# Ethan Lawson Ethan Lawson is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 53. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana House, district 53 - Serving since: 2024-11-06 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/bab7e849-4075-4199-b251-34d5f35cc157 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bab7e849-4075-4199-b251-34d5f35cc157 (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 0% of Lawson’s statements criticize a policy, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans (average 9.3%). ## What Lawson says (IN 2025–26 session) 230 classified statements: 230 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Lawson | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 40.0% | 31.9% | 265 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 2.2% | 1.8% | 237 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 25.7% | 12.7% | 101 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.4% | 1.4% | 391 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 26% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State House Republicans 11%); Government Operations and Politics 15% (State House Republicans 18%); Agriculture and Food 13% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Education 12% (State House Republicans 15%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.54 (standard error 0.04), from 218 donors and 297 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 99.1% (95.2%). 12 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 199 - Behning · SB 199 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB199/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 14 - Teshka · SB 14 Pension matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB14/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 140 - Zimmerman · SB 140 Public safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB140/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1200 - Pressel · HB 1200 Bureau of motor vehicles. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1200/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 144 - Rowray · SB 144 Tobacco, e-liquid, and vapor devices. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB144/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1343 - Bartels · HB 1343 Public safety matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1343/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 4 - Snow · SB 4 Various fiscal matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB4/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1268 - Bartels · HB 1268 Indiana defense matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1268/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1266 - Behning · HB 1266 Department of education and education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1266/ - 2026-02-27 · voted nay · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/ ## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 13 bills: 13 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 46. 84.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 8 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 214: Department of workforce development. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB214/ - SCR 2: Urging INDOT to rename the rest area at Mile Marker 107 on Interstate 7 the "Master Sergeant Joseph L. McNally Rest Area". (passed both chambers, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR2/ - HCR 7: Congratulating the New Palestine High School football team on winning the 2025 Indiana High School Athletic Association Class 5A state championship. (passed both chambers, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR7/ - HB 1202: Various public safety matters. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1202/ - HB 1152: Homeowners association matters. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1152/ - HB 1153: Auto dealer matters. (became law, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1153/ - HB 1161: Local government matters. (became law, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1161/ - SCR 39: Congratulating the New Palestine High School football team. (passed both chambers, 2025-04-11) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR39/ - HB 1504: Assistance for obtaining veterans' benefits. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1504/ - SB 351: Municipal parks and recreation board. (became law, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SB351/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $70.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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. - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/EthanJLawson/status/2113667892172701994 - 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/EthanJLawson/status/2111400602135621741 - 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/EthanJLawson/status/2111400604769595804 - 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EthanJLawson/status/2111202652860399645 - 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EthanJLawson/status/2107799387040629105 - 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/EthanJLawson/status/2105504883512136019 - 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/EthanJLawson/status/2073262074495430997 - 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/EthanJLawson/status/2073478770376286351 - 2026-06-20 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/EthanJLawson/status/2068452597011255326 - 2026-06-20 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/EthanJLawson/status/2068453034187788690 ## Links - Official site: https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/members/general/ethan-lawson - Campaign site: https://www.lawsonforindiana.com/ - X: https://x.com/EthanJLawson - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LawsonForIndiana - Instagram: http://instagram.com/LawsonForIN Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bab7e849-4075-4199-b251-34d5f35cc157