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Baker filed for delegate in the state legislative district for Franklin and Tensas parishes. He was defeated by Democratic state Representative Lantz Womack of Winnsboro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 |publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=March 22, 2019}}</ref> As a young man, Womack had played [[baseball]] for the former Winnsboro Red Sox at a time when many small towns had their own teams. Baker's father organized two Winnsboro teams, one for whites and the other for [[African-American]] players. Womack, a businessman and farmer, was first elected to the House seat from Franklin Parish in a [[special election]] in 1958, and he held the seat until 1976. In his last reelection on February 1, 1972, Womack polled 67 percent of the vote against the Republican nominee, Terry Clingan (1918–2007), a barber from Mangham in Richland Parish and later from Baskin, a village in Franklin Parish. Coincidentally, Womack was once a bookkeeper for the Bakers.
Baker filed for delegate in the state legislative district for Franklin and Tensas parishes. He was defeated by Democratic state Representative Lantz Womack of Winnsboro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 |publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=March 22, 2019}}</ref> As a young man, Womack had played [[baseball]] for the former Winnsboro Red Sox at a time when many small towns had their own teams. Baker's father organized two Winnsboro teams, one for whites and the other for [[African-American]] players. Womack, a businessman and farmer, was first elected to the House seat from Franklin Parish in a [[special election]] in 1958, and he held the seat until 1976. In his last reelection on February 1, 1972, Womack polled 67 percent of the vote against the Republican nominee, Terry Clingan (1918–2007), a barber from Mangham in Richland Parish and later from Baskin, a village in Franklin Parish. Coincidentally, Womack was once a bookkeeper for the Bakers.
==Challenging Jerry Fowler==
==Challenging Jerry Fowler==
In 1979, Baker announced that he would challenge the Democrat Jerry Fowler] then a [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] businessman, in the race for elections commissioner. Fowler (1940-2009) was seeking to succeed his ailing father, Douglas Fowle (1906-1980), the former Red River Parish clerk of court and one-time [[mayor]] of Coushatta. Fowler had been appointed to the post by [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], after Long had quarreled with Secretary of State Wade O. Martin, Jr., by procuring legislative consent to remove the elections office from the domain of the secretary of state. Douglas Fowler was then elected to his first full term in 1960 and then reelected with minimal opposition in 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976. (The primaries for the three latter elections were actually held late in 1967, 1971, and 1975.) To Louisiana voters, the name "Fowler" became synonymous with the management of elections – the two won a total of ten consecutive elections.
In 1979, Baker announced that he would challenge the Democrat Jerry Fowler] then a [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]] businessman, in the race for elections commissioner. Fowler (1940-2009) was seeking to succeed his ailing father, Douglas Fowle (1906-1980), the former Red River Parish clerk of court and one-time [[mayor]] of Coushatta. Fowler had been appointed to the post by [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], after Long had quarreled with Secretary of State Wade O. Martin, Jr., by procuring legislative consent to remove the elections office from the domain of the secretary of state. Douglas Fowler was then elected to his first full term in 1960 and then reelected with minimal opposition in 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976. (The primaries for the three latter elections were actually held late in 1967, 1971, and 1975.) To Louisiana voters, the name "Fowler" became synonymous with the management of elections – the two won a total of ten consecutive elections.