State Senator, 49th District · Indiana 2026 General Election

Cindi Clayton

Democratic

Human resources and policy professional; teacher · Evansville

The gist

Supports tougher oversight of CenterPoint's utility rates.
Pledges to refuse all campaign money from energy companies.
Pledges to make restoring public school funding her top priority.
Supports workers' right to organize unions.

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Supports tougher oversight of CenterPoint's utility rates.
Cindi for Senate
Campaign website · Friends of Cindi Clayton · cindiforsenate.com
“The IURC oversight of Centerpoint is simply not working.”
Pledges to refuse all campaign money from energy companies.
Cindi for Senate
Campaign website · Friends of Cindi Clayton · cindiforsenate.com
“I commit to refusing any funding at all from energy companies.”
Pledges to make restoring public school funding her top priority.
Cindi for Senate
Campaign website · Friends of Cindi Clayton · cindiforsenate.com
“Therefore restoring funding will be my most important priority.”
Supports workers' right to organize unions.
Cindi for Senate
Campaign website · Friends of Cindi Clayton · cindiforsenate.com
“Cindi for Senate supports workers' rights to organize, buys products union-made whenever possible”

Jim Tomes

RepublicanIncumbent

State senator; retired truck driver · Wadesville

The gist

Supports leaving data center decisions to local governments.
Sponsored electing Indiana's utility regulators.In office
Sponsored the 2026 law limiting local rules on shooting ranges.In office
Sponsored a fee on money wired outside the U.S.In office
Sponsored limits on local firearm buyback programs.In office

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

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Supports leaving data center decisions to local governments.
The Data Center Issue - Elect Jim Tomes
Campaign website · Elect Jim Tomes · Jul 17, 2026 · hoosiersfortomes.com
“I am deeply concerned about the loss of valuable farmland to large-scale development projects like these. … Decisions about these projects rest in the hands of county commissioners, county councils, city mayors, and ultimately the property owners themselves.”
Sponsored electing Indiana's utility regulators.
Senate Bill 114: Election of IURC commissioners (2026 session), introduced version
Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov
“Provides for nonpartisan election of the five members of the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC).”
Sponsored the 2026 law limiting local rules on shooting ranges.
Senate Bill 176: Shooting ranges (2026 session), introduced version
Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov
“relating to the establishment, use, or maintenance of a shooting range that is more stringent than state law”
Senate Bill 176: Shooting ranges (2026 session): bill page
Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov
Sponsored a fee on money wired outside the U.S.
Senate Bill 202: Taxation of remittances (2026 session), introduced version
Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov
“collect and remit an international money wiring fee from senders of a money transmission transaction to a location outside of the United States”
Sponsored limits on local firearm buyback programs.
Senate Bill 27: Firearm buyback programs (2025 session), introduced version
Government record · Indiana General Assembly · iga.in.gov
“Extends, to political subdivisions, the application of current restrictions on firearm buyback programs.”