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Michael Baumgartner

Michael Baumgartner

RRepublicanWA-5 · Representative
60
/ 100
Average
Attendance98
Avg: 96
Independence1
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone16
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency78
Avg: 55

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

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Michael Baumgartner

Michael Baumgartner

RepublicanWA-5 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.570)
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Michael Baumgartner is a Republican Representative from WA, District 5. He has served 1 year in Congress across 1 term. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 98.8% of the time.

1
Years in Office
1
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

98.8%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
7 votes against party
2.3%
Missed Votesⓘ
611 total votes
14
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Michael Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty+2.9% vs avg
98.8%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes-1.3% vs avg
2.3%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored-1.2 vs avg
14
Avg: 15.2

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

House Committee on Education and WorkforceHouse Committee on Foreign AffairsHouse Committee on the Judiciary

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-06-30

$1,084,882
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,709,514
Total Receiptsⓘ
$816,197
Disbursementsⓘ
$1,307,617
Individual Donors
$358,450
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2025–2027House · WA-5 · RepublicanCurrent

District Demographics

WA-5 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

780,504
Population
$71,545
Median Income
38.0
Median Age
31.0%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 82.5%Black 1.8%Hispanic 8.7%Asian 2.3%