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Chris Baker (North Carolina Congressional candidate)
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Brad Knott (R) | 58.6 | 243,655 |
 | Frank Pierce (D)  | 41.4 | 171,835 | |
| Total votes: 415,490 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Josh Anderson (Independent)
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 | ||
| ✔ | | Brad Knott | 90.8 | 19,632 |
 | 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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Wiley Nickel (D)
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 | ||
| ✔ | | Kelly Daughtry | 27.4 | 22,978 |
| ✔ | | Brad Knott | 18.7 | 15,664 |
 | Fred Von Canon | 17.1 | 14,344 | |
 | DeVan Barbour IV | 15.4 | 12,892 | |
 | Josh McConkey | 7.1 | 5,926 | |
 | Kenny Xu | 4.3 | 3,604 | |
 | David Dixon | 2.6 | 2,146 | |
 | Matt Shoemaker | 2.4 | 2,003 | |
 | Chris Baker | 1.3 | 1,089 | |
 | Eric Stevenson | 1.0 | 844 | |
 | Marcus Dellinger | 1.0 | 798 | |
 | Sid Sharma | 0.7 | 614 | |
| James Phillips | 0.7 | 565 | ||
 | Steve Von Loor | 0.5 | 427 | |
| Total votes: 83,894 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Erin Paré (R)
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Dan Blue (D) | 68.6 | 45,020 |
| 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
See also: Ballotpedia's 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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- 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.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
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.
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Campaign website
Baker’s campaign website stated the following:
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| —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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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 2, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Baker for Congress, “About,” accessed January 23, 2024
