# Jake Teshka Jake Teshka is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 7. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana House, district 7 - Serving since: 2020-11-04 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/d0f113c5-ffad-4c18-867b-417fea0d0a52 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d0f113c5-ffad-4c18-867b-417fea0d0a52 (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 Teshka reported $215.0K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K). ## What Teshka says (IN 2025–26 session) 269 classified statements: 269 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 | Teshka | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 1.5% | 2.9% | 348 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 7.8% | 9.3% | 344 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 39.4% | 31.9% | 276 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 3.7% | 1.8% | 120 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 17.8% | 12.7% | 216 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 3.7% | 1.4% | 95 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 50% (State House Republicans 15%); Government Operations and Politics 9.4% (State House Republicans 18%); Families 8.5% (State House Republicans 3.6%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 7.5% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Health 6.6% (State House Republicans 10%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.57 (standard error 0.03), from 215 donors and 519 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 94.3% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 99.1% (95.2%). 8 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 not voting · 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 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 76. 71.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 20 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - SB 239: Various education matters. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/ - SB 228: Midwest continental divide commission. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB228/ - HB 1302: Various labor and safety matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1302/ - SB 159: School technology plans and policies. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB159/ - HB 1176: Education matters. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1176/ - SB 162: Department of workforce development. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB162/ - SB 169: Reorganization of consumer lending laws. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB169/ - SB 78: Wireless communication device policy. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB78/ - SB 14: Pension matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB14/ - HB 1047: Regulation of payroll service providers. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1047/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $215.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 92% 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. - 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaketeshka/status/2114339496770617653 - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaketeshka/status/2113613667673497778 - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/jaketeshka/status/2113624605181001785 - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jaketeshka/status/2113726448750252432 - 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaketeshka/status/2112338481259384878 - 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jaketeshka/status/2112566161116369019 - 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaketeshka/status/2112166378690036100 - 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/jaketeshka/status/2111616615641202943 - 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jaketeshka/status/2111437337054068829 - 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jaketeshka/status/2110675642706805003 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_jake_teshka_1 - Campaign site: https://jaketeshka.com/ - X: https://x.com/jaketeshka - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jaketeshkain/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jtesh21a/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobteshka/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d0f113c5-ffad-4c18-867b-417fea0d0a52