# Jean Leising Jean Leising is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 42. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana Senate, district 42 - Serving since: 2008-11-05 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/40ea5143-d0ab-4b9a-a0bc-2cc04f984888 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/40ea5143-d0ab-4b9a-a0bc-2cc04f984888 (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 0.4% of Leising’s statements criticize a policy, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans (average 9.5%). ## What Leising says (IN 2025–26 session) 240 classified statements: 240 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Leising | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 0.4% | 9.5% | 305 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 22.1% | 37.3% | 267 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 0.4% | 2.3% | 249 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 7.1% | 15.4% | 247 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 47% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Education 17% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Health 15% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Energy 7.5% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%); Armed Forces and National Security 5.7% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 98 donors and 748 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 790 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 85% (91.0%). 56 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 nay · 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 43 bills: 43 reached committee, 33 passed one chamber, 27 passed both, 19 became law. Cosponsored 75. 76.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 18 of 49). Recent sponsored bills: - SCR 19: Recognizing the National FFA Organization and the Indiana FFA Association. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR19/ - SCR 23: Recognizing Indiana 4-H. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR23/ - HCR 12: Honoring Cindy Hoye for her longstanding service to the Indiana State Fair Commission. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR12/ - SCR 8: Recognizing the Indiana horse racing industry. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR8/ - HB 1398: Agricultural programs. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1398/ - SB 230: Department of agriculture. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB230/ - HB 1361: Fertilizer. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1361/ - SB 249: State chemist. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB249/ - HB 1311: Obtaining copies of recorded documents. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1311/ - SB 164: Study of community or urban microfarming. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB164/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $33.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 96% 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. - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/sen_jeanleising/status/2114159997995085878 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/sen_jeanleising/status/2112934684514505174 - 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/sen_jeanleising/status/2111645399794458862 - 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/sen_jeanleising/status/2110911197142761972 - 2026-09-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/sen_jeanleising/status/2100746052131532835 - 2026-09-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/sen_jeanleising/status/2100045298441576578 - 2026-09-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sen_jeanleising/status/2099878362177065218 - 2026-09-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/sen_jeanleising/status/2099305661767020779 - 2026-09-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/sen_jeanleising/status/2099644632204247240 - 2026-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/sen_jeanleising/status/2097876487344902555 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_jean_leising_136 - X: https://x.com/sen_jeanleising - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jean.leising.1 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sen_jeanleising Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/40ea5143-d0ab-4b9a-a0bc-2cc04f984888