# Phil GiaQuinta Phil GiaQuinta is a Democratic member of the Indiana House for district 80. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Indiana House, district 80 - Serving since: 2006-11-08 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/d1e89034-ef4a-4a10-b16d-16dc617dcdf1 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d1e89034-ef4a-4a10-b16d-16dc617dcdf1 (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 GiaQuinta reported $238.3K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Democrats (median $40.4K). ## What GiaQuinta says (IN 2025–26 session) 100 classified statements: 100 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 | GiaQuinta | State House Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 | | Policy discussion | 2.0% | 39.2% | 743 of 764 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 | | Credit claiming | 1.0% | 14.4% | 680 of 764 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 50% (State House Democrats 15%); Government Operations and Politics 50% (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%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.58 (standard error 0.02), from 171 donors and 596 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 97.1% (95.2%). 14 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 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 30. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 45 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - HR 24: Honoring Representative Sue Errington. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HR24/ - HR 27: Honoring Emily Schwartz Keirns for receiving the Best of the Best award. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HR27/ - HB 1420: Assignment of public employee pensions. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1420/ - HB 1419: Self-service storage facilities. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1419/ - HR 48: Recognizing Fort Wayne's WOWO radio station on its 100th anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-09) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR48/ - HR 35: Honoring Tom Morrison for his service to Indiana higher education. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR35/ - HB 1534: Athletic event payment method. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1534/ - HB 1541: Prohibition of fees for sports events streaming. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1541/ - HR 47: Honoring UA Local 166 on their 125th anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2024-03-07) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2024/HR47/ - HR 44: Congratulating the Fort Wayne Bishop Luers High School girls basketball team on becoming 2A state champions. (passed one chamber, 2024-03-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2024/HR44/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $238.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 96% 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. - 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/philgiaquinta/status/2112381662847971698 - 2026-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/philgiaquinta/status/2100399019910365459 - 2026-09-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/philgiaquinta/status/2094910236142321801 - 2026-07-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/philgiaquinta/status/2073803604675244310 - 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/philgiaquinta/status/2073387279712698658 - 2026-06-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/philgiaquinta/status/2068830430351012136 - 2026-06-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/philgiaquinta/status/2066663203560366195 - 2026-06-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/philgiaquinta/status/2064915029258809447 - 2026-06-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/philgiaquinta/status/2064053586477068567 - 2026-06-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/philgiaquinta/status/2063384105111203970 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/legislators/legislator_philip_giaquinta_879/ - X: https://x.com/philgiaquinta - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phil.giaquinta - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phil_rep80/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-giaquinta-256b756/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d1e89034-ef4a-4a10-b16d-16dc617dcdf1