Max Engling — Secretary of State

AMax EnglingRepublican

Former U.S. House Republican staffer and regional director for Sen. Jim Banks who defeated incumbent Diego Morales for the Republican nomination at the June 2026 convention.

Strong conservative answers on the iVoterGuide questionnaire on life, marriage, religious conscience, voter ID and voter-roll maintenance, but he has no voting or official record, and his Second Amendment and fiscal answers are general rather than specific.

• Life: Strongly agreed that life deserves legal protection from conception and that abortion providers should not receive taxpayer funds; questionnaire only, no voting record.
• Family: Strongly agreed that marriage is one man and one woman, that parents have a fundamental right to direct their children's health and education, and that transitioning a child is child abuse.
• Religious liberty: Strongly disagreed that individuals and businesses should be required to provide services that violate their religious beliefs.
• 2nd Amendment: Answered the gun-restrictions question only by quoting the U.S. and Indiana constitutions, without stating a specific position; not rated by NRA-PVF (which grades only federal and legislative races).
• Limited gov’t: Strongly opposes voting without photo ID, says he is cleaning ineligible voters from the rolls, opposes sanctuary cities and agreed with eliminating the U.S. Department of Education.
• Fiscal: Proposes competitive bidding, streamlined IT and lower mailing costs for the office; no tax, spending-record or scorecard evidence found.

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