# Chris Jeter Chris Jeter is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 88. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana House, district 88 - Serving since: 2020-08-26 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/8f56f62b-e700-4fdc-b35a-bba408d3e6cf Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8f56f62b-e700-4fdc-b35a-bba408d3e6cf (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 88% of the 24 bills Jeter sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Indiana House. ## What Jeter says (IN 2025–26 session) 111 classified statements: 111 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 | Jeter | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 1.8% | 2.9% | 321 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 9.0% | 9.3% | 304 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 26.1% | 31.9% | 470 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 9.0% | 12.7% | 418 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.9% | 1.4% | 311 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 34% (State House Republicans 15%); Economics and Public Finance 21% (State House Republicans 12%); Health 17% (State House Republicans 10%); Crime and Law Enforcement 14% (State House Republicans 11%); Immigration 14% (State House Republicans 4.7%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.03), from 150 donors and 471 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 82% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 99.3% (95.2%). 8 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · 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 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 yea · HB 1266 - Behning · HB 1266 Department of education and education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1266/ - 2026-02-27 · voted nay · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/ ## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 21 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 29. 87.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 3 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 2: Bail procedures. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB2/ - SB 210: Article V convention of the states compact. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB210/ - SB 219: Uniform Antitrust Pre-merger Notification Act. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB219/ - HB 1391: Use of telecommunications device while driving. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1391/ - SB 236: Abortion inducing drugs and abortion reports. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB236/ - SB 3: Constitutional amendment ballot language. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB3/ - SB 251: OWI penalties. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB251/ - HB 1193: Civil rights commission. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1193/ - HB 1194: Bail matters. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1194/ - HB 1258: Crimes of violence. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1258/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $124.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% 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. - 2026-09-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrispjeter/status/2097112894227829019 - 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrispjeter/status/2073445981316665620 - 2026-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrispjeter/status/2058930677299470775 - 2026-05-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrispjeter/status/2058373174304071747 - 2026-05-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrispjeter/status/2058588752918843496 - 2026-05-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrispjeter/status/2056454917305303262 - 2026-04-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrispjeter/status/2042596382322671781 - 2026-03-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrispjeter/status/2032157074377842930 - 2026-02-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrispjeter/status/2027490169851445281 - 2026-02-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/chrispjeter/status/2022001011595047294 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/legislators/legislator_chris_jeter_1 - Campaign site: https://chrisjeter.com/ - X: https://x.com/chrispjeter - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cpjeter - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeter_chris - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-jeter-78623652 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8f56f62b-e700-4fdc-b35a-bba408d3e6cf