Brian Baird

Brian Baird is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (Democrat) representing the 3rd Congressional District of Washington (U.S. state). He has said he will retire at the end of the 2008 term.

Background

• Clinical psychologist
• former Chairman, Department of Psychology, Pacific Lutheran University

Committee assignments

• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittees on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Water Resources and Environment, Highways, Transportation and Pipelines;
• House Committee on Science and Technology
  • Subcommittees on Energy and Environment, Chairman, Research and Science Education;

Congressional caucuses

• Congressional Shellfish Caucus
• New Democrat Coalition

Voting ratings

Organization	Rating	Date
AFL-CIO
American Civil Liberties Union
American Conservative Union
Americans for Democratic Action
Cato Institute
Christian Coalition
Human Rights Campaign
League of Conservation Voters
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NARAL
National Rifle Association
National Right to Life Committee
National Taxpayers Union
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Sources: Links to the voting ratings guides of the above organizations together with brief descriptive information on the organizations themselves, may be found at: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Interest_group/Catalogs

2008 Election

Candidate	Party	Vote total	Percentage
Brian Baird	Democrat	216,701	64.01%
Michael R. Delaver	Republican	121,828	35.99%

Source: Federal Election Results - final official tally

Reference

• Representative Brian Baird - official Congressional web site