Indiana / Senate
Jeff Raatz
Portrait from a cited public source.
Republican · District 27
Brief biography
Primary source checkedJeff Raatz has served in the Indiana Senate since 2014. His official caucus profile lists business ownership and work as assistant director of the Eastern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, with degrees in business and management.
Biography evidence ↗Workforce, CTE & career-readiness connection
His profile identifies him as Education and Career Development chair and lists service on IU East advisory and business graduate-program bodies and the Every Child Can Read board. These are documented roles, not evidence of credential outcomes.
Relevant background evidence ↗Teaching, professional experience, committee service, bill sponsorship, and enacted results are distinct evidence. No position on Pearson or product purchasing is inferred.
Documented initiatives
No member-specific education or career-readiness initiative verified in this baseline. Committee membership is not evidence of individual sponsorship or support.
Committee roles
chair · Senate Education and Career Development
Directory assignment requires confirmation.
Roster evidence ↗vice chair · Joint / unicameral Education Interim Study
Directory assignment requires confirmation.
Roster evidence ↗Public social profiles
No clearly attributable public social account has been resolved for this record. This does not mean the member has no social accounts.
Portrait source
Original portrait file ↗Portrait supplied by the cited directory; individual photo identity has not been visually confirmed.
Research snapshot: September 12, 2026. Membership, sponsorship, and enactment are separate evidence. A missing initiative means it has not been verified here.