2026 election

Candidates have filed to run for Hamilton County school board seats ahead of the November 2026 election, the first since a new state law made the races partisan.

The 2026 elections could be critical for school districts across the Indianapolis area and the state.

Indianapolis' new education board unanimously sent a four-year, 37.2-cent property tax referendum to the November ballot, splitting about $87.8 million a year between IPS and roughly 60 charter schools.

Voters will choose five of seven Indianapolis Public Schools Board seats in the district's first partisan school board election this November. Here's who filed and why.

Indianapolis Public Schools is accepting applications through June 23 to fill the District 4 board seat left vacant by Allissa Impink's resignation.

Top Indiana Republicans like Attorney General Todd Rokita and U.S. Sen. Jim Banks called for Diego Morales to suspend his secretary of state campaign, but Morales says he plans to stay in the race.

This year, all nine U.S. House seats, all 100 Indiana House seats and half of the 50 Indiana Senate seats will be on ballots.

State Senator J.D. Ford announced he will challenge U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz in Indiana's 5th Congressional District.

The race for the Indiana secretary of state won’t get fully under way until next year but donors are already backing candidates challenging incumbent Diego Morales.