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{{Officeholder
|name=Charlie Baker
|image= File:Charlie Baker official photo (cropped).jpg
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Lauren Cardy Schadt (m. 1987)
|religion=Unknown
|offices=
{{Officeholder/governor
|state=Massachusetts
|terms=January 8, 2015 – January 5, 2023
|preceded=[[Deval Patrick]]
|succeeded=[[Maura Healy|Maura Healey]]
}}
}}
'''Charles Duane "Charlie" Baker, Jr.''' is an American politician and businessman who is the current governor of [[Massachusetts]]. A member of previous governor's administrations in Massachusetts, Baker was the CEO of Harvard Pilgrim, a healthcare company, where he was widely acclaimed as having turned the company around. In 2010, he ran for governor against [[Deval Patrick]] and lost. He tried again in 2014. Baker ran on a campaign platform of fiscal conservatism, low taxes, smaller government, and education reform as well as being moderate to liberal on social issues. He ran against [[Martha Coakley]] and won. The victory was considered a surprise as Massachusetts is a blue state. Baker has been very popular since taking office.
'''Charles Duane "Charlie" Baker, Jr.''' is an American politician and businessman who is the current governor of [[Massachusetts]]. A member of previous governor's administrations in Massachusetts, Baker was the CEO of Harvard Pilgrim, a healthcare company, where he was widely acclaimed as having turned the company around. In 2010, he ran for governor against [[Deval Patrick]] and lost. He tried again in 2014. Baker ran on a campaign platform of fiscal conservatism, low taxes, smaller government, and education reform as well as being moderate to liberal on social issues. He ran against [[Martha Coakley]] and won. The victory was considered a surprise as Massachusetts is a blue state. Baker has been very popular since taking office.