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Republican · Indiana House, district 7

Serving since Nov 4, 2020IN 2025–26 session

Portrait of Jake Teshka, rendered as a two-tone print
Official portrait
$215.0K
in itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans

The median for State House Republicans is $33.7K. Ranks 236th of 2,521, where 1st raised the most. 62 itemized donors.

Itemized contributions reported to the state in the 2026 cycle, ranked among State House Republicans. State filings leave small gifts out, and totals depend on whether the seat is up this cycle.

At a glance

6 measures against State House Republicans. 3.7% of Teshka’s statements use an extreme label, 2.6 times the State House Republican average of 1.4%. 3.7% of Teshka’s statements use bipartisan language, 2.0 times the State House Republican average of 1.8%.

The measures on which Teshka sits furthest from the middle of State House Republicans, each against the same group, with the CSIP score when there is one. Every number is explained in its own section below.

Itemized, 2026

$215.0K

State House Republicans’ median $33.7K · ranks 236th of 2,521

Extreme labels

3.7%

State House Republicans average 1.4% · ranks 95th of 791

Bipartisanship

3.7%

State House Republicans average 1.8% · ranks 120th of 791

CSIP ideology

+0.57

More conservative than 84% of State House Republicans · ± 0.06

Out of committee

71%

Indiana House average 46% · ranks 20th of 99

Talk-to-bills agreement

0.63

State House Republicans average 0.53 · ranks 89th of 504

Peer group: State House Republicans. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; the thick bar is Teshka, the thin grey bar the peer average. The headline is the measure on which Teshka is most unusual among peers (Methods, §08).

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What Teshka says

Teshka stresses bipartisanship more than 84% of State House Republicans. Bipartisanship in 3.7% of 269 statements, against 1.8% for the average State House Republican; 120th of 791.

An AI model reads each of Teshka’s 269 statements in the IN 2025–26 session (269 posts on X) and marks the kinds of statement it contains: a personal attack, criticism of a policy, discussion of policy, bipartisanship, credit claiming, and extreme labels. A statement can carry several. Every rate is compared with the average for State House Republicans and ranked among them.

Kinds of statement

Share of statements carrying each label, the IN 2025–26 session

0%80%
Teshka
Peers
Rank
Policy discussion106 statements
39%
32%
276th of 791
Credit claiming48 statements
18%
13%
216th of 791
Policy criticism21 statements
8%
9%
344th of 791
Bipartisanship10 statements
4%
2%
120th of 791
Personal attacks4 statements
1%
3%
348th of 791
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Teshka's share of statements in each category against the State House Republicans average.
RowTeshkaPeers
Policy discussion39%32%
Credit claiming18%13%
Policy criticism8%9%
Bipartisanship4%2%
Personal attacks1%3%
269

statements classified

269 posts on X.

posts on X: 269 (100.0%)posts on X 269
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Teshka's statements by source
PartValue
posts on X269
How to read the bars

The thick bar is Teshka; the thin grey bar is the average State House Republicans. A longer thick bar means Teshka does this more than peers. Rank 1 is the highest rate in the group.

Extreme labels

Teshka used extreme labels in 3.7% of statements, 2.6 times the peer average. 10 statements, most often aimed at Democrats; peers 1.4%.

  1. “radical”4
  2. “woke”2

Who gets the labels

Targets named alongside an extreme label, by number of statements

  1. Democrats2
  2. Dan Arndt1
  3. Democratic Socialists1
  4. DSA1
  5. ESG investing1
What an extreme label is

Calls a politician, a party or a policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who or what the label was aimed at. The lists show the five most used labels and targets; the toggle shows the rest.

Month by month

Share of statements per month, the IN 2025–26 session

Statements2025-01: 332025-02: 72025-03: 02025-04: 22025-05: 82025-06: 212025-07: 132025-08: 132025-09: 102025-10: 152025-11: 82025-12: 142026-01: 72026-02: 122026-03: 102026-04: 52026-05: 152026-06: 112026-07: 152026-08: 172026-09: 182026-10: 15peak 33 · Jan ’25Personal attackspeak 9.1% · Jun ’26 · latest 0.0%Personal attacks, 2025-01: 3.0% of 33Personal attacks, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-06: 0.0% of 21Personal attacks, 2025-07: 0.0% of 13Personal attacks, 2025-08: 0.0% of 13Personal attacks, 2025-09: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2025-10: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2025-12: 7.1% of 14Personal attacks, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-02: 0.0% of 12Personal attacks, 2026-03: 0.0% of 10Personal attacks, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Personal attacks, 2026-05: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2026-06: 9.1% of 11Personal attacks, 2026-07: 0.0% of 15Personal attacks, 2026-08: 0.0% of 17Personal attacks, 2026-09: 0.0% of 18Personal attacks, 2026-10: 0.0% of 15Policy criticismpeak 26.7% · May ’26 · latest 0.0%Policy criticism, 2025-01: 15.2% of 33Policy criticism, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-06: 0.0% of 21Policy criticism, 2025-07: 7.7% of 13Policy criticism, 2025-08: 0.0% of 13Policy criticism, 2025-09: 10.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2025-10: 13.3% of 15Policy criticism, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2025-12: 7.1% of 14Policy criticism, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-02: 16.7% of 12Policy criticism, 2026-03: 20.0% of 10Policy criticism, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy criticism, 2026-05: 26.7% of 15Policy criticism, 2026-06: 0.0% of 11Policy criticism, 2026-07: 0.0% of 15Policy criticism, 2026-08: 0.0% of 17Policy criticism, 2026-09: 5.6% of 18Policy criticism, 2026-10: 0.0% of 15Policy discussionpeak 83.3% · Sep ’26 · latest 53.3%Policy discussion, 2025-01: 36.4% of 33Policy discussion, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-06: 23.8% of 21Policy discussion, 2025-07: 53.8% of 13Policy discussion, 2025-08: 7.7% of 13Policy discussion, 2025-09: 20.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2025-10: 20.0% of 15Policy discussion, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2025-12: 28.6% of 14Policy discussion, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-02: 41.7% of 12Policy discussion, 2026-03: 30.0% of 10Policy discussion, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Policy discussion, 2026-05: 53.3% of 15Policy discussion, 2026-06: 27.3% of 11Policy discussion, 2026-07: 40.0% of 15Policy discussion, 2026-08: 76.5% of 17Policy discussion, 2026-09: 83.3% of 18Policy discussion, 2026-10: 53.3% of 15Bipartisanshippeak 16.7% · Feb ’26 · latest 0.0%Bipartisanship, 2025-01: 15.2% of 33Bipartisanship, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-06: 0.0% of 21Bipartisanship, 2025-07: 0.0% of 13Bipartisanship, 2025-08: 0.0% of 13Bipartisanship, 2025-09: 0.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2025-10: 6.7% of 15Bipartisanship, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2025-12: 7.1% of 14Bipartisanship, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-02: 16.7% of 12Bipartisanship, 2026-03: 0.0% of 10Bipartisanship, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Bipartisanship, 2026-05: 0.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2026-06: 0.0% of 11Bipartisanship, 2026-07: 0.0% of 15Bipartisanship, 2026-08: 0.0% of 17Bipartisanship, 2026-09: 5.6% of 18Bipartisanship, 2026-10: 0.0% of 15Credit claimingpeak 61.1% · Sep ’26 · latest 13.3%Credit claiming, 2025-01: 9.1% of 33Credit claiming, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-06: 4.8% of 21Credit claiming, 2025-07: 7.7% of 13Credit claiming, 2025-08: 7.7% of 13Credit claiming, 2025-09: 0.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2025-10: 6.7% of 15Credit claiming, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2025-12: 7.1% of 14Credit claiming, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-02: 33.3% of 12Credit claiming, 2026-03: 10.0% of 10Credit claiming, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Credit claiming, 2026-05: 13.3% of 15Credit claiming, 2026-06: 9.1% of 11Credit claiming, 2026-07: 20.0% of 15Credit claiming, 2026-08: 52.9% of 17Credit claiming, 2026-09: 61.1% of 18Credit claiming, 2026-10: 13.3% of 15Extreme labelspeak 26.7% · Oct ’25 · latest 0.0%Extreme labels, 2025-01: 0.0% of 33Extreme labels, 2025-02: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-03: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-05: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-06: 0.0% of 21Extreme labels, 2025-07: 7.7% of 13Extreme labels, 2025-08: 0.0% of 13Extreme labels, 2025-09: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2025-10: 26.7% of 15Extreme labels, 2025-11: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2025-12: 0.0% of 14Extreme labels, 2026-01: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-02: 8.3% of 12Extreme labels, 2026-03: 0.0% of 10Extreme labels, 2026-04: not plotted (fewer than 10 statements)Extreme labels, 2026-05: 0.0% of 15Extreme labels, 2026-06: 9.1% of 11Extreme labels, 2026-07: 6.7% of 15Extreme labels, 2026-08: 0.0% of 17Extreme labels, 2026-09: 11.1% of 18Extreme labels, 2026-10: 0.0% of 15Jan ’25Jul ’25Jan ’26Jul ’26Oct ’26
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Monthly rates for Teshka, each row shaded against its own peak, with statement volume. Months with fewer than 10 statements are left blank.
ColumnStatementsPersonal attacksPolicy criticismPolicy discussionBipartisanshipCredit claimingExtreme labels
Jan ’25333.0%15.2%36.4%15.2%9.1%0.0%
Feb ’257— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Mar ’250— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Apr ’252— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
May ’258— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Jun ’25210.0%0.0%23.8%0.0%4.8%0.0%
Jul ’25130.0%7.7%53.8%0.0%7.7%7.7%
Aug ’25130.0%0.0%7.7%0.0%7.7%0.0%
Sep ’25100.0%10.0%20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Oct ’25150.0%13.3%20.0%6.7%6.7%26.7%
Nov ’258— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Dec ’25147.1%7.1%28.6%7.1%7.1%0.0%
Jan ’267— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
Feb ’26120.0%16.7%41.7%16.7%33.3%8.3%
Mar ’26100.0%20.0%30.0%0.0%10.0%0.0%
Apr ’265— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)— (fewer than 10 statements)
May ’26150.0%26.7%53.3%0.0%13.3%0.0%
Jun ’26119.1%0.0%27.3%0.0%9.1%9.1%
Jul ’26150.0%0.0%40.0%0.0%20.0%6.7%
Aug ’26170.0%0.0%76.5%0.0%52.9%0.0%
Sep ’26180.0%5.6%83.3%5.6%61.1%11.1%
Oct ’26150.0%0.0%53.3%0.0%13.3%0.0%
How to read the strips

Each row is one kind of statement; each cell is a month, shaded against that row’s own peak (darker = closer to the peak), with the peak and the latest value written at the right. The top row counts statements. The strip covers every month of the IN 2025–26 session, the same span as the rates above, including months with no statements. A month with fewer than 10 statements is hatched, not shaded: one or two posts would swing its rate to 0% or 100%. 7 months are hatched here; 1 of them have no statements.

In Teshka’s words

Real statements from the classifier’s example set, with the labels it assigned

Personal attacks

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Jun 20, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · personal attacks; target: GregforIndiana · Source

Bipartisanship

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Sep 3, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · bipartisanship · Source

Extreme label

The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

Sep 16, 2026 · Posts on X (state legislators) · policy discussion; Government Operations and Politics; extreme label “radical” aimed at Democrats · Source

Examples by category

Up to five recent statements in each category

Category

Overtly questions a named person’s character, integrity or loyalty, or calls them names. Criticising a record or a policy does not count.

  1. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: GregforIndianaSource

  2. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: espnSource

  3. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: academics and elitesSource

  4. Posts on X (state legislators)

    The text of this post is on X; follow the source link to read it.

    personal attacks · target: K SchnarrSource

All 269 statements

Newest first, the IN 2025–26 session

The full feed

Five statements at a time, newest first; filters apply to the statements loaded so far. Export saves the statements that match. Sources: 269 posts on X.

Back to topNext: Policy

Policy

Education is what Teshka talks about most: 50% of policy statements, 3.4 times the peer share. Talk and legislation agree at 0.63 on a 0–1 scale (State House Republicans average 0.53; 89th of 504).

Each policy statement is tagged by the AI model with one or more of 25 policy areas from the Congressional Research Service list, so the shares say what Teshka talks about. The bills Teshka sponsors and cosponsors carry the same areas, so the two can be compared.

What Teshka talks about

Share of policy statements by area, the IN 2025–26 session

0%55%
Teshka
Peers
Education53 statements
50%
15%
Government Operations and Politics10 statements
9%
18%
Families9 statements
8%
4%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues8 statements
8%
6%
Health7 statements
7%
10%
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Policy areas Teshka talks about, as a share of policy statements, against the State House Republicans average.
RowTeshkaPeers
Education50%15%
Government Operations and Politics9%18%
Families8%4%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues8%6%
Health7%10%
How to read the bars

The thick bar is the share of Teshka’s policy statements in an area; the thin grey bar is the average share for State House Republicans. A statement counts once in each of its areas, so shares can add to more than 100%. The five largest areas are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

Talks about · legislates on

Left: share of statements by policy area. Right: share of bills. Areas in order of their share of statements; both sides run from 0 to 55%. Grey ticks are the State House Republicans averages.

Talks aboutLegislates onEducationEducation, talks about: 50% (State House Republicans 15%)50%Education, legislates on: 35% (State House Republicans 9%)35%Government Operations andPoliticsGovernment Operations and Politics, talks about: 9% (State House Republicans 18%)9%Government Operations and Politics, legislates on: 1% (State House Republicans 12%)1%FamiliesFamilies, talks about: 8% (State House Republicans 4%)8%Families, legislates on: 3% (State House Republicans 2%)3%Civil Rights and Liberties,Minority IssuesCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, talks about: 8% (State House Republicans 6%)8%Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, legislates on: 3% (State House Republicans 4%)3%HealthHealth, talks about: 7% (State House Republicans 10%)7%Health, legislates on: 3% (State House Republicans 10%)3%
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Teshka's share of statements against share of bills in each policy area.
AreaTalks aboutState House Republicans, talks aboutLegislates onState House Republicans, legislates on
Education50%15%35%9%
Government Operations and Politics9%18%1%12%
Families8%4%3%2%
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues8%6%3%4%
Health7%10%3%10%
0.63

talk-to-bills agreement, 0 to 1

State House Republicans average 0.53. Ranks 89th of 504.

What agreement means, and what it doesn’t

Agreement is 1 minus the distance between the two distributions (Jensen–Shannon): 1 means Teshka legislates on exactly the areas Teshka talks about, in the same proportions; 0 means no overlap. It does not say whether the bills match the positions in the statements, only the subjects. Bills Teshka sponsored count fully, cosponsored bills a quarter. Shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.

Back to topNext: Ideology

Ideology

Teshka sits at +0.57 on the CSIP scale, right of 0, more conservative than 84% of State House Republicans. Approximate range +0.51 to +0.64, which understates the uncertainty; from 215 donors and 519 roll calls.

CSIP, the lab’s Common-Space Ideal Point, places every official, federal and state, on one left–right scale, estimated from roll-call votes, who gives money to whom, and the text of statements. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it; 0 is the centre of the scale, not a definition of “moderate”.

+0.57

CSIP ideal point

Approximate range +0.51 to +0.64. From 215 donors and 519 roll calls. Run 2026-10-25T215945. Blue is left of 0, red right of 0.

← More liberalMore conservative →0Teshka +0.6State House Republicans +0.4Indiana House +0.4All State House +0.1

The outlined dot is Teshka, coloured by its side of 0 (blue left, red right, deeper further out); the bar through it is the approximate range (±1.96 standard errors), which understates the uncertainty; the grey ticks below are the medians of Teshka’s groups. 0 is the centre of the scale, not “moderate” by definition.

What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score summarises how an official votes, who funds them and how they talk, relative to everyone else. It does not grade positions as good or bad, and two officials with the same score can differ on any single issue. The ± range is 1.96 standard errors, which understates the uncertainty: scores whose ranges overlap may not differ at all, and even scores whose ranges do not overlap may not differ.

Where Teshka sits

Every official in each group, on the CSIP scale

−2.0−1.00.0+1.0+2.0← More liberalMore conservative →State House Republicansmedian +0.4Teshka +0.6Indiana Housemedian +0.4All State Housemedian +0.1
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Teshka's CSIP score of +0.57 placed against State House Republicans, Indiana House, All State House.
GroupOfficialsMedianShare left of Teshka
State House Republicans2917+0.484%
Indiana House100+0.493%
All State House5324+0.191%
How to read the strips

Every small dot is one official on the same scale, coloured by its own score (blue left of 0, red right of 0, grey at 0, deeper further out) and spread up and down only to keep dots apart; where a group is crowded the dots overlap, and darker patches mean more officials. The large outlined dot is Teshka in every row; the rule is each group’s median. The table under the figure gives the share of each group to the left of Teshka.

Back to topNext: Money

Money

Teshka reported $215.0K in the 2026 cycle, 6.4 times the State House Republicans’ median of $33.7K. State filings report no small-donation total. 92% of itemized individual money came from Indiana.

Campaign money from state campaign-finance filings, as aggregates only; the lab never shows an individual donor. Campaigns must report by name every person who gives them more than $200 in a cycle (“itemized”); smaller gifts are reported only as one total (“unitemized”), so donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations describe itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift total, so these figures add up itemized contributions only.

Election cycle
$215.0K

itemized in the 2026 cycle

From 62 itemized donors. State House Republicans’ median $33.7K.

Where the money came from

Each square is one percent of itemized contributions in the 2026 cycle.

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  • Individuals (itemized)44 squares$94.1K
  • PACs and other committees55 squares$119.6K
  • Party committees1 squares$1,347
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Sources of Teshka's money, 2026 cycle, one square per percent
SourceAmountShare
Individuals (itemized)$94.1K43.8%
PACs and other committees$119.6K55.6%
Party committees$1,3470.6%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

Totals say how much a campaign took in, not how it was spent, and they rise sharply when a seat is up for election; compare cycles with that in mind.

Receipts by cycle

Itemized contributions, 2020 to 2026. The grey line is the State House Republicans’ median for 2026.

2020 cycle: $342.2K$342.2K20202022 cycle: $346.0K$346.0K20222024 cycle: $248.9K$248.9K20242026 cycle: $215.0K$215.0K2026State House Republicans median $33.7K
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Teshka's receipts by cycle against the 2026 State House Republicans median.
ItemValue
2020 cycle$342.2K
2022 cycle$346.0K
2024 cycle$248.9K
2026 cycle$215.0K

Top donor states, 2026

Itemized contributions by donor state. 92% came from Indiana.

  1. Indiana$86.5K
  2. Massachusetts$5,000
  3. Michigan$2,000
  4. Illinois$600

Small donations

State filings report no total for small gifts.

Not reported in state filings.

Where itemized donors live

Individuals who gave more than $200, by donor state

Alaska: no dataAKMaine: no dataMEVermont: no dataVTNew Hampshire: no dataNHWashington: no dataWAIdaho: no dataIDMontana: no dataMTNorth Dakota: no dataNDMinnesota: no dataMNIllinois: $600ILWisconsin: no dataWIMichigan: $2,000MINew York: no dataNYRhode Island: no dataRIMassachusetts: $5,000MAOregon: no dataORNevada: no dataNVWyoming: no dataWYSouth Dakota: no dataSDIowa: no dataIAIndiana: $86.5KINOhio: no dataOHPennsylvania: no dataPANew Jersey: no dataNJConnecticut: no dataCTCalifornia: no dataCAUtah: no dataUTColorado: no dataCONebraska: no dataNEMissouri: no dataMOKentucky: no dataKYWest Virginia: no dataWVVirginia: no dataVAMaryland: no dataMDDelaware: no dataDEArizona: no dataAZNew Mexico: no dataNMKansas: no dataKSArkansas: no dataARTennessee: no dataTNNorth Carolina: no dataNCSouth Carolina: no dataSCDistrict of Columbia: no dataDCOklahoma: no dataOKLouisiana: no dataLAMississippi: no dataMSAlabama: no dataALGeorgia: no dataGAHawaii: no dataHITexas: no dataTXFlorida: no dataFL
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Teshka's itemized individual contributions by donor state, 2026 cycle
StateValue
Indiana$86.5K
Massachusetts$5,000
Michigan$2,000
Illinois$600
AlaskaNo data
MaineNo data
VermontNo data
New HampshireNo data
WashingtonNo data
IdahoNo data
MontanaNo data
North DakotaNo data
MinnesotaNo data
WisconsinNo data
New YorkNo data
Rhode IslandNo data
OregonNo data
NevadaNo data
WyomingNo data
South DakotaNo data
IowaNo data
OhioNo data
PennsylvaniaNo data
New JerseyNo data
ConnecticutNo data
CaliforniaNo data
UtahNo data
ColoradoNo data
NebraskaNo data
MissouriNo data
KentuckyNo data
West VirginiaNo data
VirginiaNo data
MarylandNo data
DelawareNo data
ArizonaNo data
New MexicoNo data
KansasNo data
ArkansasNo data
TennesseeNo data
North CarolinaNo data
South CarolinaNo data
District of ColumbiaNo data
OklahomaNo data
LouisianaNo data
MississippiNo data
AlabamaNo data
GeorgiaNo data
HawaiiNo data
TexasNo data
FloridaNo data
62

itemized donors

People who gave more than $200

92%

from Indiana

Of itemized individual dollars

How to read the map

Every state the same size. Darker states gave more itemized money; hatched states had no itemized donors; the outlined state is Indiana. Gifts of $200 or less carry no address and are left out.

Top donor occupations

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

  1. RETIRED$26.0K 8 donors
  2. CONSTRUCTION/ENGINEERING$15.8K 5 donors
  3. GENERAL BUSINESS$13.4K 13 donors
  4. REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL$12.5K 3 donors
  5. ATTORNEY/LEGAL$4,900 8 donors

Top committees

PAC and committee contributions, 2026 cycle.

  1. INDIANA BANKPAC - STATE FUND$25.0K
  2. INDIANA MULTI FAMILY HOUSING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$9,300
  3. GOPAC ELECTION FUND$7,500
  4. HOOSIERS FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS PAC$7,500
  5. HOOSIERS FOR QUALITY EDUCATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$4,000

Top employers

Itemized, 2026 cycle.

No employers reported.

Aggregates only. Individual donors are never named.

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Votes

Teshka voted with the majority of Indiana House Republicans on 99.1% of party-line votes and missed 5.6% of 908 roll calls. Indiana House on average: 95.2% party unity, 91.6% attendance. Across all roll calls, Teshka voted against the majority of Indiana House Republicans 8 times.

908 roll calls Teshka could vote on in the IN 2025–26 session, compared with Indiana House. Attendance is the share with a vote recorded. Party unity counts only party-line roll calls, where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides, and is the share of those where Teshka voted with the majority of Indiana House Republicans. The count of votes against that majority covers every roll call where the majority took a side.

8

votes against the majority of Indiana House Republicans

Party unity 99.1%, Indiana House average 95.2%, ranks 22nd of 100. 908 roll calls in the IN 2025–26 session.

Attendance and party unity

The thick bar is Teshka, the thin grey bar the Indiana House average. The scale runs from 80% to 100% to show the gap.

80%100%
Teshka
Peers
Rank
Attendance
94.3%
91.6%
47th of 100
Party unity
99.1%
95.2%
22nd of 100
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Teshka's attendance and party unity against Indiana House.
RowTeshkaPeers
Attendance94.3%91.6%
Party unity99.1%95.2%
What this means, and what it doesn’t

A missed roll call has many causes, from illness to campaigning, so attendance says how often, not why. A vote against the majority can be on procedure as well as substance, and many fall on roll calls where both parties split; the key votes below show the ones that decided something.

Key votes

25 roll calls the lab flagged as key in the IN 2025–26 session

Key votes
Party split (yea–nay)Why it’s key
Feb 27, 2026
SB 199
Various education matters.
SB 199 - Behning
YeaWith majoritypassD 0–29 · R 62–2 · I 0–1Democrats 0 yea, 29 nay; Republicans 62 yea, 2 nay; Independents 0 yea, 1 naybecame law
Feb 27, 2026
SB 14
Pension matters.
SB 14 - Teshka
YeaWith majoritypassD 29–0 · R 65–0 · I 1–0Democrats 29 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 65 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Feb 27, 2026
SB 140
Public safety.
SB 140 - Zimmerman
YeaWith majoritypassD 30–0 · R 65–0 · I 1–0Democrats 30 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 65 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
Feb 27, 2026
HB 1200
Bureau of motor vehicles.
HB 1200 - Pressel
YeaWith majoritypassD 26–3 · R 65–0 · I 1–0Democrats 26 yea, 3 nay; Republicans 65 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law · party crossover
Feb 27, 2026
SB 144
Tobacco, e-liquid, and vapor devices.
SB 144 - Rowray
YeaWith majoritypassD 30–0 · R 65–0 · I 1–0Democrats 30 yea, 0 nay; Republicans 65 yea, 0 nay; Independents 1 yea, 0 naybecame law
How key votes are chosen

Automatically: a final-passage or override vote where the measure became law, the margin was under 10%, at least 10% of either party voted against its majority, or the bill was among the 25 most mentioned in officials’ own statements. Up to 25 per window, most recent first; five are shown. Bars show yea on the left, nay on the right, per party.

Votes most often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Teshka most often

  1. Matt LehmanR806 shared votes99%
  2. Tim O'BrienR856 shared votes99%
  3. Bob BehningR751 shared votes99%
  4. Jeff ThompsonR798 shared votes99%
  5. Karen EnglemanR843 shared votes99%

Votes least often with

The colleagues who voted the same way as Teshka least often

  1. Ryan DvorakD753 shared votes54%
  2. Ragen HatcherD681 shared votes56%
  3. Reneé PackD395 shared votes56%
  4. Gregory PorterD802 shared votes57%
  5. Vanessa SummersD799 shared votes58%
How to read the agreement lists

The share of roll calls both members voted on where they voted the same way, among colleagues sharing at least 50 such votes. High agreement with members of the other party is common on routine votes.

Full voting record

IN 2025–26 session, loads in batches

Back to topNext: Legislation

Legislation

Teshka sponsored 31 bills in the IN 2025–26 session; 16 became law. Cosponsored 76 others. 71% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House average 46%; 20th of 99).

The bills Teshka sponsored and cosponsored in the IN 2025–26 session, from the official bill records, and how far each got: introduced, referred to or acted on in committee, passed one chamber, passed both, became law. A bill counts at every stage it has reached, so the blocks only shrink to the right.

Bills by stage

Counts for the IN 2025–26 session

Sponsored31 billsSponsored, Introduced: 3131Sponsored, In committee: 3131Sponsored, Passed one chamber: 2222Sponsored, Passed both chambers: 1919Sponsored, Became law: 1616Cosponsored76 billsCosponsored, Introduced: 7676Cosponsored, In committee: 7676Cosponsored, Passed one chamber: 5151Cosponsored, Passed both chambers: 2929Cosponsored, Became law: 1919IntroducedIncommitteePassed onechamberPassed bothchambersBecamelaw
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Bills Teshka sponsored and cosponsored, by furthest stage reached
RoleIntroducedIn committeePassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law
Sponsored3131221916
Cosponsored7676512919
How to read the blocks

Ink blocks are bills Teshka sponsored, ochre blocks bills Teshka cosponsored; the figure above each block is the count. Most bills in any legislature never leave committee, so a short staircase is the norm.

71%

of sponsored bills got out of committee

Indiana House average 46%. Ranks 20th of 99.

Cosponsorship partners

Colleagues who most often cosponsor with Teshka, by number of shared bills in the IN 2025–26 session; the square shows their party.

  1. Linda Rogers23
  2. Bob Behning14
  3. Lonnie Randolph13
  4. Scott Baldwin13
  5. Julie McGuire12
What this means, and what it doesn’t

The score is the share of sponsored bills that a committee reported out or a chamber passed, with at least 5 sponsored bills, ranked within the peer group. Members of the majority party and committee chairs move more bills, so the rank reflects position in the chamber as well as effort. Cosponsorship partners are the five colleagues who share the most of Teshka’s bills; the toggle shows more.

Bill list

Sponsored and cosponsored, with status and policy area; five are shown, the toggle shows the rest

Bills sponsored and cosponsored
HR 51Honoring Officer Brian ElliottCosponsorFeb 25, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedFirst reading: adopted Feb 25, 2026
HR 50Reaffirming the commitment of sister ties between Indiana and Taiwan.CosponsorFeb 23, 2026Passed one chamberInternational Affairs(model)Authored by Representative Lauer Feb 23, 2026
HR 36Recognizing March 17, 2026, as Profound Autism Day and April as National Autism Month.CosponsorFeb 10, 2026Passed one chamberUnassignedFirst reading: adopted Feb 10, 2026
HR 28Recognizing the seriousness of the U.S. national debt and its threat to national security.CosponsorFeb 5, 2026Passed one chamberEconomics and Public Finance(model)Representative Borders added as coauthor Feb 18, 2026
HR 26Urging the Indiana General Assembly to prioritize legislation during the 2027 budget year establishing property tax credits for unemployable Hoosier veterans who are permanently and totally disabled.CosponsorFeb 5, 2026In committeeTaxation(model)First reading: referred to the Committee on Ways and Means Feb 5, 2026

Back to topNext: Online

Online

A site that changed 2 times in 90 days. Teshka’s official site had 1 page when last crawled on Oct 1, 2026.

The lab crawls Teshka’s official and campaign websites (weekly for Congress, monthly for the states) and keeps every page’s text, so changes can be read later; it also records social accounts and describes the images Teshka posts with a vision model.

Websites

How to read the counts

“Pages crawled” is the size of the site at the last crawl; “changes in 90 days” counts pages whose text differed from the previous crawl. Sites change for many routine reasons, such as new press releases, so a high count is not by itself notable.

Images Teshka posted

No images from Teshka’s posts have been described.

About the descriptions

Written by a vision model and may be wrong. Open the post to see the original. Five are shown; the toggle shows the rest.

State floor speeches

85 turns, Feb 15, 2021 to Feb 27, 2026

Floor speeches

Transcribed from chamber video or captions by the lab. They are not classified for kinds of statement.

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Methods and sources

How this page was made. Profile built Oct 28, 2026; site last built Oct 28, 2026. Every number on the page is computed from the sources listed here, by the same rules for every official; nothing is written by hand.

The headline

The headline is the measure on which Teshka is most unusual among State House Republicans, chosen by one rule for every official of every party. The candidates are the rate of each kind of statement and of extreme labels, party unity, attendance, the small-donor share, the in-state share and total receipts of the latest cycle, the share of sponsored bills that got out of committee, talk-to-bills agreement, and the CSIP score’s place within the party group.

The builder ranks every measure within the same peer group the page compares it with, and writes each official’s percentile: the share of the group below the value, ties counting half, so 0.5 is the median and a value shared by many never ranks first. A measure’s score is how far that percentile sits from the median (0 in the middle, 0.5 at either end), and the highest score leads if it is above 0.25, outside the middle half of the group. Scores within 0.03 of each other are a tie, broken in this order: votes against the party majority, kinds of statement, ideology, roll calls missed, small donations, in-state money, legislation, agreement, extreme labels, receipts.

A measure counts only with at least 200 statements, 100 roll calls or 5 sponsored bills behind it and a peer group of at least 10. Two things never lead: high party unity or attendance, where most members sit, and a high rate of a kind of statement backed by fewer than 10 statements. When nothing qualifies, the headline is a neutral fact instead: statements classified, or years in office. The wording always names the direction (“in the bottom 5% of …”, “votes against the majority of …”).

Identifiers

Profile id
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Open States
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Bulk files with the same data for every official:

Freshness of this profile’s data

  • What politicians sayOct 27, 20261 days agoMembers of Congress: tweets since 2017; press releases, newsletters and floor speeches since 2022. State legislators: tweets since May 2024. Governors: tweets since January 2025. Labels from an LLM classifier.
  • Roll calls (state)Oct 21, 20267 days agoOpen States floor roll calls, 2019 on (none for AK and MO).
  • Bills (state)Oct 28, 2026todayOpen States bills and sponsors, 2019 on; stages from roll calls.
  • Campaign money (state)no dateState campaign-finance agencies, 2019 on; aggregates only.
  • Ideology (CSIP)Oct 25, 20263 days agoCommon-Space Ideal Points (CSIP), current validated run.
  • WebsitesOct 25, 20263 days agoWeekly crawls of federal sites since April 2026; monthly state crawls since June 2026.
  • State floor speechesOct 21, 20267 days agoState floor speech turns (published transcripts and captions), 2020 on; not LLM-classified.

How the measures work

What politicians say
Every post, press release, newsletter and congressional floor speech is read by a language model and marked for personal attacks, policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship and credit claiming. A statement can be in several. Rates are shares of statements in the window. The methods paper.
Extreme labels
A statement has an extreme label when it calls a politician, party or policy “far left”, “far right”, “MAGA”, “extreme”, “radical”, “woke”, “fascist” or “communist”. The target is who the label is aimed at.
Policy areas and agreement
Statements and bills share 25 Congressional Research Service policy areas (state bills are assigned by a language model). Agreement is 1 − Jensen–Shannon distance between the two distributions, shown with at least 20 policy statements and 5 bills.
Ideology (CSIP)
Common-Space Ideal Points place federal and state officials on one left–right scale, estimated jointly from roll calls, campaign contributions and the text of statements, with standard errors. Only a validated run is shown. The methods paper.
Campaign money
Campaigns report by name only donors who give more than $200 in a cycle; smaller gifts are reported as one total. Federal totals and the small-donor share come from the FEC’s financial summaries of each campaign committee. Donor counts, donor states, employers and occupations cover itemized donors only. State filings report no small-gift totals, so state figures are itemized only. The lab never publishes donor names.
Votes and key votes
Attendance, party unity and the count of votes against the majority of an official’s own party come from roll calls (Voteview for Congress, chamber records for the states). Key votes are final-passage or override votes that became law, were decided by under 10%, saw at least 10% of a party vote against its majority, or concerned one of the 25 bills most mentioned in officials’ statements.
Peers and ranks
Comparisons are with the same party, chamber and level (for example House Democrats); state legislators are compared within their state and chamber for votes. Every comparison names its group. Rank 1 is the highest value in the group; tied values share the average of their ranks, and the percentile is the share of the group below the value, ties counting half.

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