David Wayne Baria (born December 4, 1962) is an American politician, attorney, and former contractor.
A trial lawyer by trade, Baria is a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives representing the 122nd district until the end of the 2019 legislative session, when he will retire.
He also serves as the House Minority Leader.
Baria was a member of the Mississippi Senate before he was elected to the retiring J.
P.
Compretta's seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives.
Baria was the Democratic nominee for the 2018 regular U.S.
Senate election in Mississippi.
Baria is the former chairman of the NCSL Gulf and Atlantic States Task Force.
He is also a member of the National Conference of Environmental Legislators, Bay St.
Louis Rotary Club, Leadership Hancock County, Mississippi Bar, and a fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation.
The Board of United Policyholders, a national advocacy group for insureds, includes Baria on their board of directors.
He was also chairman of the Hancock County Youth Court Task Force dedicated to combatting the foster care crisis in that area.
In March 2019, Baria announced he would not seek re-election to the legislature.