# Tim Wesco Tim Wesco is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 21. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana House, district 21 - Serving since: 2010-11-03 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/fbcd4d2c-32c6-4c97-837b-4e4ed80c43df Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fbcd4d2c-32c6-4c97-837b-4e4ed80c43df (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 Wesco sits at +0.68 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 91% of State House Republicans. ## What Wesco says (IN 2025–26 session) 19 classified statements: 19 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 | Wesco | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 21.1% | 31.9% | 544 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 10.5% | 12.7% | 388 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 50% (State House Republicans 11%); Education 25% (State House Republicans 15%); Families 25% (State House Republicans 3.6%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.68 (standard error 0.05), from 18 donors and 574 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 91% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 96.7% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 97.6% (95.2%). 37 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 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 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 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 39. 52.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 41 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1359: Scanning ballots. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1359/ - HB 1331: School scholarship tax credits. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1331/ - HB 1330: Elimination of township assessors. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1330/ - HB 1173: Designated public forums. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1173/ - SB 12: Prohibition of ranked choice voting. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB12/ - HB 1057: Public works projects. (in committee, 2025-12-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1057/ - HB 1681: Local public questions. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-17) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1681/ - HB 1679: Various elections matters. (became law, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1679/ - HB 1680: Various elections matters. (became law, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1680/ - HB 1684: Irretrievable breakdown of marriage. (in committee, 2025-02-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1684/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $31.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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. - 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/repwesco/status/2073450480382996819 - 2026-04-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/repwesco/status/2046229723345207330 - 2026-03-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/repwesco/status/2032116377230753869 - 2026-03-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/repwesco/status/2030078191990092238 - 2026-03-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/repwesco/status/2027912493255790780 - 2026-03-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/repwesco/status/2028097474104062422 - 2026-02-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/repwesco/status/2025904970617270667 - 2026-02-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/repwesco/status/2025583934474518530 - 2025-08-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/repwesco/status/1957547049911492659 - 2025-07-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/repwesco/status/1940485230525403447 ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/legislators/legislator_timothy_wesco_1025 - X: https://x.com/repwesco - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timothywesco/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timothywesco.ags/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TimothyWesco - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothywesco/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fbcd4d2c-32c6-4c97-837b-4e4ed80c43df