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Gilbert R. Baker (born September 5, 1956) is a Republican former member of the Arkansas State Senate from District 30. In 2010, Baker was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate seat formerly held by the Democrat Blanche Lincoln. He served in the Senate from 2001 to 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Senator Gilbert Baker'' )〕 A native of Monahans in West Texas, Baker holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana and a master's degree from the University of Arizona at Tucson, Arizona. ==Candidacy for United States Senate== In September 2009, Baker announced his intentions to run for the U.S. Senate. He joined a crowded GOP field, including his senatorial colleague Kim Hendren, to challenge Lincoln. Polls showed discontent with Lincoln's Senate performance and voting record. A poll taken November 5, 2009, showed Lincoln with a 43 percent job-approval rating, nearly 9 points down from her 2008 approval rating. After announcing for the U.S. Senate, Baker was endorsed by twenty-three members of the State House and Senate.〔 〕 Baker won a December 5, 2009, straw poll in Hot Springs, measuring 35 percent of the vote in a field of seven.〔(Arkansas Times ) Gilbert Baker Wins GOP Straw Poll〕 He was considered to have been the front-runner until U.S. Representative John Boozman entered the race and won the nomination and subsequently the general election, Baker finished in third in the primary behind Boozman and former State Senator Jim Holt, a Baptist minister from Springdale. 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「Gilbert Baker (Arkansas politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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