# Scott Alexander

Scott Alexander is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 26.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana Senate, district 26
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/75d45200-93a5-45b7-90c2-9b3014d7f827

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/75d45200-93a5-45b7-90c2-9b3014d7f827 (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

Alexander sits at +0.61 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 84% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.61 (standard error 0.04), from 119 donors and 519 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

790 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 97.7% (91.0%). 25 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 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 81. 67.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 25 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 10: Memorializing Corporal Blake Reynolds. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR10/
- SCR 4: Urging INDOT to rename the portion of I-69 North the "Gregg Winters Memorial Mile". (passed both chambers, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR4/
- HB 1429: Appraiser statute of limitations. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1429/
- SB 255: Property tax streamline. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB255/
- HB 1377: Straight ticket voting. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1377/
- SB 267: Influence campaign reports. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB267/
- SB 249: State chemist. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB249/
- HB 1252: Broker companies. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1252/
- SB 142: Local hospitality boards. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB142/
- HB 1152: Homeowners association matters. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1152/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $167.5K (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_scott_alexander_1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scott.alexander.108
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottaalexander/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-alexander-9287a25a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/75d45200-93a5-45b7-90c2-9b3014d7f827
