# Scott Baldwin Scott Baldwin is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 20. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana Senate, district 20 - Serving since: 2020-11-04 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/7aea558c-2623-446e-9870-9ee2b8fe5e47 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7aea558c-2623-446e-9870-9ee2b8fe5e47 (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 0% of Baldwin’s statements criticize a policy, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans (average 9.5%). ## What Baldwin says (IN 2025–26 session) 319 classified statements: 319 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 | Baldwin | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.3% | 2.3% | 172 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 42.3% | 37.3% | 153 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 1.6% | 2.3% | 174 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 22.3% | 15.4% | 91 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 24% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Health 16% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Armed Forces and National Security 16% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Economics and Public Finance 10% (State Senate Republicans 12%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.35 (standard error 0.02), from 202 donors and 627 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 49% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 790 roll calls. Attendance 99.2% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 98.2% (91.0%). 13 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 87 bills: 87 reached committee, 77 passed one chamber, 53 passed both, 50 became law. Cosponsored 76. 88.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 6 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/ - SR 16: Honoring the Guerin Catholic H.S. Golden Gears FIRST Robotics team. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR16/ - SB 243: Various tax matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB243/ - SB 291: Court security. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB291/ - SB 289: Public depositories. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB289/ - SB 227: Counter action against unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB227/ - SB 226: Indiana department of administration. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB226/ - SB 259: Partnership composite returns. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB259/ - HB 1406: Tax and fiscal matters. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1406/ - SB 210: Article V convention of the states compact. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB210/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $68.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 96% 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. - 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/scottabaldwin/status/2114749195160535247 - 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/scottabaldwin/status/2112660187320332563 - 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/scottabaldwin/status/2111064740248113656 - 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/scottabaldwin/status/2110825076438315073 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/scottabaldwin/status/2110038091964600788 - 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/scottabaldwin/status/2109645451989336564 - 2026-10-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/scottabaldwin/status/2109124383004365115 - 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/scottabaldwin/status/2108528028837962135 - 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/scottabaldwin/status/2107954197962318144 - 2026-10-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/scottabaldwin/status/2107108871667908802 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/legislators/legislator_scott_baldwin_1 - Campaign site: https://www.votebaldwin.com/ - X: https://x.com/scottabaldwin - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/votebaldwin - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brokercop/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7HEfk6bxc-DrVLGBdyNXw - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottabaldwin/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7aea558c-2623-446e-9870-9ee2b8fe5e47