# Greg Goode Greg Goode is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 38. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana Senate, district 38 - Serving since: 2023-11-01 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/a5c26055-cf9f-4d9c-979a-f8964c48c4da Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a5c26055-cf9f-4d9c-979a-f8964c48c4da (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 7.8% of Goode’s statements use bipartisan language, 3.4 times the State Senate Republican average of 2.3%. ## What Goode says (IN 2025–26 session) 681 classified statements: 681 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 | Goode | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.1% | 2.3% | 186 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 0.7% | 9.5% | 295 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 36.7% | 37.3% | 180 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 7.8% | 2.3% | 17 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 21.0% | 15.4% | 104 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 41% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Health 18% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Armed Forces and National Security 16% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State Senate Republicans 17%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.03), from 161 donors and 447 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 40% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 790 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 93.3% (91.0%). 27 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 48 bills: 48 reached committee, 29 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 82. 60.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 32 of 49). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 64: Recognizing the sister ties between Indiana and Taiwan. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR64/ - SR 35: Recognizing National Engineers Week. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR35/ - SR 34: Recognizing the Southern Indiana Sentinel Landscape Partnership. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR34/ - SR 15: Memorializing Robert Hall Weir. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR15/ - SB 281: Income tax credits. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB281/ - SB 204: Various education matters. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB204/ - SB 253: Deed fraud. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB253/ - SB 254: Ivy Tech Community College. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB254/ - HB 1325: Special education. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1325/ - HB 1268: Indiana defense matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1268/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $799.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 87% 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. - 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/gregoryjgoode/status/2114863850671452650 - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/gregoryjgoode/status/2114505129785250260 - 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/gregoryjgoode/status/2113991749505036384 - 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/gregoryjgoode/status/2114066085876056415 - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/gregoryjgoode/status/2113588382429327822 - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/gregoryjgoode/status/2113383720019222717 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/gregoryjgoode/status/2112968805160788053 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/gregoryjgoode/status/2113015619125682495 - 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/gregoryjgoode/status/2112667946732728486 - 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/gregoryjgoode/status/2111824371773796538 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_greg_goode_1 - X: https://x.com/gregoryjgoode - Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/story.php/?story_fbid=306002552163570&id=100082614817903 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-goode-66320118 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a5c26055-cf9f-4d9c-979a-f8964c48c4da