# Martin Carbaugh

Martin Carbaugh is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 81.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 81
- Serving since: 2012-11-07
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1b9ddafb-fca9-4924-b565-d651c2ca133b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1b9ddafb-fca9-4924-b565-d651c2ca133b (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

3.3% of Carbaugh’s statements discuss policy, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans (average 32%).

## What Carbaugh says (IN 2025–26 session)

2,610 classified statements: 2,610 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 | Carbaugh | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.0% | 2.9% | 195 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 1.1% | 9.3% | 649 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 3.3% | 31.9% | 752 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.2% | 1.8% | 537 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 1.1% | 12.7% | 707 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.5% | 1.4% | 375 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 27% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Government Operations and Politics 25% (State House Republicans 18%); Health 18% (State House Republicans 10%); Economics and Public Finance 9.5% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 9.5% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.48 (standard error 0.03), from 83 donors and 571 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 71% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 92.0% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 99.0% (95.2%). 19 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 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 40. 72.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 18 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1405: Prescription drug assistance program for the elderly. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1405/
- HB 1336: Securities and investment adviser representatives. (became law, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1336/
- HB 1334: Directory of in network providers. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1334/
- HB 1335: Nonprofit hospitals. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1335/
- SB 182: Gender issues. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB182/
- SB 88: Education matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB88/
- HR 60: Recognizing the first full week of May 2025 as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR60/
- HB 1004: Health care matters. (became law, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1004/
- HB 1593: Fraud prevention. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1593/
- HB 1595: Long term care insurance partnership program. (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1595/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $106.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/martincarbaugh/status/2114531487034835220
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/martincarbaugh/status/2114654759839797568
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/martincarbaugh/status/2114655366428668183
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/martincarbaugh/status/2114655598923178117
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/martincarbaugh/status/2114656234465050897
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/martincarbaugh/status/2114174236319158446
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/martincarbaugh/status/2114177275188891773
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/martincarbaugh/status/2114247352169144382
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/martincarbaugh/status/2114487605102277058
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/martincarbaugh/status/2114496929333760374

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_martin_carbaugh_1125
- Campaign site: https://votecarbaugh.com/
- X: https://x.com/martincarbaugh
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repcarbaugh/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martincarbaugh/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martincarbaugh/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1b9ddafb-fca9-4924-b565-d651c2ca133b