Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle
James R. Baird
- Office
- U.S. representative for Indiana’s 4th district
- Party
- Republican
- Hometown
- Greencastle, IN
- Born
- 1945
- In Congress
- House since 2019 · 7 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- BAIRD, JAMES R DR.
- Next election
- General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Indiana, District 4
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookYouTubeFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H8IN04199 · Principal campaign committee: ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Indiana District 4 | $582,092.25 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Indiana District 4 | $618,942.74 | Won the general election (30.9%) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Indiana District 4 | $434,679.53 | Won the general election (68.2%) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Indiana District 4 | $371,674.00 | Won the general election (66.6%) |
Total raised$434,679.53
Total spent$350,665.61
Cash on hand$340,742.15
Debts owed by the campaign$170,000.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$187,413.8643%
- PACs and other committees$243,379.5056%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$3,354.171%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$532.000%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Agriculture
- Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Vice Chair
- Forestry and Horticulture
- Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
- Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs
- Africa
- Oversight and Intelligence
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Energy
- Research and Technology
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
85 committees reported giving $248,585.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$10,000.00
- CROPLIFE AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$7,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NCBA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CATERPILLAR INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CATPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL PORK PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BASF CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC (CORNPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ICE MILLER PACPAC$5,000.00
- INDIANA FARM BUREAU INC ELECT PAC Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- SAVE AMERICALeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; AKA DFA-PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
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- CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PACPAC$4,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CROP INSURERS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC. PAC (ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- NUCOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION PAC (SOYPAC)PAC$3,000.00
- NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CANDY PAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$2,500.00
- VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION EMPLOYEE PAC - USAA EMPLOYEE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- GROWTH ENERGY PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ALLISON TRANSMISSION INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL INDEPENDENT AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION PAC FUNDConnected PAC$2,495.00
- THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION COMMITTEE FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION (ACRE) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$2,000.00
- EMPLOYEES OF RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- TYSON FOODS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TYPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- CORTEVA, INC. EMPLOYEES PAC (CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE PAC)Connected PAC$2,000.00
- USA RICE FEDERATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- US RICE PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- DAVID ROUZER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACPAC$2,000.00
- BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION PAC (BIO PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- NATIONAL PEST MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- ELECT - THE PAC OF THE ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION (IDFA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- UNITED EGG ASSOCIATION EGGPACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC (NABIP PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS--PAC OF AAOS Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SYNGENTA CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- BARNES & THORNBURG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HARDWOOD FEDERATION-PAC INC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WESTERN SUGAR COOPERATIVE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVES ORGANIZED TO ADVANCE TOMORROW'S SOLUTIONS (COATS PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE ORIGIN LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BLUE ORIGIN PAC) Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE PROMISES PACPAC$1,000.00
- PLAINS COTTON GROWERS INC. PACPAC$1,000.00
- BOSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP LLC/BOSE MCKINNEY & EVANS LLP PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GREAT AMERICA COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FURTHERING AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL MISSISSIPPIANS FUND PAPAC$1,000.00
- CF INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEES' GOOD GOVERNMENT FUNDConnected PAC$500.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$500.00
- ORACLE AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ORACLE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$90.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting James R Baird$70,392.99
- Independent expenditures opposing James R Baird$0.00
- Company and union communications to members about James R Baird$522.86
FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PACSupporting$69,490.00
- THE GUARDIAN FUNDSupporting$902.00
The race
Indiana U.S. House, District 4, 2022 · 2 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| James R Baird (R) | $434,679.53 | $340,742.15 | 2022-12-31 |
| Thomas Charles Bookwalter (R) | $8,480.00 | $1,505.99 | 2022-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: ELECT JIM BAIRD FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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