# Jim Tomes Jim Tomes is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 49. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana Senate, district 49 - Serving since: 2010-11-03 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/c2c98fe8-fef2-4d38-93f6-9eff4d591bed Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c2c98fe8-fef2-4d38-93f6-9eff4d591bed (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 Tomes voted against the majority of Indiana Senate Republicans 106 times; party unity 71%, in the bottom 5% of the Indiana Senate (average 91.0%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.11 (standard error 0.02), from 145 donors and 747 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 16% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 790 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 71% (91.0%). 106 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 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 nay · SB 239 - Rogers · SB 239 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/ ## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 53 bills: 53 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 93. 45.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 44 of 49). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 63: Honoring Candace Hall upon her retirement from the Indiana Senate. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR63/ - SR 40: Urging the Legislative Council to assign the topic of agency personnel performance. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR40/ - SB 224: Department of natural resources. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB224/ - SB 202: Taxation of remittances. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB202/ - SB 201: Protecting children from family violence. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB201/ - SB 231: Assistance in obtaining veterans' benefits. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB231/ - HB 1348: Regulation of grease control equipment. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1348/ - HB 1274: Insurance mandated gun free zone notices. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1274/ - SB 136: Assistance in obtaining veteran benefits. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB136/ - HB 1184: Towing matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1184/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $57.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_james_tomes_1041 - X: https://x.com/senjimtomes - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sen.tomes - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-tomes-92b93927 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c2c98fe8-fef2-4d38-93f6-9eff4d591bed