M
Michael Baumgartner
U.S. Representative, WA-5
Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Verify externally: Congress.gov / BioguideFECOpenSecretsGovTrackOpen StatesVote SmartWikipediaWikidata
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, WA-5 current
Washington |
Republican | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 3, 2027 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| US House District WA-5 current
United States |
Republican | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 1, 2030 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Education and Workforce unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Education and Workforce — Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Education and Workforce — Higher Education and Workforce Development unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Middle East and North Africa unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs — South and Central Asia unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on the Judiciary unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on the Judiciary — Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on the Judiciary — The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.568, social dim. 0.338. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (583 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 916 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair… | Yea | Dec 2, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 916 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4312) to protect the name, image, and likeness rights of student athletes and to promote fair… | Yea | Dec 2, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4423 — No New Burma Funds Act | Yea | Dec 1, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5348 — Social Security Child Protection Act of 2025 | Yea | Dec 1, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HCONRES 58 — Denouncing the horrors of socialism. | Yea | Nov 21, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1949 — Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025 | Yea | Nov 20, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3109 — REFINER Act | Yea | Nov 20, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 893 — Censuring Representative Cory Mills of Florida and removing him from the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs. | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 6019 — To repeal certain provisions relating to notification to Senate offices regarding legal process on disclosure of Senate data, and for other… | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4058 — Enhancing Stakeholder Support and Outreach for Preparedness Grants Act | Nay | Nov 19, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5107 — Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act of 2025 | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5214 — District of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act of 2025 | Yea | Nov 19, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 888 — Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct… | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| SJRES 80 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 131 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HJRES 130 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land… | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 888 — Censuring and condemning Delegate Stacey Plaskett and removing her from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for conduct… | Nay | Nov 18, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 878 — Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois. | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 879 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 879 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 80) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4405 — Epstein Files Transparency Act | Yea | Nov 18, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 878 — Disapproving the behavior of Representative Jesús G. "Chuy" García of Illinois. | Nay | Nov 17, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 2659 — Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act | Yea | Nov 17, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 1608 — Department of Homeland Security Vehicular Terrorism Prevention and Mitigation Act of 2025 | Yea | Nov 17, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 | Yea | Nov 12, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,004 recorded contributions totalling $1,935,087. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 228 of 1004 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big donor | 180 | $738,225 | 38% |
| Corporate PAC | 44 | $235,230 | 12% |
| Super PAC | 4 | $165,544 | 9% |
| Unclassified | 776 | $796,088 | 41% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $73,473 | — | CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC. | Super PAC | Jul 29, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $73,473 | — | CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC. | Super PAC | Jul 29, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $50,000 | BAUMGARTNER, MICHAEL JAMES | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Jul 10, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $50,000 | BAUMGARTNER, MICHAEL JAMES | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Jul 17, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $50,000 | BAUMGARTNER, MICHAEL JAMES | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Jul 15, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $13,200 | JHASHI, VAJA | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Jul 22, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $9,299 | — | CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC. | Super PAC | Aug 1, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $9,299 | — | CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC. | Super PAC | Aug 1, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $6,600 | BENNETT, GREGG | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Mar 10, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $6,600 | WINRED | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Jul 24, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,600 | CONNORS, JOHN | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Mar 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $6,600 | WINRED | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Mar 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,600 | WINRED | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Mar 10, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,600 | CONNORS, KATHY | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Big donor | Mar 28, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules |
| $6,600 | WINRED | VOTE BAUMGARTNER FOR CONGRESS | Corporate PAC | Jul 21, 2024 | 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.
Social media
X/Twitter handles are listed for reference; posts are not ingested (the plan defers paid X access).