Lisa Baker (Pennsylvania)

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Lisa Baker
Image of Lisa Baker
Pennsylvania State Senate District 20
Tenure

2006 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

18

Compensation

Base salary

$106,422.33/year

Per diem

$185/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Shippensburg University, 1983

Contact

Lisa Baker (Republican Party) is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing District 20. She assumed office on December 1, 2006. Her current term ends on November 30, 2026.

Baker (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Pennsylvania State Senate to represent District 20. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Baker earned her bachelor's degree in government administration from Shippensburg University in 1983. Her professional experience includes serving as the deputy chief of staff for former Republican Governors Mark Schweiker and Tom Ridge, as chief of staff to State Senator Charles Lemmond, and as a research analyst to State Senator Robert C. Jubelirer.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Baker was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Baker was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Baker was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Pennsylvania committee assignments, 2017
Aging & Youth
Appropriations
Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure
Health & Human Services, Chair
Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Baker served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Baker served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Baker served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Baker served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 20

Incumbent Lisa Baker defeated Jackie Baker and Nathan Turock in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 20 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lisa Baker
Lisa Baker (R)
 
67.7
 
76,446
Image of Jackie Baker
Jackie Baker (D)
 
32.2
 
36,419
Nathan Turock (R) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
0
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
135

Total votes: 113,000
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 20

Jackie Baker advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 20 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jackie Baker
Jackie Baker
 
98.8
 
18,600
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.2
 
225

Total votes: 18,825
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 20

Incumbent Lisa Baker defeated Nathan Turock in the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 20 on May 17, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lisa Baker
Lisa Baker
 
98.9
 
33,153
Nathan Turock (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
0
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
376

Total votes: 33,529
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 20

Incumbent Lisa Baker defeated John Sweeney in the general election for Pennsylvania State Senate District 20 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lisa Baker
Lisa Baker (R)
 
82.3
 
67,350
John Sweeney (G)
 
17.7
 
14,467

Total votes: 81,817
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 20

Incumbent Lisa Baker advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania State Senate District 20 on May 15, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lisa Baker
Lisa Baker
 
100.0
 
17,641

Total votes: 17,641
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2014

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Pennsylvania State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in that election was March 11, 2014. Incumbent Lisa Baker was unopposed in the Republican primary. Green Party candidate John J. Sweeney was removed from the ballot before the general election after Baker's campaign challenged his petition signatures and a judge ruled in favor of the challenge. Baker was unchallenged in the general election.[1][2][3]

2010

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2010

Baker won re-election to District 20. She was unopposed in the May 18 Republican primary and faced no opposition in the November 2 general election.[4]

Pennsylvania State Senate District 20
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Lisa Baker (R) 63,010

2006

See also: Pennsylvania State Senate elections, 2006

On November 7, 2006, Baker was elected to Pennsylvania State Senate District 20. She defeated Robert McNamara (D) in the general election.[5]

Baker raised $664,061 for this campaign.[6]

Pennsylvania State Senate District 20
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png BAKER, LISA (R) 46,943
MCNAMARA, ROBERT G. (D) 32,148

Campaign themes

2022

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2014

Baker's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[7]

  • Excerpt: "I support an amendment to the state Constitution reducing the number of Senators and Representatives. That will save money and potentially increase efficiency."
  • Excerpt: "We can realize substantial economic and environmental improvements by replenishing funding for the H2O program, which provided grants to help with critically-needed water, sewer, and stormwater projects."
  • Excerpt: "I believe the state Senate should have an up-or-down vote on a property tax elimination plan."
  • Excerpt: "The open records reform I supported several years ago was the best reform approved in a generation. There have since been administrative rulings, court decisions, and situations such as the Sandusky scandal that warrant changes to ensure we continue to have a strong public interest law."
  • Excerpt: "The charter school law must be rewritten to put stronger ethical and accountability standards in place and to prevent local school districts from being saddled with excessive costs."

Campaign finance summary


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Lisa Baker campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Pennsylvania State Senate District 20Won general$669,220 $628,673
2018Pennsylvania State Senate District 20Won general$556,516 N/A**
2014Pennsylvania State Senate, District 20Won $375,002 N/A**
2010Pennsylvania State Senate, District 20Won $170,659 N/A**
2006Pennsylvania State Senate, District 20Won $664,061 N/A**
Grand total$2,435,459 $628,673
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2011

Personal

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Lisa is married to Gary Baker. They have one child and reside in Dallas, Pennsylvania.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Pennsylvania State Senate District 20
2006-Present
Succeeded by
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