# Maureen Bauer Maureen Bauer is a Democratic member of the Indiana House for district 6. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Indiana House, district 6 - Serving since: 2020-11-04 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/7e493895-2f49-4a56-a4a3-f888373769b5 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7e493895-2f49-4a56-a4a3-f888373769b5 (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 The policy areas Bauer talks about and legislates on agree at 0.40 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats. ## What Bauer says (IN 2025–26 session) 170 classified statements: 170 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Bauer | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 1.8% | 2.5% | 275 of 764 | | Policy criticism | 28.8% | 10.4% | 47 of 764 | | Policy discussion | 42.9% | 39.2% | 327 of 764 | | Bipartisanship | 1.8% | 2.9% | 397 of 764 | | Credit claiming | 3.5% | 14.4% | 602 of 764 | | Extreme labels | 1.2% | 1.0% | 188 of 764 | Most discussed policy areas: Health 21% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 19% (State House Democrats 15%); Education 16% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 14% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Labor and Employment 11% (State House Democrats 5.7%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.50 (standard error 0.03), from 85 donors and 513 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 69% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 87% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 93.5% (95.2%). 26 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-02-27 · voted nay · 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 nay · HB 1343 - Bartels · HB 1343 Public safety matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1343/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · 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 nay · HB 1266 - Behning · HB 1266 Department of education and education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1266/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/ ## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 35. 40.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 55 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - HR 47: Recognizing "Farmworker and Farmer Awareness Week" and the work of Proteus, Inc. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HR47/ - HB 1269: Unlawful proposition penalties. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1269/ - HB 1310: Domestic violence investigations. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1310/ - HB 1167: Digital alert technology pilot program. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1167/ - HB 1182: Digital sexual image abuse. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1182/ - HR 2: Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., South Bend Chapter. (passed one chamber, 2025-12-02) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HR2/ - HB 1014: Sonography. (in committee, 2025-12-01) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1014/ - SCR 45: Honoring Magistrate Judge Andre Gammage. (passed both chambers, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR45/ - HCR 42: Congratulating the St. Joseph High School boys basketball team on winning the 2025 IHSAA Class 3A state championship title. (passed both chambers, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR42/ - HR 36: Honoring George Hawthorne upon his retirement from REAL Services. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR36/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $66.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% 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. - 2026-06-16 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/maureen4indiana/status/2066922252294066332 - 2026-05-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/maureen4indiana/status/2060192208519618961 - 2026-05-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/maureen4indiana/status/2060192212084785421 - 2026-02-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/maureen4indiana/status/2022063331964858718 - 2026-02-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/maureen4indiana/status/2019505279075860793 - 2026-02-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/maureen4indiana/status/2018138206638579899 - 2026-01-01 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/maureen4indiana/status/2006802432467079494 - 2025-12-31 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/maureen4indiana/status/2006463335638905150 - 2025-12-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/maureen4indiana/status/2002115803995648036 - 2025-12-19 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/maureen4indiana/status/2002118691484492040 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_maureen_bauer_1 - Campaign site: https://www.maureenbauer.com/ - X: https://x.com/maureen4indiana - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ms.MaureenBauer - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maureen4indiana/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maureen-bauer/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7e493895-2f49-4a56-a4a3-f888373769b5