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Craig Snow

RepublicanIncumbentState House District 22· Warsaw, IN
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Contact information verified 2026-04-22.

Snapshot

Fiscal responsibilityStrong support
Limited governmentSupport
Second AmendmentStrong support
Pro-life issuesStrong support
Family valuesStrong support

Background

Craig Snow has represented House District 22 (Kosciusko County area) since first winning election in 2020 for the then-numbered HD-18 and subsequently winning the 2022 remapped HD-22 in a primary over fellow incumbent Curt Nisly with 73% of the vote (Source 10). He is a small business owner and entrepreneur, graduated from Warsaw Community High School and Grace College with a BS in business administration, is married with three children, and is an elder at Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church (Source 1). Snow serves on the Agriculture and Rural Development, Financial Institutions and Insurance (Vice Chair), and Ways and Means committees (Source 2). In 2025, the Indiana Chamber of Commerce named him a Small Business Champion for his pro-business legislative record (Source 9). He faces a Republican primary challenge from Daniel R. Koors in 2026 (Source 8).

Positions

Fiscal responsibility

Strong support

Snow voted YES on SB 1 (2025), the property tax relief package (Source 5), and YES on SB 1 (2026), the Medicaid/SNAP verification and work-requirements bill (Source 6). The Indiana Chamber of Commerce named him a 2025 Small Business Champion for his pro-business voting record (Source 9).

Limited government

Support

Snow voted YES on HB 1032 (2025 special session) redistricting, siding with the House Republican majority (Source 8). His campaign site emphasizes preventing government overreach in public schools (Source 1). No Freedom Index cumulative score was publicly indexed for Snow in sources retrieved; the 2025 scorecard PDF was identified but not retrievable.

Second Amendment

Strong support

Snow's campaign website states he is a "proud member of the NRA and unabashedly Pro-2nd Amendment" (Source 1). He was listed as a coauthor of HB 1296 (2022), constitutional carry, which eliminated Indiana's handgun license requirement (Source 7).

Pro-life issues

Strong support

Snow's official campaign site states he is "unabashedly Pro-Life" (Source 1). He scored 100% on the IFI 2025 Legislative Scorecard, voting YES on all seven IFI-tracked bills including family-values and related legislation (Source 4). Note: SB 236 (2026) died in committee without a House floor vote.

Family values

Strong support

Snow scored 100% on the IFI 2025 Legislative Scorecard, voting YES on HB 1041 (Save Women's College Sports), HB 1102 (religious liberty), HB 1348 (homeschool graduate nondiscrimination), SB 143 (Parental Rights), SB 287 (school board transparency), SB 289 (DEI prohibition), and SB 442 (human-sexuality instruction oversight), with one excused absence on SB 442 counted as non-negative per IFI rules (Source 4).

Voting record

BillSessionTitleVoteLens
SB 12025 RegularProperty tax reliefYeaFiscal responsibility
SB 12026 RegularMedicaid/SNAP immigration verificationYeaFiscal responsibility / Limited gov
HB 12962022 RegularConstitutional carry (coauthor)YeaSecond Amendment
HB 10412025 RegularSave Women's College SportsYeaFamily values
SB 1432025 RegularParental RightsYeaFamily values
SB 2892025 RegularDEI prohibition in educationYeaFamily values / Limited gov

Endorsements

  • Indiana Chamber of Commerce
    2025 Small Business Champion
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  • Indiana Family Institute
    100% (2025 Legislative Scorecard)
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  • NRA-PVF
    Grade not yet posted for 2026 cycle as of research date
    source ↗

Sources

  1. 1.
    IGA / Indiana House Republicans profile
    https://snowforindiana.com
  2. 2.
    Ballotpedia — Craig Snow
    https://ballotpedia.org/Craig_Snow
  3. 5.
    IGA — SB 1 (2025) property tax relief roll call (via Open States)
    https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0001/rollcalls/SB0001.433_H.pdf
  4. 7.
    IGA — HB 1296 (2022) constitutional carry coauthor — TrackBill
    https://trackbill.com/bill/indiana-house-bill-1296-firearms-matters/2219120/
Last researched: 2026-04-15