[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Foreign-born population share: 7.07%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Homeownership rate: 72.4%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate: 10.6%
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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income: $78,449
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.118)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.152)
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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 (share 0.176)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Subaru of Indiana Automotive (6000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Cummins Inc. (8000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Purdue University (15000 employees)
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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Indiana's 4th Congressional District is a 16-county, R+35 seat covering west-central Indiana, anchored by Purdue University in West Lafayette and stretching from the Chicago exurbs to rural communities along the Wabash River. The district is overwhelmingly White (82.5%) with a median age of 37, median household incom
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Voted nay on H.R.2670 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Conference Report)) on 2023-12-14: Baird voted against the $886 billion must-pass defense bill that passed 310-118 with a majority of both parties. He objected to provisions allowing federal surveillance of American citizens and taxpayer funding of abortion procedures. This place
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· 2023-12-14
Voted yea on H.R.3746 (Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (debt ceiling suspension with SNAP work requirements and discretionary spending caps)) on 2023-05-31: Baird voted to avert a potentially catastrophic federal default, joining 149 Republicans and 165 Democrats. He stated the bill was 'an important first step in reining in Democrats' unchecked spending,'
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· 2023-05-31
Voted yea on S.5 (Laken Riley Act (requiring mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with certain crimes)) on 2025-01-07: Baird voted with all 217 Republicans and 46 Democrats to pass the bill. He tweeted: 'I proudly voted with the @HouseGOP to pass the Laken Riley Act to allow Border Patrol to detain criminal illegal immigrants.' His dis
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· 2025-01-07
Voted nay on H.Con.Res.38 (Directing the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran) on 2026-03-05: Baird voted against the War Powers Resolution aimed at constraining Trump's military campaign in Iran. He had previously issued a statement supporting Operation Epic Fury, saying 'I am grateful we have a
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· 2026-03-05
Voted yea on H.R.8034 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26.4 billion in military and security assistance to Israel)) on 2024-04-20: Baird voted with the overwhelming 366-58 bipartisan majority. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee contributed $5,500 to his 2024 campaign, making it one of his notable donors. His statement emphas
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· 2024-04-20
Voted nay on H.R.8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($60.8 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine)) on 2024-04-20: Baird was one of 112 House Republicans who voted against the Ukraine aid package, joining the majority of his conference. His opposition to Ukraine funding aligned with the increasingly isolationist posture
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· 2024-04-20
Voted yea on H.R.1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (extending 2017 tax cuts, restructuring Medicaid, SNAP, and other federal programs)) on 2025-07-03: Baird voted for the bill that the AFL-CIO described as enacting 'devastating cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other important social safety programs.' His IN-04 district has a 10.6% poverty rate with 6.4% of residents
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· 2025-07-03
[disclosure] At a constituent-organized town hall in West Lafayette on March 30, 2025, one attendee stated Baird and his colleagues were 'taking the lives of America's most vulnerable and sacrificing them on the altar of conservative billionaires.' The event filled two rooms at the public library, with attendees carrying signs and voicing frustration over cu
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· 2025-03-30
[statement] Baird voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) and stated: 'This legislation strengthens federal programs for those who truly need them and enacts common-sense work requirements that a majority of Americans support.' His press release further claimed the bill 'reduces the deficit, marking a long-overdue return to fiscal sanity in Washing
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· 2025-07-03
Last contradiction analysis: Never
Platform: "Baird voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) and stated: 'This legislation strengthens federal programs for those who truly need them and e"
Vote: on "At a constituent-organized town hall in West Lafayette on March 30, 2025, one attendee stated Baird "
Baird's press release claimed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act would 'strengthen federal programs for those who truly need them,' but his own constituents, the AFL-CIO, and independent analyses reported that the bill enacted significant cuts to Medicai
Last silence detection: Never (via )
In-person public town hall meetings with constituents
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Expected position: As the elected U.S. Representative for Indiana's 4th District since 2019, Baird would be expected to hold periodic public town halls to hear directly from constituents across his 16
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