# Brad Barrett Brad Barrett is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 56. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana House, district 56 - Serving since: 2018-11-07 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/6629fcea-f482-4e63-872d-d2f8734502ca Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6629fcea-f482-4e63-872d-d2f8734502ca (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 75% of Barrett’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans. ## What Barrett says (IN 2025–26 session) 1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Barrett | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.49 (standard error 0.03), from 123 donors and 564 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 73% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 90% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 99.6% (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 not voting · 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 nay · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/ ## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 27 bills: 27 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 17 became law. Cosponsored 43. 70.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 23 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 282: Compounding drugs; registration of medical spas. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB282/ - SB 222: Family and social services administration matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB222/ - HB 1358: Indiana department of health. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1358/ - HB 1385: Various hospital matters. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1385/ - SB 225: Health matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB225/ - SB 1: Human services matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB1/ - SB 189: Nonparticipating providers. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB189/ - HB 1278: Nursing matters; education programs. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1278/ - HB 1279: Collection of cost sharing. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1279/ - HB 1277: Health and human services matters. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1277/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $40.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 75% 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. - 2025-07-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/elvis47374/status/1943499029964369976 ## Links - Official site: https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/news/press-releases/barrett-house-passes-stop-the-bleed-bill/ - Campaign site: https://votebradbarrett.com/ - X: https://x.com/elvis47374 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vote56barrett/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradford-barrett-m-d-a4984419/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6629fcea-f482-4e63-872d-d2f8734502ca