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State Representative, 33rd District

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Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Indiana laws and the state budget in the Indiana House of Representatives.

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John E BartlettBartlett for Indiana

John E Bartlett

Democratic

IT service team leader · Hartford City

The gist

  • Supports ending voucher and charter school funding
  • Supports raising teacher salaries to end the shortage
  • Opposes data center development in Indiana
  • Supports considering cannabis legalization
  • Supports limiting the expansion of corporate agriculture
  • Supports ending daylight saving time and moving to Central Time
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  1. Supports ending voucher and charter school funding

    Issues — John Bartlett for State Rep

    Campaign website · Bartlett for Indiana · bartlettforindiana.org

    “Stop funding private schools through vouchers and stop the flow of money to the charter school scams.”
  2. Supports raising teacher salaries to end the shortage

    Issues — John Bartlett for State Rep

    Campaign website · Bartlett for Indiana · bartlettforindiana.org

    “Raise teacher salaries to be able to attract trained educators back to the field and end the teacher shortage.”
  3. Opposes data center development in Indiana

    2026 Voter Guide: Indiana House District 33

    Candidate questionnaire · WFYI Public Media · Sep 22, 2026 · wfyi.org

    “They must be stopped before we sell off everything we are.”
  4. Supports considering cannabis legalization

    Issues — John Bartlett for State Rep

    Campaign website · Bartlett for Indiana · bartlettforindiana.org

    “it makes economic sense to consider legalization of cannabis in Indiana”
  5. Supports limiting the expansion of corporate agriculture

    Issues — John Bartlett for State Rep

    Campaign website · Bartlett for Indiana · bartlettforindiana.org

    “We need to protect the family farms by limiting the expansion of corporate agriculture.”
  6. Supports ending daylight saving time and moving to Central Time

    Issues — John Bartlett for State Rep

    Campaign website · Bartlett for Indiana · bartlettforindiana.org

    “We should go off DST and, as the western-most region in the Eastern Time Zone, we should move to Central Time Zone”
Photo of John (J.D.) Prescott
John (J.D.) PrescottOfficial portrait — Indiana General Assembly

John (J.D.) Prescott

RepublicanIncumbent

State representative; real estate agent · Union City

The gist

  • Supports cutting taxes and protecting local control
  • Sponsored a law letting the attorney general defend immigration suitsIn office
  • Authored a bill creating a state crime of unlawful presenceIn office
  • Authored a bill requiring Ten Commandments displays in classroomsIn office
  • Authored a bill barring serious sex offenders from public parksIn office
  • Voted for the 2025 mid-decade congressional redistricting billIn office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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  1. Supports cutting taxes and protecting local control

    JD Prescott for Rep

    Campaign website · J.D. Prescott for State Representative · votejdprescott.com

    “Cutting taxes”
  2. Sponsored a law letting the attorney general defend immigration suits

    Senate Bill 76 (2026 session), "Immigration matters" — bill text and digest (SB0076.07.ENGH)

    Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov

    “the attorney general determines that the suit has arisen out of certain immigration matters, the attorney general may defend”
  3. Authored a bill creating a state crime of unlawful presence

    House Bill 1399 (2025 session), "State offense for illegal immigration" — bill text and digest (HB1399.01.INTR)

    Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov

    “Creates the crime of unlawful presence in Indiana by an alien, a Class A misdemeanor.”
  4. Authored a bill requiring Ten Commandments displays in classrooms

    House Bill 1231 (2025 session), "Display of the Ten Commandments" — bill text and digest (HB1231.01.INTR)

    Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov

    “a durable poster or framed picture representing the text of the Ten Commandments in each school library and classroom”
  5. Authored a bill barring serious sex offenders from public parks

    House Bill 1045 (2026 session), "Restricted access of certain offenders to parks" — bill text and digest (HB1045.01.INTR)

    Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov

    “unlawful entry by a serious sex offender includes a serious sex offender knowingly or intentionally entering a public park”
  6. Voted for the 2025 mid-decade congressional redistricting bill

    House Roll Call 28: House Bill 1032 (Redistricting), third reading, Dec. 5, 2025

    Government record · Indiana House of Representatives · Dec 5, 2025 · iga.in.gov

    “Roll Call 28: Bill Passed HB 1032 - Smaltz - 3rd Reading”

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