State

State Senator, 1st District

Vote for: 1
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state senator votes on Indiana laws and the state budget in the General Assembly.

Candidates Compare by issue

Scott Houldieson

Democratic

Electrician, Ford Chicago Assembly Plant · Highland

The gist

Supports raising the minimum wage to a family-sustaining level.
Supports repealing Indiana's right-to-work law.
Supports restoring prevailing wages on state-funded projects.
Supports restoring child care relief vouchers for working families.
Supports collective bargaining for teachers over working conditions.
Supports fair taxation to fully fund public schools.
Supports local say and community benefits for data centers.

More about Scott

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Supports raising the minimum wage to a family-sustaining level.
Issues | Scott For State Senate
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Scott Houldieson · scott4senate.com
“Increases the minimum wage to a family sustaining wage.”
Supports repealing Indiana's right-to-work law.
Issues | Scott For State Senate
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Scott Houldieson · scott4senate.com
“Reverse the law that gives nobody a right to work but is intended to weaken Labor Unions”
Supports restoring prevailing wages on state-funded projects.
Issues | Scott For State Senate
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Scott Houldieson · scott4senate.com
“Bring back prevailing wage standards for projects funded by the state.”
Supports restoring child care relief vouchers for working families.
Issues | Scott For State Senate
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Scott Houldieson · scott4senate.com
“Restores childcare relief vouchers which will allow working families to work”
Supports collective bargaining for teachers over working conditions.
Issues | Scott For State Senate
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Scott Houldieson · scott4senate.com
“The ability for teachers to bargain over their working conditions, which are our children's learning conditions.”
Supports fair taxation to fully fund public schools.
Issues | Scott For State Senate
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Scott Houldieson · scott4senate.com
“Provides fair taxation to fund our public schools.”
Supports local say and community benefits for data centers.
Issues | Scott For State Senate
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Scott Houldieson · scott4senate.com
“Gives local communities the ability to decide the best use of land after meaningful public input. … Requires community benefit assurances with claw backs for non compliance.”

Trevor G. De Vries

Republican

Insurance broker · St. John

The gist

Supports lowering income and property taxes.
Opposes policies that drive up energy bills.
Supports more insurer competition to lower health costs.
Supports lowering prescription drug costs for seniors and families.
Pledges to protect parental rights and cut government waste.
Pledges to protect life and defend religious liberties.
Pledges to publish how he votes on every bill.

More about Trevor

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Supports lowering income and property taxes.
Our Mission | Trevor4Indiana
Campaign website · Friends of Trevor De Vries · trevordv.com
“Lowering income and property taxes to help ease the burden on Hoosier families”
Opposes policies that drive up energy bills.
Our Mission | Trevor4Indiana
Campaign website · Friends of Trevor De Vries · trevordv.com
“Reducing utility costs by opposing policies that drive up energy bills and demanding accountability from the agencies that set the rates”
Supports more insurer competition to lower health costs.
Our Mission | Trevor4Indiana
Campaign website · Friends of Trevor De Vries · trevordv.com
“Making healthcare more affordable by increasing competition to bring down insurance premiums and out-of-pocket medical expenses”
Supports lowering prescription drug costs for seniors and families.
Our Mission | Trevor4Indiana
Campaign website · Friends of Trevor De Vries · trevordv.com
“Lowering prescription drug costs for seniors and working families”
Pledges to protect parental rights and cut government waste.
Trevor De Vries | Candidate for Indiana State Senate District 1
Campaign website · Friends of Trevor De Vries · trevordv.com
“he is committed to protecting parental rights, cutting government waste, and putting Hoosiers First”
Pledges to protect life and defend religious liberties.
Senate District 1 - Republican | Voter Guide: 2026 Primary Election
News coverage · Indiana Capital Chronicle · indianacapitalchronicle.com
“fight to protect life, defend religious liberties”
Pledges to publish how he votes on every bill.
Voting Record | Trevor4Indiana
Campaign website · Friends of Trevor De Vries · trevordv.com
“Once elected, you'll be able to track every single vote I cast.”

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