Mark Baker (Georgia)

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Mark Baker

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May 21, 2024

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Clark Atlanta University

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Mark Baker (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 13th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 21, 2024.

Biography

Mark Baker earned a degree from Dillard University and a doctorate from Clark Atlanta University. Baker's career experience includes working as an independent educational consultant, a professor with Clark Atlanta University, and a community relations officer with Clark Atlanta’s Department of Public Safety. He founded the HBCU Student Government Alliance.

Elections

2024

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

Georgia's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)

Georgia's 13th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 13

Incumbent David Scott defeated Jonathan Chavez in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 13 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Scott (D)	71.8	256,902
		Jonathan Chavez (R)	28.2	100,730

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 357,632
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 13

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 13 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Scott	57.6	37,135
		Mark Baker	11.6	7,480
		Marcus Flowers	10.0	6,439
		Karen Rene	9.1	5,859
		Brian Johnson	5.0	3,201
		Rashid Malik	4.8	3,073
		Uloma Ekpete Kama	2.0	1,274

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,461
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Octavia Coleman (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 13

Jonathan Chavez defeated Johsie Cruz Fletcher in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 13 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jonathan Chavez	68.8	10,344
		Johsie Cruz Fletcher	31.2	4,699

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,043
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2023

See also: Georgia state legislative special elections, 2023

General runoff election

Special general runoff election for Georgia House of Representatives District 68

Derrick Jackson defeated Mark Baker in the special general runoff election for Georgia House of Representatives District 68 on June 13, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Derrick Jackson (D)	50.4	918
		Mark Baker (D)	49.6	903

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,821
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General election

Special general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 68

Mark Baker and Derrick Jackson advanced to a runoff. They defeated Taiwo Idowu, Jane Williams, and John Culbreth in the special general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 68 on May 16, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Baker (D)	33.1	645
✔		Derrick Jackson (D)	32.3	628
		Taiwo Idowu (D)	17.6	342
		Jane Williams (D)	13.5	262
	Submit photo	John Culbreth (D)	3.6	70

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,947
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Georgia's 13th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 13

Incumbent David Scott defeated Caesar Gonzales in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 13 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Scott (D)	81.8	216,388
		Caesar Gonzales (R)	18.2	48,228

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 264,616
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 13

Incumbent David Scott defeated Mark Baker, Shastity Driscoll, and Vincent Fort in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 13 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Scott	65.7	60,544
		Mark Baker	12.6	11,581
		Shastity Driscoll	11.8	10,906
		Vincent Fort	9.9	9,108

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 92,139
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Antonio Gray (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 13

Caesar Gonzales defeated Calina Plotky and Dominika Hawkins in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 13 on May 24, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Caesar Gonzales	57.2	12,659
		Calina Plotky	22.7	5,022
		Dominika Hawkins	20.1	4,450

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,131
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Campaign themes

2024

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2023

Mark Baker did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.

2022

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Mark Baker completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. 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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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Dr. Mark Baker, also known as the ‘Progressive Councilman for the Culture’, embodies the definition of socially interchangeable. Since it’s inception, he has served the City of South Fulton as the District 7 Councilman, Mayor Pro Tem, and South Fulton’s Development Authority (Envision South Fulton) Chair, twice elected in all of these positions! Not only is Dr. Baker a retired Fulton County Schools Resource Officer and certified instructor of Law Enforcement Officer’s response to Weapons of Mass Destruction by FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security, but he is also a former Professor Current Issues in African American Studies and Introduction to Women’s Studies at Clark Atlanta University, as well as graduate of the University’s doctoral program, receiving this esteemed degree in May of 2021. In his tenure, Councilman Baker has not only been an active staple within the South Fulton Community, from hand delivering n95 masks to seniors and bringing 50,000 lbs of free food per month, he’s also authored the most progressive legislation- from ending no knock warrants, to a $15-dollar minimum wage, to decriminalizing marijuana, to the state’s first reparations legislation. As Chairman of the Envision South Fulton (the City’s development authority), he’s even brought a 1.5 billion development project, the largest in the South Metro Area- committing 10,000 jobs to the area!

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• My name is Dr. Mark Baker, and I’m running for Congress because it’s time to turn our moments, into a movement for substantive change.
• My movement would be one that endeavors to change our narrative, and the narrative that I’m speaking of are the points of contention, those being economic castration, health disparities, and joblessness, that plague communities of color, and the communities of the underrepresented.
• This movement will also be an offshoot of my agenda during my successive terms as Councilman, which would address the other societal ills inflicted upon the marginalized and underrepresented. To name a few- mass incarceration, income inequality, the miseducation of our youth, and gentrification. Under my administration these types of issues will be addressed with the same type of hands on, progressive, and aggressive legislation I’ve authored with the City of South Fulton. The type of Legislation that frankly speaking, our congressional cohorts have shied away from.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

As someone who is of the culture, I understand that although our people have become more astute with our local politics, we have largely lost faith in the federal government’s ability to affect substantive change. I want to restore our faith, by being unafraid to bring our black agenda to forefront of government and find practical solutions through progressive legislation. I am unafraid, for example, to talk about the necessity of the Crown Act, protecting (the naturalness of our hair from job discrimination), (or the necessity of reparations, or even 5G tower regulations.) I am unafraid to talk about, and subsequently use, the findings of the Kerner report to find practical legislative solutions to the societal ills of the underrepresented, and the marginalized.

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Campaign website

Baker's campaign website stated the following:

“	6 Points of Progressivism. Mark Baker’s plan for policy through progress and empowerment. A Formal acknowledgement of the 1968 Kerner Report. Economic Growth and Development Health and Quality of life amplification through “Quarterly” Job and Health Fairs Civic engagement, Human rights, and Racial Justice Reform Education and Youth assistance through targeted programming and partnering with 501c3 organizations. Modernizing and Modifying our approach to prisons and police reform	”
—Mark Baker's campaign website (2022)

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Georgia's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jon Ossoff (D)

Raphael Warnock (D)

Representatives

District 1

Earl Carter (R)

District 2

Sanford Bishop (D)

District 3

Brian Jack (R)

District 4

Hank Johnson (D)

District 5

Nikema Williams (D)

District 6

Lucy McBath (D)

District 7

Rich McCormick (R)

District 8

Austin Scott (R)

District 9

Andrew Clyde (R)

District 10

Mike Collins (R)

District 11

Barry Loudermilk (R)

District 12

Rick Allen (R)

District 13

David Scott (D)

District 14

Marjorie Greene (R)

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Democratic Party (7)