# Brian Buchanan

Brian Buchanan is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 7.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana Senate, district 7
- Serving since: 2018-02-12
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0482a330-c9fb-4f41-b136-88a4aef2de6a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0482a330-c9fb-4f41-b136-88a4aef2de6a (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

100% of Buchanan’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.42 (standard error 0.03), from 127 donors and 746 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

790 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 98.6% (91.0%). 18 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 nay · 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 49 bills: 49 reached committee, 37 passed one chamber, 25 passed both, 21 became law. Cosponsored 73. 75.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 20 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 47: Honoring Senator Andy Zay upon his retirement from the Indiana Senate. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR47/
- SB 293: Pharmacist licensure. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB293/
- SB 206: Protection of underground facilities. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB206/
- SB 223: Workforce related programs. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB223/
- HB 1002: Electric utility affordability. (became law, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1002/
- SB 264: Economic development tax credits. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB264/
- HB 1424: Farm and homestead food sales. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1424/
- HB 1147: Licensure of certified public accountants. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1147/
- HB 1145: Thirteenth check. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1145/
- SB 163: Various property tax matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB163/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $31.3K (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/2022/legislators/legislator_brian_buchanan_1
- Campaign site: https://www.votebuchanan.com/
- X: https://x.com/brianforboone
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votebuchanan

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0482a330-c9fb-4f41-b136-88a4aef2de6a