State Senator, 25th District · Indiana 2026 General Election

Tamie Dixon-Tatum

Democratic

Anderson

The gist

Supports addressing homelessness without criminalization.
Supports living wages and collective bargaining rights.
Supports affordable, accessible health care and child care.
Supports relief from rising taxes and utility costs.
Supports teachers and school resources from preschool up.
Opposes partisan gerrymandering and political power grabs.

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Supports addressing homelessness without criminalization.
Tamie Dixon-Tatum | Indiana State Senate District 25
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Tamie Dixon-Tatum · ctetamiedixontatum.com
“address homelessness and food insecurity with compassion and sound policy, rather than criminalization”
Supports living wages and collective bargaining rights.
Tamie Dixon-Tatum | Indiana State Senate District 25
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Tamie Dixon-Tatum · ctetamiedixontatum.com
“Fighting for clean working environments, living wages, workplace safety, and stronger worker protections, including support for collective bargaining rights.”
Supports affordable, accessible health care and child care.
Tamie Dixon-Tatum | Indiana State Senate District 25
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Tamie Dixon-Tatum · ctetamiedixontatum.com
“Advocating for affordable, accessible, and quality healthcare and childcare”
Supports relief from rising taxes and utility costs.
Tamie Dixon-Tatum | Indiana State Senate District 25
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Tamie Dixon-Tatum · ctetamiedixontatum.com
“protecting families from skyrocketing taxes and utility costs”
Supports teachers and school resources from preschool up.
Tamie Dixon-Tatum | Indiana State Senate District 25
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Tamie Dixon-Tatum · ctetamiedixontatum.com
“Supporting teachers, strengthening schools, and ensuring students have the resources needed from preschool through college and career readiness.”
Opposes partisan gerrymandering and political power grabs.
Tamie Dixon-Tatum | Indiana State Senate District 25
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Tamie Dixon-Tatum · ctetamiedixontatum.com
“Standing against partisan gerrymandering and power grabs”

Mike Gaskill

RepublicanIncumbent

State senator; insurance and financial services business owner · Pendleton

The gist

Sponsored the 2025 congressional redistricting bill in the Senate.In office
Sponsored a bill to close Indiana's party primaries.In office
Sponsored a bill ending straight-ticket voting in Indiana.In office
Sponsored capping local property tax levy increases for 2026-27.In office
Sponsored a 2025 law speeding removal of squatters.In office
Sponsored moving city and town elections to even years.In office

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

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Sponsored the 2025 congressional redistricting bill in the Senate.
Statement from State Sen. Mike Gaskill regarding Gov. Braun's call for a special session
Public statement · Indiana Senate Republicans · Oct 28, 2025 · indianasenaterepublicans.com
“I see only two choices: We can either surrender, or we can fight back.”
Statement from State Sen. Mike Gaskill as Senate sponsor of House Bill 1032
Public statement · Indiana Senate Republicans · Dec 5, 2025 · indianasenaterepublicans.com
“As sponsor of the bill and chairman of the Senate Committee on Elections … I am committed to advocating for this bill that will more fairly represent Hoosiers at the federal level.”
Sponsored a bill to close Indiana's party primaries.
Senate Bill 201: Closed primary elections (2025 session), introduced version
Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov
“a voter may only vote at a primary election if the voter has affiliated with a political party”
Sponsored a bill ending straight-ticket voting in Indiana.
Senate Bill 200: Straight ticket voting (2025 session), introduced version
Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov
“Removes a voter's option to vote for all candidates of a political party or an independent ticket at one time”
Sponsored capping local property tax levy increases for 2026-27.
Senate Bill 353: Property tax rate freeze (2025 session), introduced version
Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov
“to cap the increase in the levy and tax rates”
Sponsored a 2025 law speeding removal of squatters.
Senate Bill 157: Protection of property rights (2025 session), introduced version
Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov
“requires a law enforcement agency to dispatch one or more law enforcement officers to remove the squatter within 48 hours”
Senate Bill 157: Protection of property rights (2025 session): bill page
Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov
Sponsored moving city and town elections to even years.
Senate Bill 355: Municipal elections (2025 session), introduced version
Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov
“Moves, as a general rule, elections of city and town officers to even-numbered years.”