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Races › Indiana › 4th District
Includes Zionsville, Lafayette, Shadeland, Plainfield, Avon, Lebanon and other towns
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 · general election
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Filing with the FEC is a disclosure, not a place on the ballot. Money raised is not a forecast.
November nominees first, then by money raised. Bars are in party color; raised includes loans from the candidate, and spent can exceed raised when a campaign spends money left from earlier cycles.
House: bars drawn to $604.8K, the most raised; FEC reports through Oct 14, 2026.
Indiana, statewide
No election this year
4th Congressional District11 filed with the FEC$887.8K raised by the field
James R. Baird · Drew Cox
No published priorities shown yet
No published priorities
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
Won the general election
Nov 3, 2026 · 63,418 votes (53.9%)
James R. Baird holds this House seat; the current term began January 2025.
and 10 more, in the campaign’s own order. Read them in their words
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
Lost the general election
Nov 3, 2026 · 54,175 votes (46.1%) · 2 of 2
No published priorities
FEC filings through Mar 31, 2026
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FEC filings
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Held by James R. Baird R (won the general election)
Every public poll of the IN-04 House race this cycle, as published. A poll is a snapshot, not a forecast.
No public polls
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated October 28, 2026
$737.4K from outside groups for or against these candidates, through May 5, 2026.
Independent expenditures, with 24- and 48-hour notices filed since each group’s last regular report.
FEC filings through Mar 31, 2026
No published priorities
FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026
Lost the Republican primary
May 5, 2026 · 19,099 votes (30.5%) · 2 of 3
No published priorities
FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026
Lost the Democratic primary
May 5, 2026 · 5,670 votes (22.8%) · 2 of 8
No published priorities
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
Lost the Democratic primary
May 5, 2026 · 3,136 votes (12.6%) · 3 of 8
No published priorities
FEC filings
Lost the Democratic primary
May 5, 2026 · 1,698 votes (6.8%) · 6 of 8
No published priorities
FEC filings
Lost the Democratic primary
May 5, 2026 · 1,963 votes (7.9%) · 4 of 8
No published priorities
FEC filings
Lost the Democratic primary
May 5, 2026 · 1,635 votes (6.6%) · 7 of 8