# Gary Byrne Gary Byrne is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 47. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana Senate, district 47 - Serving since: 2022-02-14 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/aa12c3a4-7207-4474-af92-7a1f9dcf62a3 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aa12c3a4-7207-4474-af92-7a1f9dcf62a3 (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 11% of Byrne’s statements contain a personal attack, 4.9 times the State Senate Republican average of 2.3%. ## What Byrne says (IN 2025–26 session) 2,902 classified statements: 2,902 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 | Byrne | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 11.1% | 2.3% | 14 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 2.3% | 9.5% | 257 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 5.2% | 37.3% | 341 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 328 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 3.3% | 1.3% | 45 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Immigration 23% (State Senate Republicans 4.1%); Health 23% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Government Operations and Politics 21% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Crime and Law Enforcement 15% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 12% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.85 (standard error 0.04), from 189 donors and 545 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 790 roll calls. Attendance 98.8% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 95.5% (91.0%). 69 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 38 bills: 38 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 104. 63.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 29 of 49). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 230: Department of agriculture. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB230/ - SB 206: Protection of underground facilities. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB206/ - SB 215: Gender matters. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB215/ - SB 4: Various fiscal matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB4/ - HB 1424: Farm and homestead food sales. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1424/ - HB 1195: High school equivalency programs. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1195/ - SB 113: Elections matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB113/ - SB 73: Masks at public assemblies. (in committee, 2025-12-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB73/ - SB 8: Library budgets. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB8/ - SB 25: School board candidates. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB25/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $87.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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. - 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/garybyrneauthor/status/2114512517099921695 - 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/garybyrneauthor/status/2114513592301089142 - 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/garybyrneauthor/status/2114514954049192238 - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/garybyrneauthor/status/2114422769513648530 - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/garybyrneauthor/status/2114425218362200159 - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/garybyrneauthor/status/2113679455855997143 - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/garybyrneauthor/status/2113680216279367786 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/garybyrneauthor/status/2112822794064941060 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/garybyrneauthor/status/2112823225163931716 - 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/garybyrneauthor/status/2112825178145042732 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_gary_byrne_1 - Campaign site: https://www.officialgaryjbyrne.com/ - X: https://x.com/garybyrneauthor - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/garystatesenate - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-byrne-9ab29575/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aa12c3a4-7207-4474-af92-7a1f9dcf62a3