Federal candidate · 2023–2024 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
- Primary May 7, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Indiana, District 4
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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$618,942.74
Total spent$745,075.16
Cash on hand$214,609.73
Debts owed by the campaign$210,000.00
Loans from the candidate$200,000.00
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, 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$128,381.7821%
- PACs and other committees$289,600.0047%
- Party committees$155.750%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$200,000.0032%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$805.210%
Self-funding: $200,000.00 (32% of money raised): $0.00 given and $200,000.00 lent by the candidate. $160,000.00 of loans repaid so far.
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
98 committees reported giving $295,806.00 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
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$9,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$8,000.00
- ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY - ADM PAC Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC (CORNPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$6,000.00
- BASF CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 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
- BALL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INDIANA ACRE/INDIANA STATEWIDE ASSOCIATION OF RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES DBA INDIANA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES FEDERAL PACPAC$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
- SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SYNGENTA CORPORATION EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$5,000.00
- NUCOR CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION PAC (SOYPAC)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$5,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$5,000.00
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- INDIANA FARM BUREAU INC ELECT PAC Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PACPAC$4,500.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC Company pageConnected PAC$4,000.00
- NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE HEALTH PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,500.00
- CROSSPARTISAN PAC IIPAC$3,500.00
- REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- ELI LILLY AND COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC. PAC (ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- GROWTH ENERGY PACPAC$3,000.00
- ELANCO US INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('ELANCO PAC')PAC$3,000.00
- DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE; AKA DFA-PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITEE/TURPAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- DEERE & COMPANY PAC (AKA JOHN DEERE PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- PAKISTANI AMERICAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAK-PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- RAIN AND HAIL INSURANCE SOCIETY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- POET PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- PLAINS COTTON GROWERS INC. PACPAC$2,500.00
- PEPSICO, INC. CONCERNED CITIZENS FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- DLA PIPER LLP (US) POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DLA PIPER PAC)PAC$2,000.00
- MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- TYSON FOODS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TYPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CROP INSURERS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- BEN CLINE FOR CONGRESS, INC.Candidate committee$2,000.00
- MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FURTHERING AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL MISSISSIPPIANS FUND PAPAC$2,000.00
- SAAB, INC. EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SAAB PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- CORTEVA, INC. EMPLOYEES PAC (CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE PAC)PAC$1,500.00
- MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CARGILL, INCORPORATED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- CONAGRA BRANDS, INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- INTEL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IPAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHEAT GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (WHEATPAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN SUGARBEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENTPAC$1,000.00
- THE HERSHEY COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CROPLIFE AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- WESTERN PEANUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- USA RICE FEDERATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION PAC (NMPF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CUMMINS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CIPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GOVERN PACPAC$1,000.00
- BARNES & THORNBURG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- HARDWOOD FEDERATION PAC, INC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SORGHUM PRODUCERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CLEAN FUELS ALLIANCE AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CONSERVATIVES ORGANIZED TO ADVANCE TOMORROW'S SOLUTIONS (COATS PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- ICE MILLER PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CORN REFINERS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- COVESTROPAC A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF COVESTRO LLC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- BOSE PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP LLC/BOSE MCKINNEY & EVANS LLP PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ARCONIC CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MICHIGAN MILK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$500.00
- SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA (PAC)Connected PAC$500.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$500.00
- COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CCAGW PAC)Connected PAC$6.00
The race
Indiana U.S. House, District 4, 2024 · 5 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| James R Baird (R) | $618,942.74 | $214,609.73 | 2024-12-31 |
| Charles Bookwalter (R) | $181,148.64 | $27,648.79 | 2024-10-03 |
| Craig Haggard (R) | $95,982.05 | $60,642.42 | 2024-12-31 |
| Rimpi Kaur Girn (D) | $42,164.20 | $1,444.14 | 2024-03-31 |
| Derrick Ross Holder (D) | $8,116.13 | $3,247.91 | 2024-10-16 |
Polling and ratings
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Recent polls
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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).
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