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Chris Baker (North Carolina Congressional candidate)

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Chris Baker
Image of Chris Baker
Elections and appointments
Last election

March 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

East Carolina University, 2016

Personal
Birthplace
Smithfield, N.C.
Religion
Christian
Profession
Truck driver
Contact

Chris Baker (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina's 13th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 5, 2024.

Baker completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Chris Baker was born in Smithfield, North Carolina. He earned a bachelor's degree from East Carolina University in 2016. His career experience includes working as a truck driver.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2024

North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

North Carolina's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 13

Brad Knott defeated Frank Pierce in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brad Knott
Brad Knott (R)
 
58.6
 
243,655
Image of Frank Pierce
Frank Pierce (D) Candidate Connection
 
41.4
 
171,835

Total votes: 415,490
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House North Carolina District 13

Brad Knott defeated Kelly Daughtry (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on May 14, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brad Knott
Brad Knott
 
90.8
 
19,632
Image of Kelly Daughtry
Kelly Daughtry (Unofficially withdrew)
 
9.2
 
1,998

Total votes: 21,630
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Frank Pierce advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 13 on March 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kelly Daughtry
Kelly Daughtry
 
27.4
 
22,978
Image of Brad Knott
Brad Knott
 
18.7
 
15,664
Image of Fred Von Canon
Fred Von Canon
 
17.1
 
14,344
Image of DeVan Barbour IV
DeVan Barbour IV
 
15.4
 
12,892
Image of Josh McConkey
Josh McConkey Candidate Connection
 
7.1
 
5,926
Image of Kenny Xu
Kenny Xu Candidate Connection
 
4.3
 
3,604
Image of David Dixon
David Dixon Candidate Connection
 
2.6
 
2,146
Image of Matt Shoemaker
Matt Shoemaker Candidate Connection
 
2.4
 
2,003
Image of Chris Baker
Chris Baker Candidate Connection
 
1.3
 
1,089
Image of Eric Stevenson
Eric Stevenson
 
1.0
 
844
Image of Marcus Dellinger
Marcus Dellinger Candidate Connection
 
1.0
 
798
Image of Sid Sharma
Sid Sharma Candidate Connection
 
0.7
 
614
James Phillips
 
0.7
 
565
Image of Steve Von Loor
Steve Von Loor
 
0.5
 
427

Total votes: 83,894
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Baker in this election.

2022

See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for North Carolina State Senate District 14

Incumbent Dan Blue defeated Chris Baker and Matthew Laszacs in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 14 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dan Blue
Dan Blue (D)
 
68.6
 
45,020
Image of Chris Baker
Chris Baker (R)
 
28.5
 
18,738
Matthew Laszacs (L)
 
2.9
 
1,875

Total votes: 65,633
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Dan Blue advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 14.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Chris Baker advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 14.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Matthew Laszacs advanced from the Libertarian primary for North Carolina State Senate District 14.

Campaign finance


Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Chris Baker completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Baker's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am a native of North Carolina born in Smithfield, NC that grew up in a blue-collar military family right off Interstate 95. The biggest thing in my small hometown is a truck stop. Growing up in the area you meet and learn about people from all walks of life and understand the most common values of the good in people. I graduated from North Johnston High School and obtained a bachelor’s degree in information security from East Carolina worked for the State of North Carolina in IT for about a decade along with currently employed as a commercial truck driver. I’m a candidate that knows what hard work is with being smart and efficient of the essential services our community needs.
  • Voice the concerns in the district in Washington, DC versus Washington, DC telling our district what is best for us.
  • American people interest was put first over foreign affairs.
  • I am tired of seeing first responders and military members not taken care of. Either it be mental health, housing, judicial matters, retirement, pay, etc… A person that puts their time and life on the line to help others at a moments notice should be helped in any way that we can.

Infrastructure, Education, Ways & Means, Homeland Security, and the area of ethics within our public policy.
I look up to so many great, positive people that it would be unfair to name just one. But one common denominator in who they look up to is God.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
I try to help out as much as possible. I’m an analytical thinker with a big heart that tries to provide solutions to problems people may face. I’ve always tried to include the motto of the engineer Kelly Johnson from the Lockheed Skunk Works team keep it simple in anything during design & development of any project I may be working on. Spending several years working in both the public and private sectors I have seen what our community essentially needs, what is nice to have if there is room for it, and what our community could do with a little less of.
That I was able to help those in need and less fortunate than I. I try to lead with a servant’s heart and how may I be of service to you.
Besides working on a farm my first official job was working at a hometown grocery store stocking shelves until I got into IT Service while attending college for my bachelor's degree.
The Bible. It brings comfort to many, gives us hope and guidance.
Probably Marvel's Iron Man. I'm a dedicated, analytical, creative hard working tech geek.
Life. But that’s okay as I have God on my side guiding the way.
Yes. I have worked for the State of North Carolina as a IT Solutions Analyst in government work experience and also the private industry. You see where the lines and benefits are in knowing what the government services are there to provide help and how private industry and its people can benefit from them.

Prior experience with IT service for the government or a private organization you see the whole infrastructure in how every department works together from the bottom to the top. Develop plans and projects on making services more efficient and accessible to the customer. I have spent many years providing solutions to customers problems and if elected will work day and night to do the same for our citizens.
Our government is for the service of its people and every citizen has to have a fair opportunity at being able to stand up to lead. I do not oppose having term limits as we have put them in place for many positions in our government.
I support freedom and instilling common sense politics in government. Current members I support are Byron Donalds and North Carolina's own Dan Bishop.

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Campaign website

Baker’s campaign website stated the following:

  • America First
  • Second Amendment
  • Parents’ Rights & School Choice
  • Infrastructure
  • Protect the elderly & sick
  • Criminal Justice
  • Spending & Debt
  • Term Limits
  • Audit the Fed
  • Free & Honest Elections
  • Foreign Policy & Defense
  • Defend Constitutional Liberties[2]
—Chris Baker’s campaign website (2024)[3]

2022

Chris Baker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Chris Baker campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* U.S. House North Carolina District 13Lost primary$0 N/A**
2022North Carolina State Senate District 14Lost general$462 $462
Grand total$462 $462
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 2, 2024
  2. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
  3. Baker for Congress, “About,” accessed January 23, 2024


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