Keep fighting for safer communities in a second term.

In a second term, I’ll keep fighting for ... safer communities

Baumgartner promised to continue fighting for safer communities in a second term.

Remarks by Congressman Michael Baumgartner
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Border crossings have plummeted, crime is down, taxes are lower and our regional interests—like the Lower Snake River Dams—are finally protected. But the Far Left won’t stop trying to undo this progress. I’m running for re-election to ensure the 5th District remains a stronghold for the American Dream.

Baumgartner frames his re-election campaign as preserving progress including reduced crime and safer communities.

Michael Baumgartner for Congress | Vote | Spokane, WA, USA
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Baumgartner's office said he supported House passage of H.R. 6260 and H.R. 5625, two bail-system public-safety bills that next go to the Senate.

Within the lookback window, Baumgartner publicly backed two public-safety bills and tied them to safer communities. Because the bills had only passed the House, this shows continued effort but not completed delivery.

partial unknown A for effort

Baumgartner Statement on House Passage of Bail Accountability Bills to Make Communities Safer - Michael Baumgartner
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

Roll Call 169 was on passage of H.R. 6260, Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act; status passed 243-179, with Baumgartner recorded Aye.

Baumgartner took a recorded affirmative vote on a public-safety bail bill during the lookback window. House passage is concrete legislative progress, but not enactment.

partial unknown A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

Roll Call 171 was on passage of H.R. 5625, Cashless Bail Reporting Act; status passed 308-116, with Baumgartner recorded Yea.

Baumgartner voted for a bail-reporting bill that passed the House. This supports partial progress on a safer-communities pledge, while final delivery remained unresolved in the Senate.

partial unknown A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

Roll Call 157 was on H.R. 2853, Combating Organized Retail Crime Act; status passed 348-60, with Baumgartner recorded Yea.

Baumgartner supported a bipartisan bill aimed at organized retail crime. The House vote is concrete effort toward public safety, but not final enactment.

partial unknown A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 157
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

The bill text establishes an Organized Retail and Supply Chain Crime Coordination Center to coordinate federal law-enforcement activity and share threat information with state and local agencies.

This official bill text confirms that H.R. 2853 is substantively tied to law-enforcement coordination and crime prevention, helping contextualize Baumgartner's May 12 vote.

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H.R.2853 - Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2025 Text
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

Roll Call 173 was on passage of H.R. 8365, Monitor Accountability Act; status passed 219-204, with Baumgartner recorded Aye.

Baumgartner supported a bill framed by sponsors and the administration as affecting oversight of law-enforcement monitors. Its connection to safer communities is less direct, and it had not become law.

partial unknown A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 75%

Roll Call 162 was on H.Res. 1252, a resolution memorializing law-enforcement officers killed in the line of duty; Baumgartner voted Yea and it passed 418-2.

This was a symbolic law-enforcement vote rather than a substantive safety policy, so it is weak partial evidence of continued alignment with the safer-communities theme.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 162
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 68%

Baumgartner's official House homepage listed a June 24, 2026 item titled "Baumgartner discusses public safety and transportation in Airway Heights" and separately described him meeting with Airway Heights city administrators, elected officials, and Police and Fire to discuss municipal services, an appropriations request, and partnership opportunities.

New lookback-window evidence shows continued public-safety engagement with local officials and police/fire, but it does not establish an enacted or implemented safer-community outcome.

partial same_term A for effort

Home - Michael Baumgartner
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 82%

Roll Call 214 was on passage of S. 2, the Secure America Act; status Passed, 214-212, with Baumgartner recorded Aye.

Baumgartner took a recorded affirmative vote on a security-themed bill during the lookback window. House passage is concrete legislative effort, but the record does not show final enactment or implemented community-safety results.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives - Roll Call 214
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 78%

The Congress.gov 119th Congress public-laws page lists enacted public laws and, in the visible official list, shows no public-safety law enacted during the June 7, 2026 to July 6, 2026 lookback window.

No official enacted-law record was found in the lookback window that would convert the safer-communities pledge from continued effort to full delivery.

unresolved same_term

Public Laws | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 84%