Democratic candidate Carrie Syczylo is facing incumbent Republican candidate Peggy Mayfield for Indiana House of Representatives District 60 in the upcoming Nov. 3 election.
District 60 includes portions of Johnson, Morgan and Monroe Counties in central Indiana, according to Indiana House Republicans.
Mayfield has been serving District 60 since 2012 and lives in Martinsville, Indiana. Her Indiana House Republicans biography says she has earned awards for her work on bills related to education, economic development, veterans' issues, law enforcement and abortion restrictions.
Mayfield authored Indiana House Enrolled Act 1211, which took effect in 2019. The law says a person may not knowingly or intentionally perform a dilation and evacuation, the most common procedure for a second-trimester abortion, unless it is necessary to prevent serious health risks to the mother or save the mother's life. The law made performing the procedure a Level 5 felony.
Mayfield also authored HEA 1577, which took effect in 2021. It concerns multiple abortion matters, including that an abortion- inducing drug may not be dispensed, prescribed or given to a woman after around 10 weeks of pregnancy.
Additionally, Mayfield co-authored HEA 1635, a 2015 act allowing schools to use grant funds for professional development programs as alternatives to suspension and expulsion. Indiana House Republicans said Mayfield also “championed” Senate Enrolled Act 267 in 2015, which made Indiana the ninth state to create a state certificate of biliteracy, providing grants to K-12 schools that established dual language programs in certain languages, including Chinese, Spanish and French.
Mayfield also co-authored HEA 1296, which in 2022 repealed a previous state code requiring a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana.
Mayfield did not respond to multiple requests for comment from the Indiana Daily Student.
Carrie Syczylo, running for office for the first time, is focused on government transparency and accountability and prioritizing people over corporate interests, according to her campaign website. She also listed food security, healthcare access, and environmental resources for rural Indiana as priorities.
Syczylo and her husband own Farm House Brew, a coffee shop with locations in Monrovia and Cloverdale, Indiana. In an interview with the IDS, she said one of her motivations for running is working against Google’s data center in Monrovia, with members of her community at risk of losing property or having their property used by the company powering the data center, due to eminent domain. Monrovia residents have shared concerns about property values, water usage and energy costs being negatively impacted by data centers.
According to the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, the energy and equipment used by qualified data centers may be exempt from sales and use taxes for 25 years, or up to 50 years if the center’s investments exceed $750 million.
“Indiana has given six data centers a pass on $650 million that they don’t have to pay state tax for. They don’t have to pay any sales tax,” Syczylo said. “This again is a perfect example of taking a big tech big power, the people who have the money, and then giving them a pass to pay taxes when hardworking citizens within our community are trying to do the same.”
Syczylo said she advocates for restoring regulatory authority by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management “in order to keep the community safe.” In July 2026, SEA 277 changed Indiana’s water pollution laws, preventing the agency from creating regulations stricter than certain federal risk standards, which some Indiana environmental groups are concerned could pose health risks.
Syczylo said she advocates for healthcare as a human right and, as a cannabis user herself, supports legalizing cannabis, especially so it can be used as a healthcare option. She said it would be beneficial for communities to use the resulting tax benefits toward funding public schools and infrastructure.
Syczylo told the IDS that the first piece of legislation she would work on if elected is preventing elected officials from signing a non-disclosure agreement while in office.
