Baker is a graduate and former dean of students at Ozark Bible Institute, and a former mayor and councilmember in Neosho, Missouri.
He was first elected to the Missouri House in 2018, where he sits on committees for administrative rules, elementary and secondary education, downsizing state government and economic development.
[2] On May 23, 2024, Baker's daughter Natalie and son-in-law Davy were killed in a gang attack in Haiti, where they had been working as missionaries.
Petland, one of the businesses involved in the bill who also lobbies in Missouri legislature, has been linked to bacterial infection outbreaks and other concerns.
[12] The opposition for his bill to override restrictions on concealed carry in places of worship included CVPA students who had recently survived a school shooting.