# Spencer Deery Spencer Deery is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 23. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana Senate, district 23 - Serving since: 2022-11-09 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/5f8f629e-daed-4a92-ab9b-98c4127d8a0e Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5f8f629e-daed-4a92-ab9b-98c4127d8a0e (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 Deery reported $996.0K in the 2026 cycle, in the top 5% of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K). ## What Deery says (IN 2025–26 session) 124 classified statements: 124 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 | Deery | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 2.4% | 2.3% | 107 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 19.4% | 9.5% | 62 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 43.5% | 37.3% | 138 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 1.6% | 2.3% | 170 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 21.8% | 15.4% | 96 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 46% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Education 24% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Economics and Public Finance 9.3% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Immigration 7.4% (State Senate Republicans 4.1%); Law 7.4% (State Senate Republicans 3.7%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.34 (standard error 0.03), from 162 donors and 513 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 47% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 790 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 93.8% (91.0%). 18 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 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 85. 64.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 27 of 49). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 293: Pharmacist licensure. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB293/ - SB 204: Various education matters. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB204/ - SB 223: Workforce related programs. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB223/ - SB 240: Surplus interconnection service. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB240/ - SB 260: Carbon dioxide. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB260/ - SB 203: Indiana economic development corporation. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB203/ - SB 241: Utility service enhancement improvement costs. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB241/ - HB 1335: Nonprofit hospitals. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1335/ - HB 1115: Homeowners association governance. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1115/ - SB 160: Public safety. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB160/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $996.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 92% 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. - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerDeery/status/2113367656497877294 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerDeery/status/2113372013800607882 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerDeery/status/2113372360577515587 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerDeery/status/2112997021925695571 - 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerDeery/status/2112372015344877622 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerDeery/status/2110003082641752095 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerDeery/status/2110026221513740334 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerDeery/status/2110040025564103040 - 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/SpencerDeery/status/2105753547144884477 - 2026-09-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SpencerDeery/status/2099917825334743279 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_spencer_deery_1 - Campaign site: https://www.spencerdeery.com/ - X: https://x.com/SpencerDeery - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deery - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sdeery/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGr_E5L1v-q_sz4oAScuLSg - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencerdeery/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5f8f629e-daed-4a92-ab9b-98c4127d8a0e