# Ron Alting Ron Alting is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 22. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana Senate, district 22 - Serving since: 1998-11-04 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/91572a47-dcdf-4be5-8fec-99630da33a39 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/91572a47-dcdf-4be5-8fec-99630da33a39 (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 Alting voted against the majority of Indiana Senate Republicans 64 times; party unity 77%, in the bottom tenth of the Indiana Senate (average 91.0%). ## What Alting says (IN 2025–26 session) 520 classified statements: 520 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 | Alting | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 1.4% | 9.5% | 276 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 21.5% | 37.3% | 270 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 0.6% | 2.3% | 239 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 11.5% | 15.4% | 195 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 22% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Housing and Community Development 13% (State Senate Republicans 3.1%); Health 12% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Armed Forces and National Security 9.8% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Agriculture and Food 8.0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.02 (standard error 0.01), from 94 donors and 676 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 8.9% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 790 roll calls. Attendance 95.7% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 77% (91.0%). 64 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 29 bills: 29 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 13 became law. Cosponsored 81. 75.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 19 of 49). Recent sponsored bills: - SCR 25: Celebrating the legacy of Abigail Williams and Liberty German. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR25/ - SB 5: Suspension of permit. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB5/ - SB 269: Youth peer support program. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB269/ - SB 185: Alcohol and tobacco matters. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB185/ - SB 120: Proposition bets. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB120/ - SB 121: Educational information on type 1 diabetes. (in committee, 2025-12-09) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB121/ - SB 23: Alcoholic beverage permits for county fairs. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB23/ - HB 1052: Various administrative law matters. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1052/ - SR 41: Urging the Governor to recognize March 17, 2025, as Profound Autism Day. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SR41/ - HCR 27: Recognizing March 18, 2025, as Indiana Senior Day at the Indiana Statehouse. (passed both chambers, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR27/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $401.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 97% 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. - 2026-10-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ronalting/status/2107167211647635706 - 2026-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/ronalting/status/2107217329407045980 - 2026-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/ronalting/status/2107217340119286035 - 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/ronalting/status/2106782718998847632 - 2026-10-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/ronalting/status/2106492975140491601 - 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/ronalting/status/2105729503272341685 - 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ronalting/status/2105729507097248148 - 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ronalting/status/2105729509479604542 - 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ronalting/status/2105730573515763888 - 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/ronalting/status/2105730581078106570 ## Links - X: https://x.com/ronalting - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorronalting/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/91572a47-dcdf-4be5-8fec-99630da33a39