# Aaron Freeman Aaron Freeman is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 32. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana Senate, district 32 - Serving since: 2016-11-09 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/b5e2b0b8-ae2a-4852-9c40-c9bf4a32fe1a Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b5e2b0b8-ae2a-4852-9c40-c9bf4a32fe1a (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 The policy areas Freeman talks about and legislates on agree at 0.37 on a 0–1 scale, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans. ## What Freeman says (IN 2025–26 session) 121 classified statements: 121 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 | Freeman | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 | | Policy criticism | 8.3% | 9.5% | 147 of 354 | | Policy discussion | 33.9% | 37.3% | 202 of 354 | | Bipartisanship | 0.8% | 2.3% | 216 of 354 | | Credit claiming | 19.0% | 15.4% | 124 of 354 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 | Most discussed policy areas: Transportation and Public Works 29% (State Senate Republicans 6.0%); Crime and Law Enforcement 27% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Education 20% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Economics and Public Finance 7.3% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Taxation 7.3% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.40 (standard error 0.03), from 110 donors and 732 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 790 roll calls. Attendance 97.7% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 84% (91.0%). 126 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 nay · 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 nay · HB 1277 - Crider · HB 1277 Health and human services matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1277/ - 2026-02-27 · voted nay · SB 239 - Rogers · SB 239 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/ ## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 74 bills: 74 reached committee, 59 passed one chamber, 43 passed both, 39 became law. Cosponsored 73. 79.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 16 of 49). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 284: Law enforcement civilian oversight boards. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB284/ - SB 227: Counter action against unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB227/ - SB 2: Bail procedures. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB2/ - HB 1429: Appraiser statute of limitations. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1429/ - SB 246: Redaction of court records. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB246/ - SB 252: Criminal law matters. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB252/ - SB 250: Regulation of hemp. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB250/ - SB 245: Tip pooling. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB245/ - SB 256: Foreign agent registration, foreign terrorist organizations, and foreign adversaries. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB256/ - HB 1432: Death sentence and intellectual disabilities. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1432/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $67.0K (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. - 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/freemanforindy/status/2113337127459057716 - 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/freemanforindy/status/2111579151274852582 - 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/freemanforindy/status/2110918128624390565 - 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/freemanforindy/status/2110100120578433137 - 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/freemanforindy/status/2108732082692202968 - 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/freemanforindy/status/2108987083859923165 - 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/freemanforindy/status/2107823146439200937 - 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/freemanforindy/status/2106001914932363421 - 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/freemanforindy/status/2105287966377513353 - 2026-09-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/freemanforindy/status/2104009020143276435 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/legislators/legislator_aaron_freeman_1 - X: https://x.com/freemanforindy - Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/public/Aaron-Freeman Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b5e2b0b8-ae2a-4852-9c40-c9bf4a32fe1a