# Nick McKinley

Nick McKinley is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 17.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana Senate, district 17
- Serving since: 2026-02-09
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b5f773c4-4e25-4fac-b905-5aca0023100d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b5f773c4-4e25-4fac-b905-5aca0023100d (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

McKinley has served since 2026.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.27 (standard error 0.06), from 16 donors and 59 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

177 roll calls. Attendance 94.3% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 88% (91.0%). 9 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · SB 140 - Becker · SB 140 Public safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB140/
- 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · SB 239 - Rogers · SB 239 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 22.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 67: Congratulating the Indiana Wesleyan University volleyball team. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR67/
- SR 58: Honoring Coach James Blackmon. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR58/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $46.5K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b5f773c4-4e25-4fac-b905-5aca0023100d