Vanessa Summers
Indiana State Representative, District 99 since 1998. Ran in 15 elections between 1998 and 2024, winning 15. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.
- In office
- 28 yrs
- Since 1998
- Bills became law
- 0
- 15 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
- Votes missed
- 6.8%
- Chamber median 6.0%
- With party
- 99%
- On votes splitting the parties
- Last margin
- +62.5
- Won 2024
- Next election
- 2028
- Nov 7, 2028
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET
Committees
As of 2026-10.
- Family, Children and Human Affairs · ranking democratic member
- Child Services Interim Study
- Local Government
- Public Health, Behavioral Health and Human Services Interim Study
- Public Policy
- Public Policy Interim Study
Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET
Legislation
No bills in this list for the 2025–2026 session.
Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET
Voting record
Where Summers sits in the Indiana House of Representatives
Summers is closer to the center than 7% of the chamber's Democrats.
Closest: Gregory Porter, Ragen Hatcher, Vernon Smith
Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:50 PM ET
With Summers’s party
- Votes with the chamber's Democrats99%
- Cosponsorships of the other party's bills27%
Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Indiana House of Representatives.
Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships
Key votes
Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Summers’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.
| Date | Bill | Summers | Dem. majority | Rep. majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 2026 | HB 1038: Gaming matters. | Yes | Yes | No | Passed 56–37 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | SB 176: Shooting ranges. | No | No | Yes | Passed 67–25 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | HB 1368: Carbon. | No | No | Yes | Failed 48–42 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | HB 1258: Crimes of violence. | No | No | Yes | Passed 78–15 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | SB 285: Housing matters. | No | No | Yes | Passed 53–44 |
Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls
Career
Offices held, and every time Summers was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Elections
Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.
| Year | Race | Result | Margin | Seat | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | — | D+61.5 | — |
| 2024 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | D+62.5 | D+61.5 | +1.0 |
| 2022 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | D+65.2 | D+65.1 | +0.1 |
| 2020 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2018 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2016 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2014 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2014 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 (primary) | Won | — | — | — |
| 2012 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | D+66.7 | — | — |
| 2010 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | D+39.7 | — | — |
| 2008 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | D+76.2 | — | — |
| 2006 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | — | — | — |
| 2004 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | D+40.0 | — | — |
| 2002 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | D+39.0 | — | — |
| 2000 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | D+61.7 | — | — |
| 1998 | Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 | Won | D+59.6 | — | — |
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Indiana Election Division and civicAPI (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Seats Summers has held
- Indiana House of Representatives, District 99 · since 1998
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Summers has run against
- Felipe Rios (R) · 2024 election, won
- David T. Blank (R) · 2012 election, won
- John Meuser (L) · 2008 election, won
- Jeff Davies (R) · 2004 election, won
- Terry Jungels (R) · 2002 election, won
- Fay A. Neville (R) · 2000 election, won
- N. Sean Harshey (R) · 1998 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Indiana Election Division and civicAPI (unofficial)
How we know Summers
One person, matched across every source we use.
- Open States ocd-person/51d00dd2-d18c-4d77-9ad1-710016d30448
- Wikidata Q7914718
Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET