# Ed Charbonneau Ed Charbonneau is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 5. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana Senate, district 5 - Serving since: 2007-06-09 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/ce2c81c3-e2d6-4394-b960-8787d896bfe5 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ce2c81c3-e2d6-4394-b960-8787d896bfe5 (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 Charbonneau has 7 classified statements in the IN 2025–26 session. ## What Charbonneau says (IN 2025–26 session) 7 classified statements: 7 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 | Charbonneau | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 | | Policy discussion | 14.3% | 37.3% | 314 of 355 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 | | Credit claiming | 14.3% | 15.4% | 169 of 355 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 | Most discussed policy areas: Health 100% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Republicans 4.5%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.33 (standard error 0.03), from 76 donors and 731 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 45% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 790 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 98.2% (91.0%). 7 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 74 bills: 74 reached committee, 53 passed one chamber, 43 passed both, 40 became law. Cosponsored 86. 71.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 23 of 49). Recent sponsored bills: - SCR 24: Honoring Indiana Beach on their 100th anniversary. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR24/ - SB 282: Compounding drugs; registration of medical spas. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB282/ - SB 279: Private credit funds. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB279/ - SB 222: Family and social services administration matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB222/ - HB 1358: Indiana department of health. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1358/ - SB 262: INSPECT program. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB262/ - SB 219: Uniform Antitrust Pre-merger Notification Act. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB219/ - SB 221: Pharmacist treatment by standing order. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB221/ - SB 220: Health care shopping and decision support program. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB220/ - SB 215: Gender matters. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB215/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $40.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 94% 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. - 2026-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorcharb/status/2105835627497337084 - 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorcharb/status/2098445225588899848 - 2026-05-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorcharb/status/2055105451390345559 - 2025-08-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorcharb/status/1956166800472776941 - 2025-08-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorcharb/status/1951312121012142495 - 2025-06-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorcharb/status/1936132754284200404 - 2025-01-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/senatorcharb/status/1877547209920594046 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_ed_charbonneau_919 - Campaign site: https://senatorcharbonneau.com/ - X: https://x.com/senatorcharb - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CharbonneauForSenate - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ed.charbonneau.5/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edcharbonneau Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ce2c81c3-e2d6-4394-b960-8787d896bfe5