# Michael Crider Michael Crider is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 28. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana Senate, district 28 - Serving since: 2012-11-07 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/6ffd10c6-9fd6-4378-8841-63ce4ca88764 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6ffd10c6-9fd6-4378-8841-63ce4ca88764 (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 50% of Crider’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans. ## What Crider says (IN 2025–26 session) 4 classified statements: 4 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 | Crider | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 37.3% | 352 of 355 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.22 (standard error 0.02), from 63 donors and 724 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 30% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 790 roll calls. Attendance 94.8% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 90% (91.0%). 37 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 nay · 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 72 bills: 72 reached committee, 54 passed one chamber, 45 passed both, 35 became law. Cosponsored 71. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 21 of 49). Recent sponsored bills: - HCR 16: Recognizing and honoring volunteer firefighters with 50 years or more of services. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR16/ - HCR 15: Recognizing Wednesday, February 4, 2026, as a day to honor the work and mission of the Indiana Region of the American Red Cross. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR15/ - SB 222: Family and social services administration matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB222/ - SB 207: Key fob emulators. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB207/ - SB 262: INSPECT program. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB262/ - SB 208: Firefighter cancer insurance. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB208/ - SB 235: Intelligent speed assistance device. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB235/ - SB 269: Youth peer support program. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB269/ - SCR 2: Urging INDOT to rename the rest area at Mile Marker 107 on Interstate 7 the "Master Sergeant Joseph L. McNally Rest Area". (passed both chambers, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR2/ - HB 1271: Payment of health claims. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1271/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $41.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 50% 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. - 2026-03-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikemcrider700/status/2031416756183441806 - 2025-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikemcrider700/status/1941108411359170962 - 2025-05-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikemcrider700/status/1926963610368012410 - 2025-01-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/mikemcrider700/status/1876680592923709726 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/legislators/legislator_michael_crider_1130/ - X: https://x.com/mikemcrider700 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mike.crider.98 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-crider-3436511a Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6ffd10c6-9fd6-4378-8841-63ce4ca88764