State Comptroller (Auditor of State) — Indiana 2026

DJessica BaileyDemocratic

Two-term Porter County Circuit Court clerk and former Portage Township school board member, running as the Democratic nominee.

Bailey is endorsed by the Indiana Reproductive Freedom PAC, which requires a written commitment to fight for access to 'safe and legal abortion.' She also holds the 2026 Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate distinction. On fiscal issues she opposes eliminating property and gas taxes and says she would not raise taxes without serious debate.

• Life: Endorsed by the Indiana Reproductive Freedom PAC, which endorses only candidates who answer yes to a commitment to fight for 'access to safe and legal abortion, contraception, and fertility treatments.'
• Family: No explicit positions found; iVoterGuide lists an Indiana Stonewall Democrats endorsement on her profile, and running as a Democrat suggests alignment with the party platform.
• Religious liberty: No positions found on religious liberty; she did not answer iVoterGuide's religious liberty questions.
• 2nd Amendment: Holds the 2026 Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate distinction, which the Everytown-backed Gun Sense Voter program gives to candidates who support gun safety laws.
• Limited gov’t: No positions found on school choice or deregulation; she wants prevailing-wage and contractor standards added to the state transparency portal and is endorsed by teachers' and other labor unions, consistent with the Democratic platform.
• Fiscal: Opposes eliminating property and gas taxes but says she would not raise taxes without serious debate, and she promises more public scrutiny of State Board of Finance transfers and an easier-to-use transparency portal.

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AElise NieshallaRepublican

Incumbent Republican comptroller appointed in 2023, former Boone County Council president and former Indiana Department of Commerce economic development manager.

In office she voted for a non-ESG investment policy for the state's Hoosier START retirement plan and chairs a state financial officers' national-debt task force; on the iVoterGuide questionnaire she gave consistently conservative answers on life, marriage, religious conscience, constitutional carry, parental rights and voter ID.

• Life: Strongly agreed that life deserves legal protection from conception, supports making abortion illegal with life-saving care for mother and child, and opposes taxpayer funds for abortion providers.
• Family: Strongly agreed that marriage is one man and one woman, that parents 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: Supports Indiana's constitutional carry law, with carry restrictions limited to groups such as felons, domestic abusers and the adjudicated mentally incompetent.
• Limited gov’t: Strongly agreed with eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and strongly opposes voting without photo ID and sanctuary cities.
• Fiscal: Voted in March 2025 for a non-ESG policy for a public retirement savings plan, chairs a national-debt task force with 37 state financial officers, and runs the state transparency portal and a federal-spending dashboard.

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N/RJohn SchickLibertarian

Chesterton business consultant and former Libertarian Party state treasurer, running his third or fourth campaign for comptroller/auditor.

Not rated: his public statements cover only the comptroller's office (independence from the governing party and a more detailed spending-transparency portal); he did not answer the 2026 surveys, and no positions on the other values were found.

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