House District 37 covers portions of Hamilton County north of Indianapolis, including communities in and around Fishers, Noblesville, and Cicero. This is one of Indiana's wealthiest and fastest-growing areas. The district is represented by Todd Huston, the Speaker of the Indiana House, who has held the seat since 2012.
Huston is not just an incumbent; he is the single most powerful Republican in the Indiana House. As Speaker, he controls committee assignments, floor schedules, and the legislative agenda for the 100-member chamber. Since 2020, no Democrat has appeared on the general election ballot -- Huston ran unopposed in both 2022 and 2024.
Levi has the clear organizational advantage in the Democratic primary. He announced seven months before Cole filed, has a functioning campaign website with detailed policy positions, local press coverage, and drew Senator Andrea Hunley as a campaign kickoff speaker. His "David versus Goliath" framing -- a pharmacy tech taking on the Speaker -- provides a compelling narrative. Cole brings a science-oriented professional background but has not yet built visible campaign infrastructure.
The winner faces Speaker Huston in November -- a prohibitive challenge by any measure. But the race has symbolic importance: the 2018 result (46% for a Democrat) suggests that under the right conditions, a Democrat can at least force a conversation in this district.