Not who you're looking for? Others named Jim Baird: American college football player (1874–1938) · Australian rules footballer and cricketer (1920-2003)
Total votes
643
Missed
41 (6.4%)
Committees
3
Legislative data from the official House/Senate roll-call record via Voteview (UCLA) and the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.
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Supports continuing resolutions that freeze spending to avoid shutdowns while backing budget measures aimed at expanding tax cuts and reducing federal spending.
Supported continuing appropriations and budget resolution measures consistent with fiscal restraint goals.
🗳 Yea on HR9770 (2026-07-21)🗳 Yea on HCONRES113 (2026-07-22)
As a farmer and member of the House Agriculture Committee, supports policies benefiting farmers, including subsidies, trade protections, and addressing farm labor shortages.
Voted for farm bill passage and agriculture appropriations supporting farmer policies and subsidies.
Strongly supports gun rights, receiving a top rating from Turning Point Action on Second Amendment issues.
Supported Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act advancing gun rights protections.
Supports strict border security and enforcement of existing immigration laws, opposed a broad amnesty bill, but has called for updated agricultural guest-worker policies to address farm labor shortages.
No votes or bills address border security, enforcement, amnesty, or guest-worker policies.
Holds a strongly pro-life position, supporting protection of life at conception with limited exceptions and voting to defund Planned Parenthood.
No votes or bills address abortion, life protections, or Planned Parenthood funding.
Opposed the For the People Act, rejecting a federal Election Day holiday and same-day voter registration provisions.
No votes or bills address election procedures, voter registration, or related federal mandates.
Opposes same-sex marriage, favoring a traditional one-man-one-woman definition of marriage.
No votes or bills address marriage definitions or related social policy.
Advocates a conservative, pro-business economic approach emphasizing reduced taxes and regulation to spur job creation and growth.
No votes or bills directly address tax cuts, deregulation, or pro-business economic measures.