Former member of Congress · last served 118th Congress

Mike Braun

REPUBLICAN U.S. Senator · IndianaSenate 2019–2025

Mike Braun was a Republican U.S. senator from Indiana, first elected to Congress in 2019, who sponsored 8 bills that became law (116th–118th Congress).

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312Bills & resolutions sponsored116th–118th Congress (excludes amendments)

16Passed a chamberof 245 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

8Became law7 substantive + 1 ceremonial · 116th–118th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

$0Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: none on record

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

S. 2414 Working Dog Health and Welfare Act of 2023
Dec 23, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-195.
S. 5475 Meeting Demand for Organic Produce Act
Dec 11, 2024 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
S. 3126 Mark Our Place Act
Nov 25, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-134.
S. 1510 GAO Inspector General Parity Act
Nov 25, 2024 · Became Public Law No: 118-131.
S. 5263 Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act
Sep 25, 2024 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Sen. Braun has won

Sen. Braun has won 1 U.S. Senate election (2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.9 to 5.9 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 5.9 points2018, IN Senate

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Indiana Senate (class 1)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: Joe Donnelly (D) 2012 → Mike Braun (R) 2018 → Jim Banks (R) 2024.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

How has Indiana done while Sen. Braun served?

2019 to 2024 in Indiana: typical household income was up 2% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.

Typical household income · after inflation

Indiana: $70.9K in 2019 → $72.0K in 2024

Indiana up 2%U.S. up 1%

Share of people below the poverty line

Indiana: 11.9% in 2019 → 12.2% in 2024

Indiana about the sameU.S. down 0.2 points

Share of workers looking for a job

Indiana: 4.2% in 2019 → 4.1% in 2024

Indiana about the sameU.S. up 0.1 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Indiana during Braun’s time representing it (2019 to 2025). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Indiana’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

118th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 150 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	150	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	4	See the 4 →
With a committee report listed	2	See the 2 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 118th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.