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In August 1972, five months after he lost the state Senate race, Baker ran unsuccessfully in the nonpartisan race for delegate to the state constitutional convention, which met in [[Baton Rouge]] in 1973. It adopted a new constitution, which voters approved in a [[special election]] held in the spring of 1974.​

In August 1972, five months after he lost the state Senate race, Baker ran unsuccessfully in the nonpartisan race for delegate to the state constitutional convention, which met in [[Baton Rouge]] in 1973. It adopted a new constitution, which voters approved in a [[special election]] held in the spring of 1974.​

Baker filed for delegate in the state legislative district for Franklin and Tensas parishes. He was defeated by Democratic state Representative Lantz Womack (1914-1998) 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), the stepfather of state Republican pioneer [[Robert Max Ross]]. Clingan was 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), the stepfather of state Republican pioneer [[Robert Max Ross]]. Clingan was 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==