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Kendall Baker
2022 - Present
2025
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Kendall Baker is a member of the Houston Independent School District in Texas, representing District VI. He assumed office on January 11, 2022. His current term ends in 2025.
Baker is running for re-election to the Houston Independent School District to represent District VI in Texas. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 4, 2025.[source]
Biography
Baker was born in Houston, Texas, and grew up in the northeastern suburb of Fontaine Place. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Kingdom Builders Bible Institute in 2012 and a graduate degree from the Kingdom Builders Bible Seminary in 2015. Baker also earned a doctorate of divinity from Kingdom Builders Bible Seminary and a doctorate in pulpit communication and expository from Covenant International University.[1][2][3]
Baker's career experience includes working as an insurance adjuster and as an employee of the City of Houston. He served as division manager of the Administration and Regulatory Affairs Department, Operations Division, and 311 Help and Information Center. He founded the Christ Solid International Church in 2013, serving as a senior pastor there. He has been involved in the following organizations:[1][2][3]
- Director of field operations, Houston Area Pastor Council (HAPC)
- Member, Houston Ministers Against Crime
- Member, Harris County Juvenile Operating Board
- Member, NAACP Houston
- Inaugural chairman, Houston Police and Clergy Alliance
Elections
2025
See also: Houston Independent School District, Texas, elections (2025)
General election
The general election will occur on November 4, 2025.
General election for Houston Independent School District, District VI
Incumbent Kendall Baker and Michael McDonough are running in the general election for Houston Independent School District, District VI on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | ||
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| Michael McDonough (Nonpartisan) | ||
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2023
See also: City elections in Houston, Texas (2023)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Houston City Council At-large Position 1
Julian Ramirez defeated Melanie Miles in the general runoff election for Houston City Council At-large Position 1 on December 9, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Julian Ramirez (Nonpartisan) | 50.1 | 89,039 |
| Melanie Miles (Nonpartisan) | 49.9 | 88,776 | ||
| Total votes: 177,815 | |||
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General election
General election for Houston City Council At-large Position 1
The following candidates ran in the general election for Houston City Council At-large Position 1 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Julian Ramirez (Nonpartisan) | 24.9 | 50,629 |
| ✔ | Melanie Miles (Nonpartisan) | 24.9 | 50,592 | |
| Conchita Reyes (Nonpartisan) | 21.5 | 43,615 | ||
| Kendall Baker (Nonpartisan) | 13.6 | 27,714 | |
| Leah Wolfthal (Nonpartisan) | 9.4 | 19,045 | ||
| Eriq Glenn (Nonpartisan) | 5.6 | 11,472 | ||
| Total votes: 203,067 | |||
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Endorsements
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2021
See also: Houston Independent School District, Texas, elections (2021)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Houston Independent School District, District VI
Kendall Baker defeated incumbent Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca in the general runoff election for Houston Independent School District, District VI on December 11, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kendall Baker (Nonpartisan) | 50.7 | 2,700 |
 | Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca (Nonpartisan) | 49.3 | 2,625 | |
| Total votes: 5,325 | |||
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General election
General election for Houston Independent School District, District VI
Incumbent Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca and Kendall Baker advanced to a runoff. They defeated Gregory Degeyter in the general election for Houston Independent School District, District VI on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca (Nonpartisan) | 42.5 | 3,422 |
| ✔ | | Kendall Baker (Nonpartisan) | 40.1 | 3,229 |
 | Gregory Degeyter (Nonpartisan) | 17.4 | 1,405 | |
| Total votes: 8,056 | |||
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Endorsements
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2019
See also: Mayoral election in Houston, Texas (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of Houston
Incumbent Sylvester Turner defeated Tony Buzbee in the general runoff election for Mayor of Houston on December 14, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sylvester Turner (Nonpartisan) | 56.0 | 113,262 |
 | Tony Buzbee (Nonpartisan) | 44.0 | 88,844 | |
| Total votes: 202,106 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of Houston
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Houston on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sylvester Turner (Nonpartisan) | 46.4 | 111,789 |
| ✔ | | Tony Buzbee (Nonpartisan) | 28.8 | 69,361 |
 | Bill King (Nonpartisan) | 14.0 | 33,772 | |
 | Dwight Boykins (Nonpartisan) | 5.9 | 14,212 | |
| Victoria Romero (Nonpartisan) | 1.2 | 2,933 | ||
 | Sue Lovell (Nonpartisan) | 1.2 | 2,932 | |
 | Demetria Smith (Nonpartisan) | 0.7 | 1,694 | |
 | Roy Vasquez (Nonpartisan) | 0.6 | 1,556 | |
| Kendall Baker (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 982 | |
| Derrick Broze (Nonpartisan) | 0.3 | 686 | ||
 | Naoufal Houjami (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 560 | |
| Johnny Taylor (Nonpartisan) | 0.2 | 555 | ||
| Total votes: 241,032 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Texas House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 1, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was December 14, 2015.[4]
Incumbent Gene Wu defeated Kendall Baker and Dan Biggs in the Texas House of Representatives District 137 general election.[5]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 137 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Gene Wu Incumbent |
66.99% | 18,088 | |
| Republican | Kendall Baker | 30.29% | 8,178 | |
| Libertarian | Dan Biggs | 2.72% | 735 | |
| Total Votes | 27,001 | |||
| Source: Texas Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Gene Wu defeated Edward Pollard in the Texas House of Representatives District 137 Democratic Primary.[6][7]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 137 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Gene Wu Incumbent |
64.73% | 2,957 | |
| Democratic | Edward Pollard | 35.27% | 1,611 | |
| Total Votes | 4,568 | |||
Kendall Baker ran unopposed in the Texas House of Representatives District 137 Republican Primary.[6][7]
| Texas House of Representatives, District 137 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Kendall Baker (unopposed) | |
2015
- See also: Houston, Texas municipal elections, 2015
The city of Houston, Texas, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 24, 2015.[8] In the race for District F, incumbent Richard Nguyen and Steve Le advanced from the general election, defeating Kendall Baker. Le defeated Nguyen in the runoff election on December 12, 2015.[9][10]
Steve Le defeated incumbent Richard Nguyen in the runoff election.
| Houston City Council District F, Runoff election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Steve Le |
51.4% | 4,203 |
| Richard Nguyen Incumbent | 48.6% | 3,969 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes (100% of precincts reporting) | 8,172 | |
| Source: Harris County, Texas, "Runoff Election Results," December 12, 2015 | ||
| Houston City Council District F, General election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Steve Le |
40.4% | 4,322 |
| Richard Nguyen Incumbent |
34.1% | 3,650 |
| Kendall Baker | 25.5% | 2,734 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes (100% of precincts reporting) | 10,706 | |
| Source: Harris County Texas, "Official general election results," accessed November 16, 2015 | ||
Campaign themes
2025
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2023
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2021
Kendall Baker completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. 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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- Decrease HISD Taxes
- Expand Career and Technology Education
- Better Pay for Teachers
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2019
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the Fontaine Place subdivision in northeast Houston. After graduating from Forest Brook High School in 1983 he begin working for the city of Houston. He also simultaneously attended several local colleges and currently holds a Doctorate of Divinity degree from Kingdom Builders Bible Seminary and an honorary Ph. D in Pulpit Communications Covenant International University.
Dr. Baker retired from the City of Houston after 29 years of public service. His exiting position was a Division Manager for the Administration and Regulatory Affairs Department, Operations Division, 311 Help and Information Center. His responsibilities included supervising a staff that resolved 2 million inbound calls annually. Dr. Baker also worked in management capacities with other city departments including the Office of the Mayor, Public Works & Engineering Department and the 911 Emergency Network. Dr Baker believes that his almost three decades of daily involvement in the City's five billion dollar sturcture more than qualifies him to be Mayor of Houston. Among his many priorites, Dr. Baker plans to reduce flooding and crime, improve core city services and balance the budget. Dr. Baker, whose late father was also a pastor, simultaneously pursued the call to ministry while working for the city.
From 2012 to 2014, Pastor Baker served as the inaugural Chairman of the Houston Police and Clergy Alliance as well as current member of the Houston Ministers Against Crime for over 25 years. Dr. Baker is an associate pastor at Divine Heritage Christian Center in southwest
Houston. Dr. Baker is also a proud father of one daughter, Kennedi- Reduce the flooding by using all of the drainage fee for drainage only, make more green space available and more maintenance and repairs to existing storm infrastructure.
- Change city charter to allow city council members to add items to the agenda.
- Balance the budget and reduce unnecessary spending by implementing zero based budgeting and conducting internal and external audits.
Stewardship over City of Houston finances entrusted to us by commissioning a transparent 3rd party independent audit
Create an environment of innovation and through leadership by updating the Charter to allow Council Members to submit agenda items for review and debate
Address the City's congestion, public transport, and quality of roads and streets
Create a community atmosphere in a large metropolitan city by calling to action and joining our diverse peoples and cultures to help improve the lives of the less fortunate and unify the City.
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Campaign website
Baker's campaign website stated the following:
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My Fellow Houstonians: I need you all to know that as for me, the task of leading the City of Houston is easy. I’ve been managing the City since I was a teenager. However, as Mayor, having such experience gives me more time and authority to focus on the specific needs of the City to include:
As a Forest Brook Senior High School graduate raised in Houston’s Fountaine subdivision, a conservative, a pastor, father and businessman, it is a great honor and privilege to continue to serve the City of my origin; the same in which I served as a faithful employee for nearly three decades. I often laugh as I tell people that “I grew up at the City.” I love the Lord, I love people and I love to serve people. I was born to be a public servant. Hence, the Lord has called me back to be the leader of the greatest and most diverse city on the planet; Houston, Texas. I’m ready to make a Real Greater Houston. Thank you in advance for the opportunity to serve as your next Mayor. [11] |
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| —Kendall Baker’s campaign website (2019)[12] | ||
2016
Baker's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[13]
| “ | Let us work together to revitalize District 137.
I promise to work tirelessly to:
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2015
Baker's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]
Public safety
- Excerpt: "My first task is to make sure our police department has adequate resources and personnel to provide better security in District F. Public safety overall includes improving the infrastructure by making sure roads are safe, by addressing our enormous pothole problem and broken streets. District F streets are broken in part by the underlying deteriorating water and sewer lines."
LGBT equality and religious freedom
- Excerpt: "Our current Mayor, Annise Parker, is calling for Equal Rights which are in fact particularly and especially designed, aimed, and intended for the LGBT community who wants to implement policy that will threaten religious freedom and those who stand for the protection of women and children. This ordinance gives men access to women’s restrooms and other public accommodations. As your Councilman I’m against this type of ordinance and I will protect religious freedom, family values, women, children and citizens in general."
Fiscal accountability
- Excerpt: "[O]ur city must keep a disciplined fiscal accountability, bringing all debt under control, including the infamous pension fund; controlling unnecessary spending, and ceasing the present Administration’s “kick the debt down the road” mentality. This includes revisiting how we allocate funding to districts based on the actual prioritized needs of districts, not “under the table bargaining” to get a favor from the Mayor. This is why I will also support a Charter change that will allow council members to place items on the agenda, not just the mayor only. In addition, I will address other divisive issues including but not limited to the drainage fee and the feeding ordinance."
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kendall Baker campaign website, accessed September 11, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information submitted on Ballotpedia’s biographical information submission form on October 23, 2019
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 4, 2021
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "Important 2016 Election Dates," accessed December 14, 2015
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed December 2, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Texas Secretary of State, "2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Texas Secretary of State, "1992 - Current Election History results," accessed August 22, 2016
- ↑ Harris County, "Important 2015 Election Dates," accessed January 12, 2015
- ↑ City of Houston website, "November 3, 2015 General Election Candidates," accessed August 27, 2015
- ↑ Harris County Texas, "Unofficial general election results," accessed November 3, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Kendall Baker's campaign website, “Platform,” accessed October 10, 2019
- ↑ Baker for Texas, "Issues," accessed October 24, 2016
