# Ryan Mishler

Ryan Mishler is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 9.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana Senate, district 9
- Serving since: 2004-11-03
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/010e5ebe-683c-4fe2-9696-46f7f0b4bea6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/010e5ebe-683c-4fe2-9696-46f7f0b4bea6 (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

Mishler missed 12% of 790 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Indiana Senate (average 94.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.03), from 105 donors and 672 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 62% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

790 roll calls. Attendance 88% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 97.5% (91.0%). 13 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 140 - Becker · SB 140 Public safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB140/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1115 - Deery · HB 1115 Homeowners association governance. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1115/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 14 - Rogers · SB 14 Pension matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB14/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1200 - Crider · HB 1200 Bureau of motor vehicles. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1200/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 179 - Crider · SB 179 Indiana department of transportation. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB179/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 80 - Freeman · SB 80 Code publication. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB80/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1408 - Raatz · HB 1408 Education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1408/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1406 - Holdman · HB 1406 Tax and fiscal matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1406/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1277 - Crider · HB 1277 Health and human services matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1277/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 239 - Rogers · SB 239 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 17 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 58. 81.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 12 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 33: Honoring Dan Huge. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR33/
- SB 283: Regional development tax credit. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB283/
- SB 281: Income tax credits. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB281/
- SB 248: South Bend Community school corporation. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB248/
- SB 228: Midwest continental divide commission. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB228/
- SB 4: Various fiscal matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB4/
- SB 275: FSSA fiscal matters. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB275/
- SB 1: Human services matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB1/
- HB 1210: Department of local government finance. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1210/
- SB 122: Various immigration matters. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB122/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $80.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/legislators/legislator_ryan_mishler_801
- Campaign site: https://www.ryanmishler.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RyanMishlerforStateSenate
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-mishler-079baa8a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/010e5ebe-683c-4fe2-9696-46f7f0b4bea6
