# Craig Haggard Craig Haggard is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 57. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana House, district 57 - Serving since: 2022-11-09 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/006e6bcf-0a2c-4eef-92e3-44714f31aa4e Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/006e6bcf-0a2c-4eef-92e3-44714f31aa4e (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline The policy areas Haggard talks about and legislates on agree at 0.37 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans. ## What Haggard says (IN 2025–26 session) 285 classified statements: 285 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Haggard | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.4% | 2.9% | 471 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 0.4% | 9.3% | 670 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 14.7% | 31.9% | 644 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 15.1% | 12.7% | 287 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 21% (State House Republicans 18%); Crime and Law Enforcement 19% (State House Republicans 11%); Armed Forces and National Security 14% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Labor and Employment 12% (State House Republicans 2.5%); Agriculture and Food 9.5% (State House Republicans 4.4%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.36 (standard error 0.02), from 181 donors and 435 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 51% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 93.6% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 93.0% (95.2%). 50 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 199 - Behning · SB 199 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB199/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 14 - Teshka · SB 14 Pension matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB14/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 140 - Zimmerman · SB 140 Public safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB140/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1200 - Pressel · HB 1200 Bureau of motor vehicles. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1200/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 144 - Rowray · SB 144 Tobacco, e-liquid, and vapor devices. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB144/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1343 - Bartels · HB 1343 Public safety matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1343/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 4 - Snow · SB 4 Various fiscal matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB4/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1268 - Bartels · HB 1268 Indiana defense matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1268/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1266 - Behning · HB 1266 Department of education and education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1266/ - 2026-02-27 · voted nay · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/ ## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 53. 47.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 50 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1184: Towing matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1184/ - HB 1183: Digital sexual image abuse. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1183/ - HB 1109: Homeless veterans initiative shelter program. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1109/ - HB 1108: Contracts for road projects. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1108/ - HB 1232: Schools, funding, and religion. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1232/ - HCR 46: Recognizing the sovereignty of the State of Israel. (in committee, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR46/ - HCR 44: Recognizing Shen Yun. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR44/ - HCR 20: Congratulating the Plainfield High School We the People team on winning the 2024 We the People state championship. (passed both chambers, 2025-02-14) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR20/ - SCR 11: Urging INDOT to rename the bridge over Big Walnut Creek at North U.S. Hwy 231 as the "James Baugh Memorial Bridge". (passed both chambers, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR11/ - SB 310: Feasibility study of energy audit of state government campus. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SB310/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $6,300 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-09-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/haggardforrep57/status/2103071945948344750 - 2026-09-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/haggardforrep57/status/2101024096284774866 - 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/haggardforrep57/status/2098374025235849370 - 2026-07-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/haggardforrep57/status/2076696335563047249 - 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/haggardforrep57/status/2073423465646858508 - 2026-06-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/haggardforrep57/status/2072096218050703738 - 2026-06-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/haggardforrep57/status/2069917010041954342 - 2026-06-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/haggardforrep57/status/2064357684950806871 - 2026-06-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/haggardforrep57/status/2062847828552995057 - 2026-06-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/haggardforrep57/status/2062484916030279930 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_craig_haggard_1 - Campaign site: https://www.hoosiersforhaggard.com/ - X: https://x.com/haggardforrep57 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/craig.haggard.indy - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/craighaggard1969/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@craighaggard3923/addons/unicode-blocks - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-haggard-2b095b88/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/006e6bcf-0a2c-4eef-92e3-44714f31aa4e