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James R. Baird

U.S. Representative, IN-4

Republican Indiana since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, IN-4 current
Indiana
Republican Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IN-4
Indiana
Republican Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IN-4
Indiana
Republican Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, IN-4
Indiana
Republican Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.446, social dim. 0.413. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Yea Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4016 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 Nay Jul 18, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 590 — Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in… Yea Jul 18, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 590 — Relating to consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 4) to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in… Yea Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1919 — Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act Yea Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1582 — GENIUS Act Yea Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3633 — Digital Asset Market Clarity Act Yea Jul 17, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Yea Jul 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Yea Jul 16, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1717 — Communications Security Act Yea Jul 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Yea Jul 15, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 580 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4016) making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending… Yea Jul 15, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1596 — Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge Act Yea Jul 14, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1770 — Consumer Safety Technology Act Yea Jul 14, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1709 — Understanding Cybersecurity of Mobile Networks Act Yea Jul 14, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Yea Jul 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Yea Jul 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Yea Jul 2, 2025 Agreed to U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Yea Jul 2, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 566 — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res… Yea Jul 2, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 516 — Condemning the violent June 2025 riots in Los Angeles, California. Yea Jun 27, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

427 recorded contributions totalling $587,129. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 72 of 427 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 12 $236,200 40%
Corporate PAC 14 $70,000 12%
Small-dollar 46 $-3,825 -1%
Unclassified 355 $284,754 48%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$200,000 BAIRD, JAMES R PHD R DR. ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Big donor Mar 15, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$6,600 NICOSON, JON ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Big donor Aug 25, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$5,000 AMERICAN REVIVAL PAC ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Mar 11, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 HUCK PAC ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Dec 13, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC May 20, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 INDIANA FARM BUREAU INC ELECT PAC INC ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Sep 3, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Mar 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Oct 21, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Aug 23, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Nov 5, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Jul 5, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC Oct 10, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS Corporate PAC May 2, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (3 as lead sponsor)

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