MARTIN BAKER U.S. CONGRESS
About Martin
Biography
Martin D. Baker was born and raised in Southeast Missouri, where he attended Sikeston public schools and graduated from Sikeston High School. Growing up with family in both Sikeston and Saint Louis fostered a love for the First District area. Today, Saint Louis is home for Martin, a home he is working to make a better place for all, both ourselves and our children.
Martin started on his political path during his studies at the University of Missouri at Columbia where he studied both Political Science and Criminal Justice with a minor in American History. It was at this young age when Martin began to volunteer for numerous political campaigns, as well as serving as a Student Senator.
After college, Martin continued to walk the political path by volunteering as a consultant and recruiter for campaigns on both the national and state level. In 2007, Martin was selected as the Missouri delegate for the National Black Republican Association, where he focused on education of conservative issues. Driven to make home a better place, Martin co-founded both Move-On-Up.org, a African American conservative organization and Cornerstone Conservative Coalition (C3), a conservative educational network.
Motivated by a deep sense of pride and love of Missouri, Martin is asking for the chance to strengthen the First Congressional District. Martin's family is deeply rooted in Missouri and he believes in and works hard to protect those time honored principles and traditions found here in Missouri. Martin is eager to bring traditional values to light in the First Congressional District and across our great country.
Why Elect Martin Baker
Understanding the needs of the people should be the most important motivating factor in legislating. Trustworthy leaders do not focus on being in charge nor will they pursue additional power by manipulating their position or political status. Reliable representation is found in devoted leaders who protect the liberties and needs of their constituents at all times through an unwavering commitment to choose the difficult right over the easy wrong. Doing so takes additional preparation, teamwork and diligence that often times requires one to fight influential party leaders and big money influences like lobbies and political action committees.
Needed Principles
- Accountability of action and majority oriented legislation
- End the era of “political correctness” which has caused politicians to tell half truths instead of truly addressing the proper way to correct shortfalls.
- Stop the practice of promising during the campaign to come to the middle and then, after election, legislating from the extreme right or left.
- Open channels of communication between the political parties to work together on common goals first and deliberate on differences later.
- Staying familiar with the needs of the people that currently are not being addressed by either our party leaders or even the entertainment based media.
- End all misuse of Government funds through Pork and Jaded Earmarking. Require legislation to be available for review and require Representatives to read and comprehend legislation before they vote.
- Reform standards for reconciling legislation prior to Executive Review.
- Abandon the cycle of lifetime entitlements, which should serve as a hand up and not a hand out which negates the need for self-motivation and determination to reach for a higher standard of living.
