# Mike Karickhoff

Mike Karickhoff is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 30.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 30
- Serving since: 2010-11-02
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/344cb784-deed-4671-94f1-0616555296e3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/344cb784-deed-4671-94f1-0616555296e3 (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

Karickhoff missed 31% of 908 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the Indiana House (average 91.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.44 (standard error 0.03), from 150 donors and 482 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 69% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 98.3% (95.2%). 4 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 14 bills: 14 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 27. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 45 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 37: Honoring Vincente Lorenz, an educator at Kokomo High School, for his distinguished service as a teacher and the accolades he has earned. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HR37/
- HB 1145: Thirteenth check. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1145/
- HB 1144: Tourism improvement districts. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1144/
- HB 1141: Commingling committee funds. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1141/
- HB 1142: Uniform food and beverage tax. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1142/
- HB 1143: Local option income taxes. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1143/
- SB 87: E-Verify requirements for public works projects. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB87/
- HCR 38: Honoring those who were part of the B-58 Hustler program. (passed both chambers, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR38/
- HR 2: Urging the Indiana federal congressional delegation to support the Susan Muffley Act. (passed one chamber, 2025-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR2/
- HB 1224: Driving privilege cards. (in committee, 2025-01-09) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1224/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $29.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/members/leadership/mike-karickhoff/?back=members
- Campaign site: https://www.mikekarickhoff.com/
- X: https://x.com/MikeKarickhoff
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Mike-Karickhoff-100012837345910/?locale=ga_IE
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikekarickhoff/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-karickhoff-6522481b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/344cb784-deed-4671-94f1-0616555296e3