James R. Baird

How to contact James R. Baird

Official website (its contact page takes messages from constituents)

Washington office: 2303 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1404 · 202-225-5037

District offices:

• 355 S Washington St, Suite 210, Danville, IN 46122-1779 · 317-563-5567

Official accounts: X · Facebook · YouTube

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Where James R. Baird falls, left to right

Moderately right, from their votes in Congress (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview) · Voteview. 282nd from the left of 431

Voting record, 119th Congress

Rankings: 250th of 431 (1st = votes with their party most often) · 49th of 430 (1st = most votes missed)

Legislation, 119th Congress

Sponsored 16 bills and resolutions; 0 became law. Most often about international affairs, agriculture and food and energy. 330th of 433 (1st = most bills sponsored)

Most recent

• Sudan IMPACT Act October 13, 2026
• FORGE Act May 4, 2026
• State Standing Committee Act July 14, 2026

From Congress.gov. Counts bills where they're the primary sponsor.

Committees

• House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
  Energy · Research and Technology
• House Committee on Agriculture
  Forestry and Horticulture · Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry · Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture · Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology (Vice Chair)
• House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  Africa · Oversight and Intelligence

Service

• In the House since 2019
• Current term ends January 3, 2027
• Born 1945

From Congress's member data (congress-legislators, public domain).

Who gives money to James R. Baird

The political action committees that gave to James R. Baird's campaign, and the groups that forwarded bundled gifts, January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports.

Largest direct PAC givers

1. American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC/PAC) · $19,000
2. The Farm Credit Council Political Action Committee (FEC) · $17,500
3. National Cattlemen's Beef Association Political Action Committee (NCBA-PAC) (FEC) · $15,000
4. Space Exploration Technologies Corp. PAC (FEC) · $15,000
5. National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee · $15,000
6. American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee · $15,000
7. American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee · $15,000
8. National Corn Growers Association PAC (CORNPAC) (FEC) · $14,000
9. Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. Political Action Committee (ABC PAC) (FEC) · $13,500
10. National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee · $13,000

Largest bundlers

1. American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee · $1,000
2. National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee · $500
3. American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC/PAC) · $500

From reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Two kinds of money are counted, separately: direct contributions from a PAC's own account to a member's campaign, and bundled (earmarked) gifts: donations from individuals, each earmarked for a particular candidate, that a group collected and forwarded to the campaign. "Received" means the campaign got the money; it doesn't mean the group controls how the member votes. Super PAC spending isn't counted, since it isn't given to a campaign. What's a PAC? · How we count.

Quick answers

Who gives money to James R. Baird?

James R. Baird's campaign raised $1.2 million from January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports. $538,806 (44%) came directly from 122 PACs; the largest were the American Council of Engineering Companies ($19,000), The Farm Credit Council Political Action Committee ($17,500) and National Cattlemen's Beef Association Political Action Committee (NCBA-PAC) ($15,000). Groups also forwarded $2,000 in bundled gifts from their donors, most from AIPAC ($1,000), the National Association of Realtors ($500) and the American Council of Engineering Companies ($500). From FEC filings.

How do I contact James R. Baird?

Call the Washington office at 202-225-5037 or the district office (Danville 317-563-5567), or write through the official website, https://baird.house.gov.

Is James R. Baird liberal or conservative?

By voting record, James R. Baird is moderately right: a DW-NOMINATE score of +0.45 on a scale from −1 (left) to +1 (right), from every roll-call vote in the 119th Congress (Voteview, UCLA); 282nd from the left of 431 representatives.

How often does James R. Baird vote with their party, and miss votes?

James R. Baird voted with their party on 97.8% of 451 party-line votes and missed 6.1% of 674 roll-call votes in the 119th Congress (Voteview).

What bills has James R. Baird passed?

James R. Baird sponsored 16 bills and resolutions in the 119th Congress; 0 became law (Congress.gov).

How much PAC money has James R. Baird received?

$538,806 directly from 122 PACs since January 2023, plus $2,000 in bundled gifts that groups forwarded.

What is a PAC?

A political action committee: a group registered with the Federal Election Commission that raises money and spends it on elections, including by giving to candidates. Corporations, labor unions, trade associations and membership groups can sponsor one, which may raise money only from people tied to the sponsor (its employees, members or shareholders, for example). Independent (nonconnected) PACs can raise from the public, and many politicians have a leadership PAC to give to other candidates. In 2025–26 a PAC that gives to several candidates can give each one up to $5,000 per election.

What is a super PAC?

A committee that can raise unlimited sums from individuals, corporations, unions and other PACs, but only to spend independently: ads and other activity not coordinated with a campaign. It doesn't give to campaigns, so super PAC money isn't in the PAC totals here.

What is a bundled (earmarked) donation?

A donation from an individual that a group collects and passes on to the candidate it's earmarked for. Under federal rules it counts as that individual's own contribution (up to $3,500 per election in 2025–26), and the campaign reports it as earmarked through the group. It's separate from the PAC's own direct contributions.