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James R. Baird
U.S. Representative, IN-4
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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
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- House Committee on Agriculture unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Agriculture — Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology — Vice Chair unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Agriculture — Forestry and Horticulture unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Agriculture — Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Agriculture — Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Africa unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Oversight and Intelligence unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology — Energy unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology — Research and Technology unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HJRES 42 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… | Yea | Mar 5, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 61 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental… | Yea | Mar 5, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 177 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 177 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 42) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Mar 4, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 758 — Mail Traffic Deaths Reporting Act of 2025 | Yea | Mar 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 856 — Safe and Smart Federal Purchasing Act | Yea | Mar 3, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 20 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… | Yea | Feb 27, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 35 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental… | Yea | Feb 26, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 695 — Medal of Honor Act | Yea | Feb 26, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HCONRES 14 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary… | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 804 — Rural Small Business Resilience Act | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 788 — DOE and SBA Research Act | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 161 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 20) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 161 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 20) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Feb 25, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 818 — SPUR Act | Yea | Feb 24, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 832 — Small Business Advocacy Improvements Act of 2025 | Yea | Feb 24, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 825 — Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act | Yea | Feb 24, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 35 — Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act | Yea | Feb 13, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 77 — Midnight Rules Relief Act | Yea | Feb 12, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 77 — Midnight Rules Relief Act | Nay | Feb 12, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 122 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration… | Yea | Feb 11, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 122 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 77) to amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration… | Yea | Feb 11, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 736 — Protect Small Businesses from Excessive Paperwork Act of 2025 | Yea | Feb 10, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 692 — China Exchange Rate Transparency Act of 2025 | Yea | Feb 10, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 26 — Protecting American Energy Production Act | Yea | Feb 7, 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 type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $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.
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