# Matt Commons Matt Commons is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 13. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana House, district 13 - Serving since: 2024-11-06 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/1f2380f8-be03-4499-a72a-8dac376d6aaa Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1f2380f8-be03-4499-a72a-8dac376d6aaa (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 5.3% of Commons’s statements use an extreme label, 3.7 times the State House Republican average of 1.4%. ## What Commons says (IN 2025–26 session) 433 classified statements: 433 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 | Commons | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 7.6% | 2.9% | 86 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 8.8% | 9.3% | 313 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 30.7% | 31.9% | 394 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 1.4% | 1.8% | 340 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 7.8% | 12.7% | 452 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 5.3% | 1.4% | 51 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 29% (State House Republicans 18%); Armed Forces and National Security 26% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Health 14% (State House Republicans 10%); Education 8.3% (State House Republicans 15%); Energy 8.3% (State House Republicans 4.1%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.43 (standard error 0.04), from 247 donors and 287 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 63% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 95.0% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 95.6% (95.2%). 21 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 yea · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/ ## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 13 bills: 13 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 59. 61.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 32 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 256: Foreign agent registration, foreign terrorist organizations, and foreign adversaries. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB256/ - HB 1275: Sale of hemp containing products. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1275/ - HB 1274: Insurance mandated gun free zone notices. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1274/ - HB 1160: Naturalization examination. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1160/ - HB 1099: Foreign adversaries. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1099/ - HB 1098: Work based learning liability. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1098/ - SB 7: Carbon sequestration. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB7/ - HB 1268: DNR study of ground water resources. (in committee, 2025-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1268/ - HB 1269: Indiana economic development corporation. (in committee, 2025-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1269/ - HB 1102: Contracting for preschool programs. (became law, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1102/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $45.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% 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. - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/matt_commons/status/2113470641705828705 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/matt_commons/status/2112729906400673927 - 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/matt_commons/status/2112299945684295774 - 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/matt_commons/status/2111627284704567454 - 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/matt_commons/status/2111966341590888870 - 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/matt_commons/status/2111295077415076096 - 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/matt_commons/status/2111480899418362284 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/matt_commons/status/2109812882577699283 - 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/matt_commons/status/2109097669872517333 - 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/matt_commons/status/2109118255713391043 ## Links - Official site: https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/members/general/matt-commons - Campaign site: https://www.commonsforstatehouse.com/ - X: https://x.com/matt_commons - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commonsforstatehouse/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/commonsforstatehouse/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Commons_IN13 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1f2380f8-be03-4499-a72a-8dac376d6aaa