# Cherrish Pryor Cherrish Pryor is a Democratic member of the Indiana House for district 94. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Indiana House, district 94 - Serving since: 2008-11-04 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/8db4d04c-3afe-44c1-940b-7761cd035800 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8db4d04c-3afe-44c1-940b-7761cd035800 (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 100% of Pryor’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the top tenth of State House Democrats. ## What Pryor says (IN 2025–26 session) 54 classified statements: 54 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 | Pryor | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 | | Policy criticism | 25.9% | 10.4% | 60 of 764 | | Policy discussion | 46.3% | 39.2% | 280 of 764 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 | | Credit claiming | 13.0% | 14.4% | 363 of 764 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 | Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 24% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 20% (State House Democrats 11%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 12% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Crime and Law Enforcement 12% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Energy 12% (State House Democrats 3.6%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.87 (standard error 0.03), from 53 donors and 584 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 96.2% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 97.8% (95.2%). 34 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 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 52. 43.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 52 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - HR 41: Recognizing May 2026 as Lupus Awareness Month. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HR41/ - HCR 11: Honoring the Hosea Family on the occasion of the 31st Biennial Hosea Family Reunion. (passed both chambers, 2026-01-23) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR11/ - HB 1111: Various utility matters. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1111/ - HB 1112: Coverage for cancer screening. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1112/ - HB 1114: Coverage for certain cancer prescriptions. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1114/ - HB 1113: Repair of residential rental properties. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1113/ - HB 1023: Deduction for surviving spouses of WW I veterans. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1023/ - HR 47: Recognizing Cleopatria Pryor upon her 100th birthday and her civil rights legacy. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-09) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR47/ - HCR 36: Honoring the Marion County Bar Association on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. (passed both chambers, 2025-04-11) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR36/ - HCR 33: Honoring Trinity Christian Methodist Episcopal Church for 100 years of community service. (passed both chambers, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR33/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $42.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% 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. - 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/cherrishpryor/status/2107874182570660260 - 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/cherrishpryor/status/2107969728442409373 - 2026-07-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/cherrishpryor/status/2074591141949821036 - 2026-06-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/cherrishpryor/status/2069198092843335751 - 2026-03-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/cherrishpryor/status/2035106764111175761 - 2026-03-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/cherrishpryor/status/2029375722469347773 - 2026-03-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/cherrishpryor/status/2029287470337020254 - 2026-03-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/cherrishpryor/status/2028945869051986177 - 2026-01-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/cherrishpryor/status/2016350324181664201 - 2026-01-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/cherrishpryor/status/2009092994260193470 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_cherrish_pryor_990 - X: https://x.com/cherrishpryor - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cherrish.pryor - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cherrishpryor/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherrish-s-pryor-994515a/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8db4d04c-3afe-44c1-940b-7761cd035800