Travis Holdman
2008 - Present
2026
17
Travis Holdman (Republican Party) is a member of the Indiana State Senate, representing District 19. He assumed office in 2008. His current term ends on November 4, 2026.
Holdman (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Indiana State Senate to represent District 19. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Holdman was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Indiana. All 57 delegates from Indiana were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[1] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Biography
Holdman earned his B.A. from Southeast Missouri State University, his M.S. from the University of St. Francis and his J.D. from Indiana University. His professional experience includes working as Deputy Prosecutor for Wells County and attorney for Holdman Consult/Holdman Law.
Committee assignments
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023-2024
Holdman was assigned to the following committees:
- Appropriations Committee
- Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee
- Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee, Chair
2021-2022
Holdman was assigned to the following committees:
- Appropriations Committee
- Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee
- Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee, Chair
2019-2020
Holdman was assigned to the following committees:
- Appropriations Committee
- Rules and Legislative Procedure Committee
- Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee, Chair
2018 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2018 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Indiana committee assignments, 2018 |
|---|
| • Insurance and Financial Institutions, Chair |
| • Rules and Legislative Procedure |
| • Tax and Fiscal Policy |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Holdman served on the following committees:
| Indiana committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Family & Children Services |
| • Insurance and Financial Institutions, Chair |
| • Rules and Legislative Procedure |
| • Tax and Fiscal Policy |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Holdman served on the following committees:
| Indiana committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Environmental Affairs |
| • Financial Institutions, Chair |
| • Insurance |
| • Local Government |
| • Tax and Fiscal Policy |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Holdman served on these committees:
| Indiana committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Energy and Environmental Affairs |
| • Insurance and Financial Institutions |
| • Local Government |
| • Tax and Fiscal Policy |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Holdman served on these committees:
| Indiana committee assignments, 2009 |
|---|
| • Homeland Security, Transportation & Veterans Affairs |
| • Insurance and Financial Institutions |
| • Judiciary |
| • Local Government |
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
2022
See also: Indiana State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Indiana State Senate District 19
Incumbent Travis Holdman won election in the general election for Indiana State Senate District 19 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Travis Holdman (R) | 100.0 | 27,865 |
| Total votes: 27,865 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 19
Incumbent Travis Holdman advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 19 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Travis Holdman | 100.0 | 11,176 |
| Total votes: 11,176 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Campaign finance
2018
- See also: Indiana State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Indiana State Senate District 19
Incumbent Travis Holdman won election in the general election for Indiana State Senate District 19 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Travis Holdman (R) | 100.0 | 29,985 |
| Total votes: 29,985 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 19
Incumbent Travis Holdman defeated Eric Orr in the Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 19 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Travis Holdman | 76.1 | 11,504 |
| Eric Orr | 23.9 | 3,613 | ||
| Total votes: 15,117 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
2014
- See also: Indiana State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Indiana State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 7, 2014. Incumbent Travis Holdman was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[2][3]
2010
- See also: Indiana State Senate elections, 2010
Holdman defeated Democratic candidate Robert Couse by a margin of 23,254 to 9,057 in the November 2 general election.[4]
In the May 4 primary election, Holdman ran unopposed.
| Indiana State Senate, District 19 General Election 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
 Travis Holdman (R)
|
23,254 | 72% | ||
| Robert Couse (D) | 9,057 | 28% | ||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Travis Holdman did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
Note: The finance data shown here comes from the disclosures required of candidates and parties. Depending on the election or state, this may represent only a portion of all the funds spent on their behalf. Satellite spending groups may or may not have expended funds related to the candidate or politician on whose page you are reading this disclaimer. Campaign finance data from elections may be incomplete. For elections to federal offices, complete data can be found at the FEC website. Click here for more on federal campaign finance law and here for more on state campaign finance law.
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Holdman was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Indiana.
Delegate rules
In Indiana, district-level delegates were selected by congressional district committees, while at-large delegates were selected by the state committee. 2016 Indiana GOP bylaws required Indiana delegates to vote at the national convention for the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting, unless that candidate was not on the nominating ballot.
Indiana primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Indiana, 2016
| Indiana Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.6% | 6,508 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.8% | 8,914 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 1,738 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 36.6% | 406,783 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,494 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 7.6% | 84,111 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.4% | 4,306 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 0.5% | 5,175 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump |
53.3% | 591,514 | 57 | |
| Totals | 1,110,543 | 57 | ||
| Source: Indiana Secretary of State and The New York Times | ||||
99 percent of precincts reporting.
Delegate allocation
Indiana had 57 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 27 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's nine congressional districts) pledged to adhere to the results of the presidential preference primary in their respective congressional districts. Indiana's pledged Republican delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who received the greatest number of votes in a given district won all of that district's delegates.[5][6]
Of the remaining 30 delegates, 27 served at large. These delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the greatest share of the statewide vote in the primary was allocated all of the at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[5][6]
Personal
Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.
Holdman and his, wife, Becky have 2 children.
Scorecards
A scorecard evaluates a legislator’s voting record. Its purpose is to inform voters about the legislator’s political positions. Because scorecards have varying purposes and methodologies, each report should be considered on its own merits. For example, an advocacy group’s scorecard may assess a legislator’s voting record on one issue while a state newspaper’s scorecard may evaluate the voting record in its entirety.
Ballotpedia is in the process of developing an encyclopedic list of published scorecards. Some states have a limited number of available scorecards or scorecards produced only by select groups. It is Ballotpedia’s goal to incorporate all available scorecards regardless of ideology or number.
Click here for an overview of legislative scorecards in all 50 states. To contribute to the list of Indiana scorecards, email suggestions to editor@ballotpedia.org.
2024
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2024, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2024, the Indiana State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 8.
|
2023
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2023, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2023, the Indiana State Legislature was in session from January 9 to April 28.
|
2022
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2022, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2022, the Indiana State Legislature was in session from January 4 to March 8.
|
2021
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2021, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2021, the Indiana State Legislature was in session from January 4 to November 15.
|
2020
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2020, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2020, the Indiana State Legislature was in session from January 6 to March 11.
|
2019
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2019, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2019, the Indiana General Assembly was in session from January 3 through April 24.
|
2018
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2018, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2018, the Indiana General Assembly was in session from January 2 through March 16.
|
2017
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2017, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2017, the Indiana General Assembly was in session from January 3 through April 22.
|
2016
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2016, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2016, the Indiana General Assembly was in session from January 5 through March 10.
|
2015
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2015, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2015, the Indiana General Assembly was in session from January 6 through April 29.
|
2014
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2014, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2014, the Indiana General Assembly was in session from January 6 through March 14.
|
2013
| To view all the scorecards we found for this legislator in 2013, click [show]. |
|---|
|
In 2013, the Indiana General Assembly was in session from January 7 through April 29.
|
See also
2022 Elections
External links
|
Candidate Indiana State Senate District 19 |
Officeholder Indiana State Senate District 19 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Indianapolis Star, "Indiana GOP names delegates to Republican National Convention," April 14, 2016
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed February 10, 2014
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed June 12, 2014
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "2010 Indiana State Senate Official General Election Results," accessed March 6, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by - |
Indiana State Senate District 19 2008-Present |
Succeeded by - |
