Baldacci was the representative for Maine’s 2nd congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1995 to 2002.
![Photo of Rep. John Baldacci [D-ME2, 1995-2002]](/static/legislator-photos/400525-200px.jpeg)
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Baldacci is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 2002 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Baldacci sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 7, 1997 to Nov 19, 2002. See full analysis methodology.
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Baldacci sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:
Government Operations and Politics (19%) Commerce (17%) Health (15%) Economics and Public Finance (15%) Housing and Community Development (10%) Social Welfare (9%) Armed Forces and National Security (8%) Labor and Employment (7%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Baldacci recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.R. 5112 (107th): Veterans Emergency Assistance Act
- H.R. 4994 (107th): Skills and Training Promotion Act
- H.R. 4834 (107th): Safe and Fair Enforcement and Recall for Meat and Poultry Act of …
- H.R. 4550 (107th): Small Business and Dislocated Worker Opportunity Act of 2002
- H.R. 3768 (107th): Worker Retraining Incentive Act of 2002
- H.R. 2371 (107th): To authorize the transfer and conveyance of real property at the Naval …
- H.R. 2150 (107th): To modify the land conveyance authority with respect to the Naval Computer …
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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Jan 1995 to Nov 2002, Baldacci missed 91 of 4,737 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is better than the median of 2.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Nov 2002. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
