Rhonda Baker

Rhonda Baker
Rhonda Baker
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives; from the 60th district
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; November 16, 2016
Preceded by	Dan Fisher
Personal details
Born	September 17, 1968 (age 55); Yukon, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Les
Children	3

Rhonda Baker (born September 17, 1968) is an American politician who has served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from the 60th district since 2016.^[3]^[4]

Political career

In 2016, District 60 incumbent Dan Fisher chose not to seek re-election. Baker ran for the seat, won a plurality of votes in a three-way Republican primary, went on to win the primary runoff, and defeated Democrat Dennis Purifoy in the general election. Baker ran for re-election in 2018; she defeated primary challenger Jacqueline Smith, and was unopposed in the general election. In 2020, she was re-elected by default.^[5] In 2023, Baker, along with Adam Pugh was in attendance during the signing ceremony of Governor Kevin Stitt's anti-diversity, equity and inclusion executive order.^[6]

Electoral record

2016 Republican primary: Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 60^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Rhonda Baker	1,285	47.61%
Republican	Chad Slane	1,035	38.35%
Republican	Patrick Case	379	14.04%

2016 Republican primary runoff: Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 60^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rhonda Baker	909	55.63%
	Republican	Chad Slane	725	44.37%

2016 general election: Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 60^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rhonda Baker	9,386	67.42%
	Democratic	Dennis Purifoy	4,535	32.58%

2018 Republican primary: Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 60^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rhonda Baker	3,161	62.1%
	Republican	Jacqueline Smith	1,926	37.9%

Baker was unopposed in the 2018 general election.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Rhonda Baker". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Rhonda Baker's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ Ray Dyer (2016-11-12). "Margin of victory wide in local races". Elrenotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
^ "Representative Rhonda Baker". Okhouse.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
^ Savage, Tres (2020). "More than 40 Oklahoma legislators re-elected by default". NonDoc.
^ Greco, Jonathan (2023-12-12). "Gov. Kevin Stitt to sign executive order taking aim at DEI". KOCO. Retrieved 2023-12-18.

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[ballotpedia-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Rhonda Baker". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[votesmart-2] "Rhonda Baker's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[3] Ray Dyer (2016-11-12). "Margin of victory wide in local races". Elrenotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-01-27.

[4] "Representative Rhonda Baker". Okhouse.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-27.

[5] Savage, Tres (2020). "More than 40 Oklahoma legislators re-elected by default". NonDoc.

[6] Greco, Jonathan (2023-12-12). "Gov. Kevin Stitt to sign executive order taking aim at DEI". KOCO. Retrieved 2023-12-18.

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