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Judy Baker
Judy Baker (Democratic Party) was an officeholder of the Missouri House of Representatives.
Baker (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Missouri State Senate to represent District 19. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Baker was the Democratic candidate for Missouri Treasurer in the 2016 elections.[1] She was defeated in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Previously, she was a 2012 Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri in the 2012 elections. She served previously in the Missouri House of Representatives.
Biography
Baker was born in Columbia, Missouri, on April 10, 1960, to an elementary school teacher and a military physician whose career moved the family through six states. Baker graduated from high school in Virginia and returned to Missouri for college.[2]
She earned degrees in educational psychology and healthcare administration from Mizzou and a master of divinity from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Baker has taught at Columbia College and the University of Missouri. She also served as a state representative and as director of the Midwest region for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She owns a small business.
Baker and her husband, John, have three children.[3]
Education
- B.S., Educational studies, University of Missouri-Columbia (1981)
- M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (1986)
- M.H.A., Healthcare administration, University of Missouri-Columbia (2002)
Elections
2020
See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Missouri State Senate District 19
Incumbent Caleb Rowden defeated Judy Baker and James Coyne in the general election for Missouri State Senate District 19 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Caleb Rowden (R) | 51.6 | 50,570 |
 | Judy Baker (D) | 48.3 | 47,367 | |
| James Coyne (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.1 | 72 | ||
| Total votes: 98,009 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri State Senate District 19
Judy Baker advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri State Senate District 19 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Judy Baker | 100.0 | 18,623 |
| Total votes: 18,623 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri State Senate District 19
Incumbent Caleb Rowden advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri State Senate District 19 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Caleb Rowden | 100.0 | 15,010 |
| Total votes: 15,010 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2016
- See also: Missouri Treasurer election, 2016
Baker ran for treasurer of Missouri in 2016. She defeated Pat Contreras in the Democratic primary on August 2, 2016.[1] She competed with Eric Schmitt (R) and Sean O'Toole (Lib.), both unopposed in their parties' primary elections, and Green Party candidate Carol Hexem in the November general election.
Eric Schmitt defeated Judy Baker, Sean O'Toole, and Carol Hexem in the Missouri treasurer election.
| Missouri Treasurer, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Eric Schmitt |
59.01% | 1,335,939 | |
| Democratic | Judy Baker | 36.90% | 835,527 | |
| Libertarian | Sean O'Toole | 2.83% | 64,089 | |
| Green | Carol Hexem | 1.26% | 28,523 | |
| Total Votes | 2,264,078 | |||
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State | ||||
Judy Baker defeated Pat Contreras in the Missouri Democratic primary for treasurer.
| Missouri Democratic primary for treasurer, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Judy Baker |
59.25% | 182,218 |
| Pat Contreras | 40.75% | 125,338 |
| Total Votes (3214 of 3214 precincts reporting) | 307,556 | |
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State | ||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Judy Baker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Baker's campaign website included the following priorities:[4]
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Campaign finance=
| Judy Baker Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| 10/1/2015-12/31/2015 | 1/15/2016 | $24,273.21 | $71,370.00 | $(9,654.08) | $85,989.13 | ||||
| 1/1/2016-3/31/2016 | 4/15/2016 | $85,989.13 | $52,185.00 | $(19,853.13) | $118,321.00 | ||||
| Second quarter | 4/1/2016-6/30/2016 | $118,321.00 | $62,951.00 | $(32,612.82) | $145,559.18 | ||||
| Pre-primary | 7/1/2016-7/21/2016 | $145,559.18 | $17,314.00 | $(31,457.60) | $131,415.58 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $203,820 | $(93,577.63) | ||||||||
Endorsements
| Key endorsements | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judy Baker (D) | Pat Contreras (D) | Eric Schmitt (R) | |||||||
| Missouri Women's Leadership Coalition | Kansas City Mayor Sly James (D) | U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R) | |||||||
| Former State Treasurer Nancy Farmer (D) | Former State Treasurer Jim Spainhower (D) | U.S. Congressman Sam Graves (R) | |||||||
| St. Louis City Treasurer Tishaura Jones (D) | Former State Auditor Susan Montee (D) | U.S. Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) | |||||||
| State Rep. and Assistant Minority Floor Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D) | IBEW Statewide | U.S. Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R) | |||||||
| Former Secretary of State Bekki Cook (D) | Western Missouri and Kansas Laborers’ District Council | State Senate President Pro Tempore Ronald Richard (R) | |||||||
| Eastern Missouri Laborers’ District Council | State Senate Majority Floor Leader Mike Kehoe (R) | ||||||||
| Advocates of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest MO | State Speaker of the House Todd Richardson (R) | ||||||||
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2012
Baker sought the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri. She finished second in the August 7th primary behind Susan Montee.[6]
- Primary
| Missouri Lieutenant Governor Democratic Primary, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Susan Montee |
44.9% | 131,319 | ||
| Judy Baker | 15.8% | 46,236 | ||
| Bill (William) Haas | 12% | 35,044 | ||
| Sara Lampe | 8.9% | 25,955 | ||
| Dennis Wisenburger | 5.5% | 16,149 | ||
| Jackie Townes McGee | 5.3% | 15,493 | ||
| Becky Lee Plattner | 3.8% | 11,080 | ||
| Fred Kratky | 3.8% | 10,976 | ||
| Total Votes | 292,252 | |||
| Election results via Missouri Secretary of State. | ||||
Issues
Baker has identified four priorities for her campaign:
- Jobs: Baker views health care reform as an opportunity to bring jobs to the state. If accepted, the Medicaid expansion would bring $8.5 billion to Missouri over five years. In Baker's words, "You can't help but realize that means local health care jobs. Those are really good, high-paying jobs. I think that we need to evaluate that opportunity for what it really is."[7]
- Education: The Lieutenant Governor of Missouri is the tie-breaking vote in the state Senate. If elected, Baker "would work with the Senate to build a strong education agenda based on the things that matter to the teacher and the classroom. The cornerstone of a brighter future for our state rests on quality schools and affordable higher education."[7]
- Seniors & Veterans: Baker is running for office because she believes the duties and interests of the lieutenant governor align with her background and experience in health care and administration. The lieutenant governor sits on several boards and commissions responsible for making key policy decisions surrounding seniors, veterans, housing development and the health needs of minority seniors. One of the priorities she highlighted is figuring out how to deliver community-based services that increase the quality of people's lives and lower the overall costs.[7]
Baker believes the cycle of poverty can be broken by shifting to a more gradual scaling back of social service programs: "Many of our programs, like housing, food assistance and unemployment might do well to adopt a ... model of gradual and measured steps from assistance to self-sufficiency."[7]
Endorsements
- State Rep. Tishaura Jones
- State Rep. Tracy McCreery
- State Rep. Stacey Newman
- State Sen. Robin Wright-Jones
- Former state Sen. Joan Bray
- Freedom Inc. (Kansas City)
Personal
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Baker and her husband, John, have three children.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Baker's official campaign website
- Baker's campaign page on Facebook
- Baker's campaign on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Missouri Secretary of State, "Unofficial candidate filing list," accessed April 1, 2016
- ↑ Judy Baker for Missouri.com, "About Judy," accessed March 26, 2012
- ↑ Judy Baker, "About," accessed July 7, 2016
- ↑ Judy Baker, "What is Judy fighting for," accessed July 7, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Election night reporting: Unofficial election results," accessed August 8, 2012
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 The St. Louis American, "Judy Baker bids for Lieutenant Governor," July 19, 2012
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