Baker was born on November 13, 1956, in Elmira, New York. Of Englishancestry, his family has been in what is now the northeastern United States since the Colonial era. He is the fourth generation in the family to bear the

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In the late 1980s, Baker was hired as codirector of the newly founded Pioneer Institute, a Boston-based libertarian think tank.

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In September 1998, Baker left state government and became CEO of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a New England–based physicians' group. In May 1999, he was named president and CEO of Harvard Vanguard's parent company, Harvard Pilgrim Health

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2010
In 2009 Baker was again rumored to be a contender for the Massachusetts gubernatorial election. Former Governor Weldstrongly

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Baker was inaugurated on January 8, 2015, as the 72nd governor of Massachusetts at the Massachusetts State Housein Boston. Baker was inaugurated for his second term on January 3, 2019.

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Baker married Lauren Cardy Schadt, another Kellogg alumnus, in 1987. Schadt had been working as an assistant account executive at a New York

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Baker ran for the board of selectmen of Swampscott, Massachusetts, in 2004, and won by a "landslide." While on the board, he was noted for a

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