# Mike Gaskill

Mike Gaskill is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 25.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana Senate, district 25
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/01cb22d6-e0f5-478e-99b2-801ffbf32d2b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/01cb22d6-e0f5-478e-99b2-801ffbf32d2b (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

Gaskill sits at +1.16 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 100% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.16 (standard error 0.05), from 19 donors and 742 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 100% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

790 roll calls. Attendance 98.6% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 96.4% (91.0%). 73 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 46 bills: 46 reached committee, 33 passed one chamber, 23 passed both, 22 became law. Cosponsored 75. 71.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 22 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 5: Urging Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to establish that campaign and election spending may be regulated. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR5/
- HB 1359: Scanning ballots. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1359/
- SB 267: Influence campaign reports. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB267/
- SB 214: Department of workforce development. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB214/
- SB 233: Powers and duties of the election commission. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB233/
- HB 1342: County commissioner districts. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1342/
- SB 142: Local hospitality boards. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB142/
- SB 112: Candidacy documents. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB112/
- SB 12: Prohibition of ranked choice voting. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB12/
- SB 25: School board candidates. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB25/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $75.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/legislators/legislator_mike_gaskill_1
- Campaign site: https://electmikegaskill.com/
- X: https://x.com/MikeGaskillSF
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/electmikegaskill/
- YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/@electmikegaskill9881/featured
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-gaskill-498b98255/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/01cb22d6-e0f5-478e-99b2-801ffbf32d2b