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James R. Baird's $1.2 million fundraising profile relies substantially on PAC and committee sources, which account for 61 percent of contributions, while individual donors provide 39 percent. Industry-tied contributions show a dominant agriculture sector signal at 36 percent of industry money, followed by construction and engineering at 9 percent and lawyers and lobbyists at 8 percent, with individual donors similarly concentrated in agriculture, legal services, and real estate. Party and leadership committee money totaling $181,000 represents a separate funding stream distinct from industry-sector contributions.
Raised · all cycles$1.2M▼ 3% in ’24 vs ’22#209 in party · by cycle ↴
Top sector share36%Agriculture
Donor-sector votes17on bills touching top donor sectors
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Left: who funds Baird (ribbon width = dollars) · right: their votes on bills classified as favoring vs limiting those sectors
“Favors / limits” is an AI classification of each bill's likely effect on the sector — a factual reading of the bill, not a claim about motive. Correlation, not causation. The named bills are in DOES THE MONEY MATCH THE VOTES? below.
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How Baird voted on bills touching their biggest donor sectors · 6 of 17 shown, ranked by sector money
Each dollar figure is Baird's total from that donor sector — shown on each related vote, not a per-vote amount. Correlation between funding and votes, not causation; many factors shape any single vote.
TOP SOURCES
1$69K
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC
PAC
2$28K
THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
3$25K
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
4$19K
NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC (CORNPAC)
PAC
5$19K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC
ALIGNMENT SIGNALS
COMMITTEES
Science, Space, and Technology
Agriculture
Foreign Affairs
SIMILAR DONOR NETWORKS
Members funded by the same industries — overlapping donor networks may reflect shared policy interests.
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R-MS · House
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Cindy Hyde-Smith
R-MS · Senate
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Dan Newhouse
R-WA · House
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Scott Franklin
R-FL · House
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Robert B. Aderholt
R-AL · House
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Glenn Thompson
R-PA · House
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