# Robin Shackleford Robin Shackleford is a Democratic member of the Indiana House for district 98. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Indiana House, district 98 - Serving since: 2012-11-07 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/d15f8f7e-148b-47fc-858d-84ad23347f64 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d15f8f7e-148b-47fc-858d-84ad23347f64 (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 100% of Shackleford’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the top tenth of State House Democrats. ## What Shackleford says (IN 2025–26 session) 3 classified statements: 3 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Shackleford | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 | | Policy discussion | 66.7% | 39.2% | 52 of 765 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 | | Credit claiming | 66.7% | 14.4% | 1 of 765 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 | Most discussed policy areas: Health 100% (State House Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Commerce 0% (State House Democrats 3.1%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.78 (standard error 0.03), from 24 donors and 558 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 96.5% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 97.3% (95.2%). 28 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-02-27 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · HB 1266 - Behning · HB 1266 Department of education and education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1266/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/ ## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 60. 22.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 79 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - HR 18: Honoring the Indy Thunder Beep Baseball Team. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HR18/ - HB 1181: Eviction task force. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1181/ - HB 1180: Health facility matters. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1180/ - HB 1246: Financial literacy education. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1246/ - HB 1179: Term limits. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1179/ - HB 1245: IURC study of data centers. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1245/ - HCR 27: Recognizing March 18, 2025, as Indiana Senior Day at the Indiana Statehouse. (passed both chambers, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR27/ - SCR 4: Honoring the National Coalition of 100 Black Women. (passed both chambers, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR4/ - HB 1246: Comprehensive student support program. (in committee, 2025-01-09) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1246/ - HB 1140: Eviction assistance grant program. (in committee, 2025-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1140/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $21.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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. - 2025-07-17 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/rcshackleford/status/1945904940603343140 - 2025-06-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/rcshackleford/status/1937484696545378491 - 2025-06-02 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/rcshackleford/status/1929547697058386287 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/legislators/legislator_robin_shackleford_1128/ - X: https://x.com/rcshackleford - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robin.shackleford.5 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rshackleford41/ - YouTube: https://www.instagram.com/rshackleford41/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinshackleford/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d15f8f7e-148b-47fc-858d-84ad23347f64