Indiana Republicans Break with Longtime State Rep. Clere, Who Plans to Go Independent

Indiana Republicans break with longtime state Rep. Clere, who plans to go independent

Indiana Rep. Ed Clere announced last week he would not seek reelection as a Republican state lawmaker.

Indiana House Republican caucus kicks out legislator who’s leaving GOP

Rep. Ed Clere, R-New Albany, introduces a bill to the Indiana House chamber on Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (Photo by Casey Smith/Indiana Capital Chronicle)Longtime Rep. Ed Clere was kicked out of the Indiana House Republican caucus on the first day back in the Statehouse after he announced he would leave the party. Clere criticized the direction of the Republican Party under President Donald Trump along with saying he would not seek reelection to his …

Longtime Republican Lawmaker Calls It Quits— Points Finger Directly At Trump

On Monday, a longtime Indiana Republican said he’s done with his party, and he put the blame squarely on Donald Trump’s Republican Party. After nearly two decades in office, Republican state lawmaker Ed Clere said he will not seek another term, blaming a GOP climate he says has turned hostile. “There are many good Republicans, but the Republican Party has lost its way, and I can no longer be a part of it,” Clere told the News and Tribune. That s…

Indiana House member set to leave Republican Party