Ballotpedia: Mark Baker (Georgia)

Mark earned a degree from Dillard University and a doctorate from Clark Atlanta University. 

Mark is a retired Fulton County schools resource officer, as well as an instructor of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s first responders' weapons of mass destruction training. He's also worked as a professor with Clark Atlanta University, and a community relations officer with Clark Atlanta's Department of Public Safety.

Mark Baker was one of the first city councilors elected in the city of South Fulton when it was newly formed in 2017. 

Worked to set a $15 minimum wage for employees in South Fulton during his time as a city councilor.

Sponsored legislation that helped create the Development Authority in South Fulton.

Believes that small businesses should be a greater part of the U.S. economy, and looks to eliminate the structural barriers standing in the way of making that happen.

Prioritizes aiding small businesses through counseling, legislation and protection, and directing "development dollars" back to communities in the district.

- Worked to set a $15 minimum wage for employees in South Fulton during his time as a city councilor.
- Sponsored legislation that helped create the Development Authority in South Fulton.
- Believes that small businesses should be a greater part of the U.S. economy, and looks to eliminate the structural barriers standing in the way of making that happen.
- Prioritizes aiding small businesses through counseling, legislation and protection, and directing "development dollars" back to communities in the district.

Economy

As of March 19, 2024, Mark Baker’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Advocates for "codifying reproductive rights into law."

Said: "An out-of-control Supreme Court and radical anti-abortion laws passed by Republicans have destroyed normal standards of medical care expected by women during pregnancy."

Opposes the privatization of Medicare, believing that it would increase healthcare costs and increase wrongful insurance denials of necessary care.

Promises to expand services offered to include dental, vision and hearing benefits.

- Advocates for "codifying reproductive rights into law."
- Said: "An out-of-control Supreme Court and radical anti-abortion laws passed by Republicans have destroyed normal standards of medical care expected by women during pregnancy."
- Opposes the privatization of Medicare, believing that it would increase healthcare costs and increase wrongful insurance denials of necessary care.
- Promises to expand services offered to include dental, vision and hearing benefits.

Healthcare

Said: "I will make sure voting rights are not put on the backburner."

Supports the passing of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which strengthens protections against discriminatory voting, building off the Voting Rights Act of 1965; and the Freedom to Vote Act, which counters partisan gerrymandering, election denial, and reduces corporate involvement in politics.

- Said: "I will make sure voting rights are not put on the backburner."
- Supports the passing of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which strengthens protections against discriminatory voting, building off the Voting Rights Act of 1965; and the Freedom to Vote Act, which counters partisan gerrymandering, election denial, and reduces corporate involvement in politics.

Voting & Elections

Has worked to decriminalize marijuana and reduce it to a civil violation.

Introduced the "Breonna Taylor law" in South Fulton, which outlawed "no knock" warrants within South Fulton.

Introduced the "Eight that Can't Wait resolution", outlawing eight policing techniques that utilize "excessive force."

- Has worked to decriminalize marijuana and reduce it to a civil violation.
- Introduced the "Breonna Taylor law" in South Fulton, which outlawed "no knock" warrants within South Fulton.
- Introduced the "Eight that Can't Wait resolution", outlawing eight policing techniques that utilize "excessive force."

Public Safety

Education

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Instagram

Facebook

Mark Baker

As of April 3, 2024, Mark Baker’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- Your US Representative represents the interests of your district in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. Georgia currently has 14 US Representatives.
- US Representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become national law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain policy areas, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the Speaker of the House or Majority/Minority Leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a legal resident of Georgia and a US citizen for at least seven years before their election. US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.