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RepublicanJames R. Baird
U.S. Representative · Indiana
Indiana's 4th district
U.S. Representative from Indiana
0 tracked promises
How they won their seat
James R. Baird won the 2024 U.S. House election in Indiana (District 4) with 64.8% of the vote (209,794 votes).
- James R. Baird · Republican64.8%209,794
- Derrick Holder · Democrat30.9%100,091
- Ashley Groff · Libertarian4.2%13,710
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
James R. Baird's record includes sponsorship of bills related to agricultural issues, technology, and foreign affairs, as evidenced by his sponsorship of bills such as the BIO-SCALE Act and the Tech Diplomacy Training Act. His committee memberships include agriculture and science-related areas. Focus areas (from the record): Agriculture · Technology · Foreign Affairs · Energy · Bipartisan Cooperation Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. No declared positions or tracked promises are available for comparison with his legislative activity. What this can't tell you: The politician's specific motives or intentions behind sponsored bills; The effectiveness of the bills that were sponsored, given that only one became law; Any unlogged work or informal activities that may influence his legislative priorities. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. James R. Baird has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2019–2021 term. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What James R. Baird has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 5
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$54K19%
- Large individual (itemized)$65K23%
- PAC / committee$163K58%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Science, Space, and TechnologyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on AgricultureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Foreign AffairsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Agriculture — Forestry and HorticultureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Agriculture — Livestock, Dairy, and PoultryOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Agriculture — Nutrition and Foreign AgricultureOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Vice Chair, House Committee on Agriculture — Conservation, Research, and BiotechnologyOn record since Jan 2025Chair
- Member, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology — EnergyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs — AfricaOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology — Research and TechnologyOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs — Oversight and IntelligenceOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
44 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $283,484, spent $314,704, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HR 9663: State Standing Committee Act ↗Jul 14, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8918: BIO-SCALE Act ↗May 20, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8648: FORGE Act ↗May 4, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8212: Tech Diplomacy Training Act ↗Apr 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8036: Interagency Coordination in Export Controls Act of 2026 ↗Mar 24, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7936: Bioindustrial Scale-Up for Supply Chains and Energy Resiliency Act of 2026 ↗Mar 16, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7194: Nicholas Dockery Medal of Honor Act ↗Jan 21, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7024: Hemp Planting Predictability Act ↗Jan 13, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7010: To amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2026, to delay the implementation of amendments made by such Act to the hemp production provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. ↗Jan 12, 2026
- Sponsored HR 5221: PART Act ↗Sep 9, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3707: NSF and USDA Interagency Research Act ↗Jun 4, 2025
- Sponsored HR 3208: No Official Palestine Entry Act of 2025 ↗May 6, 2025
Showing the 12 most recent of 44 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 438
- Nay
- 130
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 41
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Nay
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR1181Yea
- HR1181Nay
- HR139Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HRES1423Yea
- HR8897Yea
- HR3106Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Nay
- HRES1398Yea
- HRES1398Yea
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
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Disclosure
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