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U.S. Representative for Indiana’s 3rd District

Marlin A. Stutzman

Republican 5th term Up 2026

Replaced Jim Banks in 2025

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$967K raised · top PACs: Buckeye Victory Fund, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Associated Builders and Contractors
99LoyaltyMed 98
97AttendMed 98
10BipartMed 12
3BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2010–now
7 years in CongressMore senior than 56% of the House
Committees
  • Budget 10th majority
  • Financial Services 14th majority
Age
50

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 5, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date501611666743

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 38% 13%
Housing and Community Development 10% 13%
International Affairs 5% 19%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Housing and Community Development; bills go to Finance and Financial Sector and International Affairs; the two overlap on Government Operations and Politics.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), College Sports (Sports and Recreation), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security).
  • 16 bills sponsored, most on Finance and Financial Sector.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberBudget Committee10th majority
MemberFinancial Services Committee14th majority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 56% of the House, in the majority.

  • 7 years in Congress: more senior than 56% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

1% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Stutzman.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

1% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Johnson and Van Epps.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 14 · expected 27
Action in committee 3 · expected 7
Beyond committee 2 · expected 4
Passed House 1 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 227 of 433 in the House

0.60expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

1 of 14 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.60 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 8278 (passed a chamber), H.R. 6541 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.71

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 99% of party-line votes, breaks 3 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.71, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 36, Economics and Public Finance 1 of 50.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Stutzman$967K raised11%30%46%13%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

41% of what he raised came from individuals; 11% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$967K raised, 46% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 33.6 points.

17 PACs of the 30 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities and Budget/Appropriations.

  1. Buckeye Victory Fund0% D
  2. National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors43% D
  3. Associated Builders and Contractors0% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

71 bills

Stutzman voted Yea on 39, Nay on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 30 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.