# Jim Lucas

Jim Lucas is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 69.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 69
- Serving since: 2012-11-07
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/70f005b9-1417-4132-9956-ad93942ca87d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/70f005b9-1417-4132-9956-ad93942ca87d (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

6.9% of Lucas’s statements use an extreme label, 4.8 times the State House Republican average of 1.4%.

## What Lucas says (IN 2025–26 session)

1,928 classified statements: 1,928 posts 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 | Lucas | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 9.9% | 2.9% | 56 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 5.5% | 9.3% | 430 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 13.3% | 31.9% | 666 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.1% | 1.8% | 556 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 1.8% | 12.7% | 678 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 6.9% | 1.4% | 33 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 23% (State House Republicans 11%); Immigration 15% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Government Operations and Politics 14% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 14% (State House Republicans 15%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.03), from 65 donors and 558 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 91.7% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 99.4% (95.2%). 16 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 37. 17.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 84 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 45: Congratulating the Trinity Lutheran High School girls volleyball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HR45/
- HB 1369: Various property tax matters. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1369/
- HB 1298: Classification of marijuana and THC. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1298/
- HB 1119: Execution methods. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1119/
- HB 1013: Exemption from certain health care mandates. (in committee, 2025-12-01) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1013/
- HB 1020: Access to birth control program. (in committee, 2025-12-01) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1020/
- HR 6: Congratulating the Trinity Lutheran High School girls volleyball team. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-18) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR6/
- HB 1548: Motor vehicle matters. (in committee, 2025-01-29) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1548/
- HB 1549: State payment of municipal police training. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1549/
- HB 1547: Motor vehicle fraud. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1547/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,701 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 82% 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/JimLucas0311/status/2114390977037111357
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimLucas0311/status/2114422471038558365
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimLucas0311/status/2114505755474969031
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimLucas0311/status/2114506118680768775
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/JimLucas0311/status/2113859456232468944
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimLucas0311/status/2113978105484255480
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimLucas0311/status/2113463728603635777
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimLucas0311/status/2113464328519356434
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimLucas0311/status/2113632985060667407
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimLucas0311/status/2113741538656452737

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/legislators/legislator_jim_lucas_1123
- Campaign site: https://jimlucasforhouse.org/
- X: https://x.com/JimLucas0311
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jim.lucas.52
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimlucas0311/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-lucas-68bb3134

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/70f005b9-1417-4132-9956-ad93942ca87d