# Randy Maxwell Randy Maxwell is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 43. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana Senate, district 43 - Serving since: 2023-09-28 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/acd45b79-7930-459f-8118-70b9574ba481 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/acd45b79-7930-459f-8118-70b9574ba481 (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 83% of the 12 bills Maxwell sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Indiana Senate. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.37 (standard error 0.04), from 33 donors and 447 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 52% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 790 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 97.3% (91.0%). 16 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 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 84. 83.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 8 of 49). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 23: Memorializing Nancy Nugent. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR23/ - HB 1003: Boards and commissions. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1003/ - SCR 5: Urging INDOT to rename Bridge 256-039-00469 the "Greg Cloud Memorial Bridge". (passed both chambers, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR5/ - HCR 5: Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the eastbound bridge on U.S. Highway 50 over Tanners Creek in Lawrenceburg the “Lary D. Fogle… (passed both chambers, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR5/ - SB 70: Riverboat relocation. (in committee, 2025-12-10) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB70/ - SR 40: Memorializing CSM Bobby Pruett. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SR40/ - HCR 30: Congratulating Jennifer Sanders on being named the Indiana Small and Rural Schools Association's 2024 Indiana Teacher of the Year. (passed both chambers, 2025-03-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR30/ - SCR 10: Urging INDOT to rename the bridge spanning Wade Creek on SR 156 the "Corporal Barry Lynn Brinegar Memorial Bridge". (passed both chambers, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR10/ - HB 1489: Indiana-Ireland trade commission. (became law, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1489/ - SB 543: Gaming revenue distribution. (in committee, 2025-01-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SB543/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $69.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/legislators/legislator_randy_maxwell_1 - Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/public/Randy-Maxwell - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randy-maxwell-52686683/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/acd45b79-7930-459f-8118-70b9574ba481