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U.S. House · Indiana's 4th District

West-central Indiana, including Lafayette, Terre Haute, and Kokomo

General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

RESULT · UNOFFICIAL UNTIL CERTIFIED

Jim Baird, projected winner

CandidateVotesShare
Jim Baird115,01454.2%
Drew Cox97,14245.8%

About 99% of the expected vote counted. As of November 9. Winners take office next year. Counts can change until states certify. NBC News ↗

Sources re-checked September 25, 2026 · How we research

  • Incumbent Jim Baird won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary over Craig Haggard and John Piper with 60.5% of the vote. Drew Cox won a crowded eight-candidate Democratic primary with about 30% of the vote. This was the most-contested primary field of any Indiana district in 2026, with eleven candidates total.[1][2]

On the November 3 ballot · 3 candidates

Jim BairdRINCUMBENTPROJECTED WINNERU.S. Representative, Indiana's 4th District (since 2019)Full profile →Drew CoxDFull profile →David BokashINDFull profile →

Issue evidence — side by side

Recorded votes, documented positions and candidates’ own words are shown with sources. “In their own words” quotes a candidate on the topic without inferring a stance. Votes describe specific bills or motions; they do not establish overall support or opposition to a broad issue. A dash means our research has no evidence on that topic, not that the candidate has no position.

Protect legal access to abortion

  • Jim Baird
    Recorded votes[30][31]

    Voted no on Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 (H.R. 3755, 2021-09-24). Voted no on Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 (H.R. 8296, 2022-07-15).

  • Drew Cox
    —
  • David Bokash
    —

Stricter gun laws

  • Jim Baird
    Recorded votes[26][27][28]

    Voted no on Bipartisan Background Checks Act (H.R. 8, 2019-02-27), which would have required background checks on most private gun sales. Voted no on Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808, 2022-07-29), which would have banned the sale of many semiautomatic assault weapons. Voted no on Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938, 2022-06-24), which expanded background checks for buyers under 21 and funded state red-flag programs.

  • Drew Cox
    —
  • David Bokash
    —

Expand immigration enforcement and deportations

  • Jim Baird
    Recorded votes[13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

    Voted yes on Laken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22). Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations. Voted yes on Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2, 2023-05-11). Voted no on American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 (H.R. 6, 2019-06-04; 2021-03-18).

  • Drew Cox
    Opposes[4]

    Campaign website calls for abolishing ICE and replacing it with what he describes as a fair, equitable immigration system.

  • David Bokash
    —

Loosen zoning rules to build more housing

  • Jim Baird
    —
  • Drew Cox
    Supports[4]

    Campaign website says he will fight to pass the ROAD to Housing Act to ease zoning restrictions and support modular housing construction.

  • David Bokash
    —

Raise taxes on high earners or corporations

  • Jim Baird
    Recorded votes[14][15][16][22]

    Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent. Voted no on Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376, 2022-08-12), which added a 15% minimum tax on large corporations and a stock-buyback excise tax.

  • Drew Cox
    Supports[4]

    Campaign website says he supports the For the 99.5 Percent Act and a more progressive tax system with higher brackets for top earners and closing corporate tax loopholes.

  • David Bokash
    In their own words[6]
    “Eliminate Corporate Tax Giveaways and replace with Corporate Tax Credits that encourage Labor Spending and Wage Growth.”

    On his campaign site, under "Support Middle Class Living Standards"

Expand public health coverage

  • Jim Baird
    Recorded votes[14][15][16]

    Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements.

  • Drew Cox
    Supports[4]

    Campaign website says he will fight to pass a Medicare for All-style act to guarantee healthcare as a right, not a commodity.

  • David Bokash
    —

Faster transition away from fossil fuels

  • Jim Baird
    Recorded votes[14][15][16][21][22]

    Voted yes on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits. Voted no on Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19; 2022-08-12), which would have funded clean-energy tax credits.

  • Drew Cox
    —
  • David Bokash
    —

Raise the minimum wage

  • Jim Baird
    Recorded votes[29]

    Voted no on Raise the Wage Act (H.R. 582, 2019-07-18).

  • Drew Cox
    Supports[4]

    Campaign website says he will fight for the Raise the Wage Act to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, indexed to inflation.

  • David Bokash
    —

Continue U.S. military aid to Israel

  • Jim Baird
    —
  • Drew Cox
    Opposes[4]

    Campaign website says he opposes sending further U.S. military aid or weapons to Israel and would refuse AIPAC campaign contributions.

  • David Bokash
    —

Broad tariffs on imported goods

  • Jim Baird
    Recorded votes[25]

    Voted no on Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11), which disapproved the tariffs on Canadian imports.

  • Drew Cox
    —
  • David Bokash
    In their own words[6]
    “Identify and eliminate unnecessary tax/tariff policies as well as government regulations.”

    On his campaign site, under "Support Middle Class Living Standards"

Universal, publicly funded child care

  • Jim Baird
    Recorded votes[21]

    Voted no on Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376, 2021-11-19), which would have funded universal pre-K and child-care subsidies.

  • Drew Cox
    —
  • David Bokash
    —

Require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote

  • Jim Baird
    Recorded votes[20]

    Voted yes on SAVE Act (H.R. 22, 2025-04-10).

  • Drew Cox
    —
  • David Bokash
    —

Require Congress to approve U.S. military action abroad

  • Jim Baird
    Recorded votes[23][24]

    Voted no on War Powers Resolution on Venezuela (H. Con. Res. 64, 2025-12-17), which would have directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Venezuela absent congressional authorization. Voted no on War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities (H. Con. Res. 86, 2026-06-03), which directed the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran absent congressional authorization.

  • Drew Cox
    —
  • David Bokash
    In their own words[5]
    “we need to hold a vote. We can do that in secret because I'm not, I don't want to give the enemy any, any of what we're planning on doing, but we need to involve Congress at this point going forward.”

    In a WFYI interview, on the war with Iran

Research notes & limits

Jim Baird has not completed a 2026 Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey; his baird.house.gov Issues pages (Agriculture, Healthcare, Jobs & Economy, National Security, Veterans, Life, Energy, Education, Natural Resources, Budget & Federal Spending) list only press-release headlines with no substantive first-person text, and no current campaign website was reachable. Priorities and one position are drawn from a verbatim quote of his 2026 primary-survey answer as reported by WFYI; his committee record is documented separately. David Bokash's statements come from his campaign site and a WFYI interview. Cox's biography relies on his Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey; no independent news profile was found, and a web search found no biographical information for Bokash beyond his listing as a candidate.

Sources · 37

Researched 2026-09-25. Green citations are official government records.

  1. 1.United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  2. 2.David Bokash · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  3. 3.James Baird · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  4. 4.Drew Cox · Drew Cox campaign website / Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026-04-15 Candidate's own words
  5. 5.2026 Voter Guide: Indiana's 4th Congressional District · WFYI · 2026-09-21 News report
  6. 6.Legislation · Bokash4Indiana campaign website Candidate's own words
  7. 7.James Baird · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  8. 8.Biography · Office of Rep. Jim Baird · 2026-10-21 Official record
  9. 9.Indiana U.S. House District 4 election results 2026 · NBC News · 2026-11-09 News report
  10. 10.H.R. 22, the SAVE Act (SAVE Act) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
  11. 11.H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2025) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
  12. 12.H.R. 722, the Life at Conception Act (Life at Conception Act) — sponsors and cosponsors · Congress.gov Official record
  13. 13.Roll call: Laken Riley Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-01-22 Official record
  14. 14.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-05-22 Official record
  15. 15.H.R. 1 (119th Congress) — One Big Beautiful Bill Act: text and summary · Congress.gov Official record
  16. 16.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-07-03 Official record
  17. 17.Roll call: Secure the Border Act of 2023 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2023-05-11 Official record
  18. 18.Roll call: American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2019-06-04 Official record
  19. 19.Roll call: American Dream and Promise Act of 2021 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-03-18 Official record
  20. 20.Roll call: SAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-04-10 Official record
  21. 21.Roll call: Build Back Better Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-11-19 Official record
  22. 22.Roll call: Inflation Reduction Act — final House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-08-12 Official record
  23. 23.Roll call: War Powers Resolution on Venezuela · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-12-17 Official record
  24. 24.Roll call: War Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-06-03 Official record
  25. 25.Roll call: Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-02-11 Official record
  26. 26.Roll call: Bipartisan Background Checks Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2019-02-27 Official record
  27. 27.Roll call: Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-07-29 Official record
  28. 28.Roll call: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act — final House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-06-24 Official record
  29. 29.Roll call: Raise the Wage Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2019-07-18 Official record
  30. 30.Roll call: Women's Health Protection Act of 2021 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2021-09-24 Official record
  31. 31.Roll call: Women's Health Protection Act of 2022 — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2022-07-15 Official record
  32. 32.Drew Cox · Drew Cox campaign website / Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2026-04-15 Candidate's own words
  33. 33.Crowded field for 4th Congressional District Democratic primary · Current · 2026-04-13 News report
  34. 34.Congressional District 4 - Democrat (voter guide) · Indiana Capital Chronicle News report
  35. 35.U.S. House · Indiana's 4th District results 2026 · NBC News News report
  36. 36.David Bokash · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  37. 37.U.S. House · Indiana's 4th District results 2026 · NBC News News report