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State Representative, 44th District

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1
Term
2 years
Candidates
2
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.

CandidatesCompare by issue

Taxes & budget

  • Kelsey KauffmanDemocratic

    • Opposes property tax changes favoring corporations over homeowners

  • Beau BairdRepublican

    No documented position found.

Public safety

  • Kelsey KauffmanDemocratic

    • Opposes requiring sheriffs to act as federal immigration agents

  • Beau BairdRepublican

    No documented position found.

Education

  • Kelsey KauffmanDemocratic

    • Pledges to protect local schools from state budget cuts

  • Beau BairdRepublican

    • Authored a law excusing absences for FFA and 4-H eventsIn office

Environment & parks

  • Kelsey KauffmanDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Beau BairdRepublican

    • Authored a bill setting age targets for state forest landIn office
    • Authored a bill giving veterans free state park admissionIn office

Health & human services

  • Kelsey KauffmanDemocratic

    • Supports keeping rural hospitals open and expanding mental health care

  • Beau BairdRepublican

    • Authored a law licensing foreign-trained doctors for underserved areasIn office

Government & transparency

  • Kelsey KauffmanDemocratic

    No documented position found.

  • Beau BairdRepublican

    • Voted for the 2025 mid-decade congressional redistricting billIn office

Challengers are listed first and incumbents last; otherwise candidates appear in ballot order. The Gist does not rank, rate or endorse candidates. Only positions backed by a cited source are shown; 6 issues covered in this race.