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Carey Baker is a gun shop owner, active First Sergeant in the Florida Army National Guard, and former Republican State Senator from Florida. He served as a State Senator from the 20th Senate District starting in 2004. Before serving as Florida State Senator, Baker served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2000 to 2004. In November 2008, Senator Baker announced his candidacy to be Florida’s next Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services but later dropped out of the race. In 2012, he was elected to the position of Property Appraiser for Lake County, Florida. ==Early life== Carey Baker was born in Eustis, Florida. He graduated from Tavares High School in Lake County. After high school, he attended Lake–Sumter State College. When Baker was 18 years old, he joined the family business, the A.W. Peterson Gun Shop. The A.W. Peterson Gun Shop is the oldest gun shop in the United States, and has been owned and operated by the Baker family for over 50 years. In addition to joining the family business at 18, Baker also joined the Army National Guard. He is still an active member, having served over 28 years and having attained the rank of First Sergeant. In 2003, while a Member of the Florida House of Representatives, Baker was deployed to combat missions in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was the first state or federal elected official to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom while in office. His colleagues tied a yellow ribbon around Baker’s chair which remained in place until his safe return. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carey Baker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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