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U.S. Representative for Indiana’s 4th District

James R. Baird

Republican 4th term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$605K raised · top PACs: American Council of Engineering Companies, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Space Exploration Technologies Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 8 of 50 party-line votes (16%; most Republicans: 7%)
98LoyaltyMed 98
94AttendMed 98
13BipartMed 12
10BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2019–now
7 years in CongressMore senior than 46% of the House
Committees
  • Science, Space, and Technology 3rd majority
  • Agriculture 11th majority
  • Foreign Affairs 15th majority
Age
81

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date8716125367410
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1613521,235111

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 27% 6%
Armed Forces and National Security 19% 6%
International Affairs 3% 31%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Taxation; bills go to International Affairs and Agriculture and Food.

  • He talks most about: Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Armed Forces & National Security (Armed Forces and National Security), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Cost of Living (Taxation).
  • 16 bills sponsored, most on International Affairs.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
Vice chairConservation, Research, and Biotechnology SubcommitteeAgriculture
MemberScience, Space, and Technology Committee3rd majority
MemberAgriculture Committee11th majority
MemberForeign Affairs Committee15th majority

Vice chair of the Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee, more senior than 46% of the House, in the majority.

  • 7 years in Congress: more senior than 46% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

17% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Baird.

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Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

17% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Johnson and Latta.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 16 · expected 27
Action in committee 6 · expected 7
Beyond committee 2 · expected 4
Passed House 1 · expected 2
Became law 1 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 120 of 433 in the House

1.24expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

1 of 16 bills passed the House; 1 became law; effectiveness 1.24 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 8036 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.45

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 98% of party-line votes, breaks 10 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.45, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 8 of 50, Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 38.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Baird$605K raised14%17%50%20%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

30% of what he raised came from individuals; 14% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$605K raised, 50% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 33.9 points.

35 PACs of the 62 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Agriculture.

  1. American Council of Engineering Companies40% D
  2. National Cattlemen's Beef Association11% D
  3. Space Exploration Technologies9% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

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Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

88 bills

Baird voted Yea on 45, Nay on 2, did not vote on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 39 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.