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James R. Baird

U.S. Representative · IN-4 · Republican

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

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
1.24· expected 1.41

Meets expectations

Rank 120 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

How far Baird’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

  1. Introduced 16
  2. Action in committee 6
  3. Action beyond committee 2
  4. Passed chamber 1
  5. Became law 1

16 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 0 significant (got a roll call vote), 16 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (1)

1 commemorative

  • H.R. 7194 Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor ActAuthorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Nicholas Dockery for acts of valor in Afghanistan on October 2, 2012. AI-readBecame law Mar 26, 2026 · Armed Forces and National SecurityCommemorative

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

How Baird’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 119th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Baird.

Baird in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured
94/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 41 missed of 674

Voted on 633 of 674 roll calls; missed 41. Lower than 88% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
98/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 127 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 451 votes that split the parties. Lower than 58% of House members.

45%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured
13/ 100

Chamber median 12 · +1

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Higher than 68% of House members.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured
+0.45

Republican middle 80%: 0.32 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Baird’s bills that became law

All bills

1 bill sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Baird’s effectiveness score.

1 commemorative

How we count words
  • H.R. 7194 Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor ActAuthorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to Nicholas Dockery for acts of valor in Afghanistan on October 2, 2012. AI-readArmed Forces and National Security · Introduced Mar 26, 2026Substantive225 words Commemorative

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.