# Blake Doriot

Blake Doriot is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 12.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana Senate, district 12
- Serving since: 2016-11-09
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a1002ff1-ffd8-4d82-8db9-3a8295ca5e06

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a1002ff1-ffd8-4d82-8db9-3a8295ca5e06 (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

Doriot missed 13% of 790 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Indiana Senate (average 94.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.42 (standard error 0.03), from 31 donors and 705 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 58% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

790 roll calls. Attendance 87% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 98.9% (91.0%). 8 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 68 bills: 68 reached committee, 53 passed one chamber, 39 passed both, 33 became law. Cosponsored 135. 77.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 17 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 63: Honoring Candace Hall upon her retirement from the Indiana Senate. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR63/
- SR 47: Honoring Senator Andy Zay upon his retirement from the Indiana Senate. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR47/
- SCR 8: Recognizing the Indiana horse racing industry. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR8/
- SB 258: Nuclear facility permits. (became law, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB258/
- SB 250: Regulation of hemp. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB250/
- SB 208: Firefighter cancer insurance. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB208/
- SB 238: Property and local income taxes. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB238/
- HB 1001: Housing matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1001/
- SB 272: Competitive electric supply service. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB272/
- HB 1333: Land use and development. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1333/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $28.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/legislators/legislator_blake_doriot_1
- X: https://x.com/blakedoriot
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Blakedoriot2016
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/c-blake-doriot-5b098649

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a1002ff1-ffd8-4d82-8db9-3a8295ca5e06