# Jeff Raatz

Jeff Raatz is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 27.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana Senate, district 27
- Serving since: 2014-11-05
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4267823b-aec1-452a-a040-25b337f04c54

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4267823b-aec1-452a-a040-25b337f04c54 (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

90% of the 41 bills Raatz sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Indiana Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.66 (standard error 0.03), from 168 donors and 726 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 88% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

790 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 98.6% (91.0%). 36 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 yea · SB 239 - Rogers · SB 239 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 41 bills: 41 reached committee, 37 passed one chamber, 27 passed both, 26 became law. Cosponsored 86. 90.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 5 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 248: South Bend Community school corporation. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB248/
- SB 239: Various education matters. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/
- SB 254: Ivy Tech Community College. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB254/
- HB 1408: Education matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1408/
- HB 1423: Indianapolis public education corporation. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1423/
- HB 1004: Various education matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1004/
- HB 1266: Department of education and education matters. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1266/
- SB 200: Public school matters. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB200/
- SB 161: Education matters. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB161/
- SB 199: Various education matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB199/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $76.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_jeff_raatz_1
- Campaign site: https://www.raatzforcongress.com/
- X: https://x.com/jsraatz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jeffraatzforindiana/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffraatz/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-raatz-1b14572/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4267823b-aec1-452a-a040-25b337f04c54