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[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 income of $78,449, and a poverty rate of 10.6% per Data USA (6.4% per Legisletter). Homeownership is 72.4% with a median property value of $242,900. Only 7.07% of residents are foreign-born. Manufacturing (17.6% of employment), agriculture, and health care dominate the economy. Baird, a Vietnam veteran, farmer, and small business owner who holds a PhD in monogastric nutrition from the University of Kentucky, has held the seat since 2019 and sits on the Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, and Science committees. He won reelection in 2024 with 64.7% of the vote.
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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 placed him among a minority of Republicans who voted nay on a bill that most of his conference supported.
Date: 2023-12-14
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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,' while 71 conservative Republicans opposed it as insufficiently fiscally conservative. The new SNAP work requirements affected constituents in his district with 10.6% poverty.
Date: 2023-05-31
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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 district is only 7.07% foreign-born — among the lowest in the nation — meaning the bill carried minimal direct constituency cost.
Date: 2025-01-07
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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 president who is willing to take decisive action to defend our country and our allies.' The resolution failed 224-194, with only a handful of Republicans supporting it.
Date: 2026-03-05
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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 emphasized the 'existential threat to the safety and security of our greatest ally in the Middle East.'
Date: 2024-04-20
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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 of his R+35 district and Trump-aligned base, while 101 Republicans crossed over to support the bill. Baird's formal statement said he voted to 'Reject more Funding for Endless War in Ukraine.'
Date: 2024-04-20
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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 below the poverty line and a median household income just above the national average. The bill's Medicaid and SNAP cuts directly conflicted with the material welfare of lower-income constituents in his largely rural district.
Date: 2025-07-03
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[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 cuts to federal programs, including SNAP and Medicaid. The AFL-CIO formally opposed H.R. 1 as a bill that would enact 'devastating cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other important social safety programs.'
Date: 2025-03-30
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[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 Washington.'
Date: 2025-07-03
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In 2021, Baird joined 146 other Republican members of Congress in voting to object to the certification of Electoral College results from Arizona and Pennsylvania following the January 6 Capitol breach.
Date: 2021-01-06
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Baird owns Baird Family Farms (since 1980) and Indiana Home Care Plus (since 1984), a home health care agency, giving him direct financial interests in agriculture and healthcare policy.
Date: 2024-12-31
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The Federal Election Commission fined Baird's campaign committee in March 2025 for failing to disclose a $160,500 loan repayment less than two weeks before the May 7, 2024 primary election. The FEC found that his pre-primary report omitted this disbursement, making cash on hand appear approximately $163,000 higher than it actually was.
Date: 2025-03-05
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Top industries contributing to Baird include Crop Production & Basic Processing, Leadership PACs, Real Estate, Agricultural Services/Products, and Oil & Gas, reflecting his district's agricultural and manufacturing base.
Date: 2024-12-31
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Baird's campaign committee raised $455,700 in the 2023–2024 election cycle, with 66.58% from PAC contributions and 31.27% from large individual donations.
Date: 2024-12-31
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