# David Niezgodski

David Niezgodski is a Democratic member of the Indiana Senate for district 10.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Indiana Senate, district 10
- Serving since: 2016-11-08
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1fad6d9f-7d2c-4b2e-a74f-26a2ea44f371

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1fad6d9f-7d2c-4b2e-a74f-26a2ea44f371 (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 Niezgodski’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the top quarter of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.37 (standard error 0.02), from 38 donors and 734 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 87% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

790 roll calls. Attendance 96.0% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 80% (91.0%). 46 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 nay · SB 239 - Rogers · SB 239 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 104. 56.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 35 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 66: Urging the Legislative Council to assign the topic of air conditioning units and other landlord-tenant matters. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR66/
- SR 52: Urging the IGA to study training requirements for school employees concerning seizures. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR52/
- 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 228: Midwest continental divide commission. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB228/
- SB 127: Landlord-tenant matters. (in committee, 2025-12-11) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB127/
- SB 128: Improper supervision of a dangerous child. (in committee, 2025-12-11) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB128/
- SB 63: Thirteenth check. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB63/
- SB 65: Seizure training requirements. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB65/
- SB 14: Pension matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB14/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $65.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/legislators/legislator_david_niezgodski_869
- Campaign site: https://www.niezgodskiforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/dniezgodski
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senniezgodski/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidniezgodski/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-niezgodski-9277a117

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1fad6d9f-7d2c-4b2e-a74f-26a2ea44f371