Baron Hill

Baron Hill is a (Democratic Party) member of the United States House of Representatives , representing the 9th Congressional District of Indiana. He was first elected in 1998 for three terms, then reelected in 2006 and 2008. A businessman, he was first elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1982 and served there for eight years, leaving in 1990 to attempt a bid for the U.S. Senate. In 1992, he was appointed Executive Director of the Indiana State Student Assistance Commission by then-governor Evan Bayh.

He was a participant in the 2009 White House Forum on Health Reform and voted for both the November 2009 and final March 2010 House healthcare bills.

Committee assignments

• House Energy and Commerce Committee
• House Science and Technology Committee
• Joint Economic Committee

Caucuses and groups

• Congressional Rural Healthcare Coalition
• Blue Dog Coalition, Co-Chair for Policy

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
Baron Hill	Democrat	181,281	57.77%
Mike Sodrell	Republican	120,529	38.41%
D. Eric Schansberg	Libertarian	11,994	3.82%

Source: Federal Election Results - final official tally

Education

• B.A., History, Furman University, 1975