State Office Name Party Rating
IN U.S. House-3 Marlin Stutzman R 10%
IN U.S. House-6 Luke Messer R 20%
IN State House-1 Linda Lawson D 78%
IN State House-2 Earl Harris D 90%
IN State House-3 Charlie Brown D 100%
IN State House-6 B. Patrick Bauer D 33%
IN State House-8 Ryan Dvorak D 60%
IN State House-9 Scott Pelath D 30%
IN State House-14 Vernon Smith D 67%
IN State House-18 David Alan Wolkins R 11%
IN State House-23 William Friend R 20%
IN State House-25 Donald Lehe R 20%
IN State House-27 Sheila Klinker D 30%
IN State House-28 Jeffrey Thompson R 20%
IN State House-29 Kathy Kreag Richardson R 20%
IN State House-32 P. Eric Turner R 20%
IN State House-33 Bill Davis R 90%
IN State House-35 L. Jack Lutz R 10%
IN State House-36 Terri Austin D 40%
IN State House-39 Gerald Torr R 20%
IN State House-41 Timothy Brown R 10%
IN State House-43 Clyde Kersey D 60%
IN State House-48 Timothy Neese R 20%
IN State House-50 Daniel Leonard R 20%
IN State House-53 Robert Cherry R 20%
IN State House-54 Thomas Saunders R 22%
IN State House-58 Charles Burton R 20%
IN State House-61 Matt Pierce D 80%
IN State House-65 Eric Koch R 10%
IN State House-66 Terry Goodin D 22%
IN State House-85 Phyllis Pond R 10%
IN State House-88 Brian Bosma R 0%
IN State House-91 Robert Behning R 20%
IN State House-93 David Frizzell R 20%
IN State House-96 Gregory Porter D 80%
IN State House-99 Vanessa Summers D 89%
IN State Senate-1 Frank Mrvan, Jr. D 30%
IN State Senate-3 Earline Rogers D 60%
IN State Senate-6 Dorothy Landske R 10%
IN State Senate-7 Brandt Hershman R 11%
IN State Senate-9 Ryan Mishler R 10%
IN State Senate-10 John Broden D 40%
IN State Senate-11 Joseph Zakas R 20%
IN State Senate-14 Dennis Kruse R 0%
IN State Senate-15 Thomas Wyss R 10%
IN State Senate-16 David Long R 20%
IN State Senate-20 Howard Kenley R 0%
IN State Senate-21 James Buck R 22%
IN State Senate-22 Ron Alting R 10%
IN State Senate-25 Tim Lanane D 50%
IN State Senate-27 Allen Paul R 20%
IN State Senate-31 Jim Merritt, Jr. R 10%
IN State Senate-32 Patricia Miller R 20%
IN State Senate-35 R. Michael Young R 20%
IN State Senate-36 Brent Waltz R 11%
IN State Senate-38 Timothy Skinner D 50%
IN State Senate-39 John Waterman R 13%
IN State Senate-43 Johnny Nugent R 10%
IN State Senate-44 Brent Steele R 10%
IN State Senate-48 Lindel Hume D 40%
IN Secretary of State Connie Lawson R 10%
R. Tiny Adams Other 25%
John Aguilera, Jr. Other 60%
Robert Alderman Other 20%
Rose Ann Antich-Carr Other 33%
Dennis Avery Other 60%
Ralph Donald Ayres Other 20%
Jeb Bardon Other 80%
Robert Bischoff Other 30%
Bruce Borders Other 10%
Randy Borror Other 22%
James Bottorff Other 30%
Anita Bowser Other 60%
Richard Bray Other 22%
Billie Breaux Other 67%
William Bright Other 10%
Mary Kay Budak Other 20%
Lawrence Buell, Sr. Other 20%
Duane Cheney Other 80%
J. Murray Clark Other 10%
William Cochran Other 60%
William Crawford Other 90%
Allie Craycraft, Jr. Other 30%
David Crooks Other 30%
John Day Other 40%
Jerry Denbo Other 22%
Mae Dickinson Other 100%
Gary Dillon Other 10%
Chester Dobis Other 25%
Richard Dodge Other 10%
Jeff Drozda Other 10%
Cleo Duncan Other 10%
Jeffrey Espich Other 20%
Ralph Foley Other 22%
David Ford Other 0%
Craig Fry Other 50%
Beverly Gard Other 10%
Robert Garton Other 10%
Benjamin GiaQuinta, Sr. Other 40%
Dale Grubb Other 20%
Eric Gutwein Other 20%
Timothy Harris Other 10%
Joseph Harrison Other 25%
Steven Heim Other 10%
Victor Heinold Other 10%
Phillip Hinkle Other 25%
Robert Hoffman Other 17%
Glenn Howard Other 40%
George Philip Hoy Other 90%
Robert Jackman Other 10%
Thomas Kromkowski Other 30%
Robert Daniel Kuzman Other 30%
James Lewis, Jr. Other 40%
Teresa Lubbers Other 10%
Larry Lutz Other 30%
Edmund Mahern Other 70%
Carolene Mays Other 33%
Richard McClain Other 22%
Robert Meeks Other 10%
Joe Micon Other 60%
Winfield Moses, Jr. Other 89%
Michael Murphy Other 22%
Cindy Noe Other 20%
David Orentlicher Other 80%
Dennie Oxley II Other 30%
Phillip Pflum Other 22%
Scott Reske Other 30%
Marvin Riegsecker Other 10%
Michael Ripley Other 20%
Paul Robertson Other 30%
William Ruppel Other 11%
Gregory Dale Server Other 22%
Vi Simpson Other 63%
Connie Weigleb Sipes Other 30%
John Smith Other 10%
Samuel Smith, Jr. Other 50%
Dan Stevenson, Sr. Other 50%
Russell Stilwell Other 30%
Andy Thomas Other 10%
Vern Tincher Other 50%
John Ulmer Other 11%
William Van Haaften Other 30%
Thomas Weatherwax Other 10%
Peggy Welch Other 20%
Matthew Whetstone Other 20%
Troy Woodruff Other 10%
David Yount, Sr. Other 20%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issues concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.

Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.