Dave Heine

David Heine

Republican Party

Indiana House of Representatives District 85

Tenure

2016 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

8

Predecessor

Casey Cox

Compensation

Base salary

$32,070.24/year

Per diem

$196/day

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

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David Heine (Republican Party) (also known as Dave) is a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing District 85. He assumed office on November 9, 2016. His current term ends on November 4, 2026.

Heine (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent District 85. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Heine graduated from New Haven High School in 1975 and subsequently attended and graduated from Indiana University with a B.S. in accounting in 1979. After this, he attended Ohio State University's Executive Management Training. In his career, he became owner of Heine Farms and served as vice president and corporate officer for Do It Best Corp.

Heine has served on a variety of boards and chairs in his community, including serving as vice chairman of Lutheran Foundation Board of Directors, serving as a board member for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast Indiana, and serving as chairman of the School Board of Central Lutheran School in New Haven.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Heine was assigned to the following committees:

• Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
• Roads and Transportation Committee
• Ways and Means Committee, Chair of Local Government Finance Subcommittee

2021-2022

Heine was assigned to the following committees:

• Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
• Roads and Transportation Committee
• Ways and Means Committee

2019-2020

Heine was assigned to the following committees:

• Agriculture and Rural Development Committee
• House Financial Institutions Committee
• Ways and Means Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Indiana committee assignments, 2017
• Agriculture and Rural Development
• Financial Institutions
• Ways and Means

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2024

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 85

Incumbent David Heine defeated Phil Goss in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 85 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Heine (R)	74.4	23,160
		Phil Goss (D)	25.6	7,970

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,130
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 85

Incumbent David Heine advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 85 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Heine	100.0	7,042

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,042
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Heine in this election.

Pledges

Heine signed the following pledges.

• U.S. Term Limits

2022

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 85

Incumbent David Heine won election in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 85 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Heine (R)	100.0	16,131

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,131
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 85

Incumbent David Heine defeated Chris Pence and Stan Jones in the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 85 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Heine	77.4	5,067
	Submit photo	Chris Pence	11.6	760
	Submit photo	Stan Jones	11.0	721

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,548
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2020

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 85

Incumbent David Heine defeated Pablo Hurtado in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 85 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Heine (R)	71.8	21,238
		Pablo Hurtado (D)	28.2	8,332

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,570
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 85

Pablo Hurtado advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 85 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Pablo Hurtado	100.0	3,086

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,086
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 85

Incumbent David Heine advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 85 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Heine	100.0	5,736

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,736
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2018

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 85

Incumbent David Heine defeated Christopher Rex in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 85 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Heine (R)	70.6	15,871
	Submit photo	Christopher Rex (D)	29.4	6,613

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,484
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 85

Christopher Rex advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 85 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Christopher Rex	100.0	1,528

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 1,528
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 85

Incumbent David Heine advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 85 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Heine	100.0	4,246

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 4,246
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2016

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Indiana House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 3, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was February 5, 2016.

Dave Heine defeated Kathy Zoucha in the Indiana House of Representatives District 85 general election.

Indiana House of Representatives, District 85 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dave Heine	73.26%	19,198
	Democratic	Kathy Zoucha	26.74%	7,006
Total Votes				26,204
Source: Indiana Election Divsion

Dave Heine defeated incumbent Casey Cox and Denny Worman in the Indiana House of Representatives District 85 Republican primary.

Indiana House of Representatives, District 85 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dave Heine	59.33%	7,849
	Republican	Casey Cox Incumbent	31.88%	4,218
	Republican	Denny Worman	8.78%	1,162
Total Votes				13,229
Source: Indiana Election Division

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

David Heine did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

David Heine did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Heine's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

“

Now more than ever, we need a strong and proven leader who will listen to, represent and vote based on the Christian values of the Citizens in District 85. Promote economic growth and retain our current jobs Education of our children, priority #1 Pro-life Family Values Protect our 2nd Amendment rights Safety of our citizens Investment in our state’s infrastructure Limited, effective and efficient government

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Campaign finance summary

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David Heine campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Indiana House of Representatives District 85	Won general	$29,742	$38,737
2022	Indiana House of Representatives District 85	Won general	$158,838	$144,332
2020	Indiana House of Representatives District 85	Won general	$5,726	N/A**
2018	Indiana House of Representatives District 85	Won general	$75,995	N/A**
2016	Indiana House of Representatives, District 85	Won	$66,144	N/A**
Grand total			$336,445	$183,068
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2024

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2023

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2022

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2021

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2020

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2019

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2018

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2017

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2016

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Political offices
Preceded by Casey Cox (R)	Indiana House of Representatives District 85 2016-Present	Succeeded by -

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Current members of the Indiana House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Todd Huston

Majority Leader:Matthew Lehman

Representatives

District 1

Carolyn Jackson (D)

District 2

Earl Harris (D)

District 3

Ragen Hatcher (D)

District 4

Edmond Soliday (R)

District 5

Dale DeVon (R)

District 6

Maureen Bauer (D)

District 7

Jake Teshka (R)

District 8

Ryan Dvorak (D)

District 9

Patricia Boy (D)

District 10

Charles Moseley (D)

District 11

Michael Aylesworth (R)

District 12

Mike Andrade (D)

District 13

Matt Commons (R)

District 14

Vernon Smith (D)

District 15

Harold Slager (R)

District 16

Kendell Culp (R)

District 17

Jack Jordan (R)

District 18

David Abbott (R)

District 19

Julie Olthoff (R)

District 20

Jim Pressel (R)

District 21

Timothy Wesco (R)

District 22

Craig Snow (R)

District 23

Ethan Manning (R)

District 24

Hunter Smith (R)

District 25

Becky Cash (R)

District 26

Chris Campbell (D)

District 27

Sheila Klinker (D)

District 28

Jeffrey Thompson (R)

District 29

Alaina Shonkwiler (R)

District 30

Michael Karickhoff (R)

District 31

Lori Goss-Reaves (R)

District 32

Victoria Garcia Wilburn (D)

District 33

John Prescott (R)

District 34

Sue Errington (D)

District 35

Elizabeth Rowray (R)

District 36

Kyle Pierce (R)

District 37

Todd Huston (R)

District 38

Heath VanNatter (R)

District 39

Daniel Lopez (R)

District 40

Gregory Steuerwald (R)

District 41

Mark Genda (R)

District 42

Tim Yocum (R)

District 43

Tonya Pfaff (D)

District 44

Beau Baird (R)

District 45

Bruce Borders (R)

District 46

Bob Heaton (R)

District 47

Robb Greene (R)

District 48

Doug Miller (R)

District 49

Joanna King (R)

District 50

Lorissa Sweet (R)

District 51

Tony Isa (R)

District 52

Ben Smaltz (R)

District 53

Ethan Lawson (R)

District 54

Cory Criswell (R)

District 55

Lindsay Patterson (R)

District 56

Bradford Barrett (R)

District 57

Craig Haggard (R)

District 58

Michelle Davis (R)

District 59

Ryan Lauer (R)

District 60

Peggy Mayfield (R)

District 61

Matt Pierce (D)

District 62

Dave Hall (R)

District 63

Shane Lindauer (R)

District 64

Matt Hostettler (R)

District 65

Christopher May (R)

District 66

Zach Payne (R)

District 67

Alex Zimmerman (R)

District 68

Garrett Bascom (R)

District 69

Jim Lucas (R)

District 70

Karen Engleman (R)

District 71

Wendy Dant Chesser (D)

District 72

Edward Clere (R)

District 73

Jennifer Meltzer (R)

District 74

Steve Bartels (R)

District 75

Cindy Ledbetter (R)

District 76

Wendy McNamara (R)

District 77

Alex Burton (D)

District 78

Tim O'Brien (R)

District 79

Matthew Lehman (R)

District 80

Phil GiaQuinta (D)

District 81

Martin Carbaugh (R)

District 82

Kyle Miller (D)

District 83

Christopher Judy (R)

District 84

Bob Morris (R)

District 85

David Heine (R)

District 86

Edward DeLaney (D)

District 87

Carey Hamilton (D)

District 88

Chris Jeter (R)

District 89

Mitch Gore (D)

District 90

Andrew Ireland (R)

District 91

Robert Behning (R)

District 92

Renee Pack (D)

District 93

Julie McGuire (R)

District 94

Cherrish Pryor (D)

District 95

John Bartlett (D)

District 96

Gregory Porter (D)

District 97

Justin Moed (D)

District 98

Robin Shackleford (D)

District 99

Vanessa Summers (D)

District 100

Robert Johnson (D)

Republican Party (70)

Democratic Party (30)