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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
HRES 481 — Condemning the rise in ideologically motivated attacks on Jewish individuals in the United States, including the recent violent assault in… Yea Jun 9, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 488 — Denouncing the antisemitic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado. Yea Jun 9, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2035 — American Cargo for American Ships Act Yea Jun 9, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2966 — American Entrepreneurs First Act of 2025 Yea Jun 6, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2987 — CEASE Act of 2025 Yea Jun 5, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2987 — CEASE Act of 2025 Nay Jun 5, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2931 — Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025 Yea Jun 5, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2931 — Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025 Nay Jun 5, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2483 — SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 Yea Jun 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2483 — SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2025 Nay Jun 4, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 458 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2483) to reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention… Yea Jun 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 458 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2483) to reauthorize certain programs that provide for opioid use disorder prevention… Yea Jun 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1804 — 7(a) Loan Agent Oversight Act Yea Jun 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1642 — Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025 Yea Jun 3, 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 May 22, 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. Nay May 22, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 31 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea May 22, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 436 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Yea May 22, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 436 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Yea May 22, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 436 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Yea May 22, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 436 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Yea May 22, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
On Motion to Adjourn Nay May 21, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 13 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Yea May 20, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1223 — ANCHOR Act Yea May 20, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 426 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 13) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Yea May 20, 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)

Social media

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