [3].

How Impink got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary with about 68% of the vote over Clif Marsiglio and Sam Glynn (unofficial results reported by Chalkbeat); no Republican filed [3, 6].

What we could not find about Impink

  • No general-election questionnaire was reviewed; she has no opponent on the ballot.

Sources for Impink

Key points

Sources

Researched Tuesday, October 13, 2026

  1. Indiana Senate (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Indiana State Senate District 46 primary election: IPS board member Impink wins (by MJ Slaby) (Chalkbeat Indiana)
  4. Indiana Senate District 46: Meet the candidates (Mirror Indy)
  5. Allissa Impink to resign from IPS board, leaving 5 of 7 board seats up for election on November ballots (Chalkbeat Indiana)
  6. 2026 Primary Election results (certified), Indiana Election Night Reporting (Indiana Election Division)
What's included
the U.S. House, statewide offices, every Indiana House and Senate district on the ballot, Indiana's statewide public questions and judicial retention questions, and county, township, city, town and school board races from the Indiana Election Division's candidate list.
Everything else
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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