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Blake Johnson

DemocratIncumbentState House District 100· Indianapolis, IN
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Snapshot

Fiscal responsibilityNo public position found
Limited governmentNo public position found
Second AmendmentOppose
Pro-life issuesNo public position found
Family valuesOppose

Background

Robert Blake Johnson was appointed to the Indiana House of Representatives for District 100 on July 10, 2020, to fill a vacancy; he has since been elected to the seat in his own right. He serves as ranking Democrat on the Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee and the Local Government Committee, and is also a member of the Public Policy, Roads and Transportation, and Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development committees. Johnson serves as interim CEO of The Parks Alliance of Indianapolis and owns a strategic consulting firm focused on communications and content strategy. He holds a Master's in Teaching/Education from Marian University (2011) and a BA in Political Science/Communication from Eckerd College (2009). Prior to the House, he served as a member of the Indianapolis City-County Council (District 12, 2015–2020).[^19][^20][^21][^22]

Positions

Fiscal responsibility

No public position found

Individual roll-call votes for Johnson on SB 1 (2025) and SB 1 (2026) — the session's major fiscal bills — were not located in available records. No direct statement, pledge, or questionnaire response on fiscal policy was found.

Limited government

No public position found

Johnson voted NO on HB 1032 (2025 special session) — the mid-cycle redistricting bill — which passed the House 57–41 (Source 5). No direct statement, pledge, or questionnaire response specifically addressing limited-government philosophy was located, and his votes on DEI/2A legislation are reported under Family Values and Second Amendment respectively.

Second Amendment

Oppose

Johnson voted NO on HB 1084 (2024) — the Second Amendment Privacy Act — which passed 73–22, with 22 Democrats voting nay (Source 8). His individual vote on HB 1296 (2022 constitutional carry) was not confirmed per-member in available roll-call data.

Pro-life issues

No public position found

Johnson was excused (E) on SB 143 (2025) — the Parental Rights bill — per the IFI scorecard (Source 4). SB 236 (2026) died in committee without a floor vote. No direct pro-life statement, pledge, or questionnaire response was found. No public position found on pro-life issues.

Family values

Oppose

The IFI 2025 scorecard records Johnson voting **No** on HB 1041 (Save Women's College Sports), with four excused votes on SB 143, SB 287, SB 289, and SB 442; he voted **Yes** on HB 1102 (religious nonprofits in preschool). IFI notes this as insufficient to score and marks the percentage as indeterminate, but records him as voting with IFI on only 1 of 3 scoreable bills (Source 4).

Voting record

BillSessionTitleVoteLens
HB 10322025 specialMid-cycle redistrictingNayLimited government
HB 108420242A Privacy ActNaySecond Amendment
SB 1432025Parental RightsExcusedFamily values / Pro-life
HB 10412025Save Women's College SportsNayFamily values

Sources

  1. 2.
    Ballotpedia — Robert Blake Johnson
    https://ballotpedia.org/Robert_Blake_Johnson
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    BillSponsor — IN HB 1032 (2025 special) House Roll Call
    https://www.billsponsor.com/bills/783130/indiana-house-bill-1032-session-2026
  4. 7.
    Indiana House Democratic Caucus — Blake Johnson
    https://www.indianahousedemocrats.org/members/blake-johnson
  5. 8.
    LegiScan — IN HB 1084 (2024) Roll Call
    https://legiscan.com/IN/rollcall/HB1084/id/1375369
  6. 9.
    LegiScan — IN SB 0143 (2025)
    https://legiscan.com/IN/bill/SB0143/2025
  7. 10.
    LegiScan — IN HB 1296 (2022) Roll Call
    https://legiscan.com/IN/rollcall/HB1296/id/1165335
Last researched: 2026-04-15