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Baker also supported [[school prayer]].<ref name=history.house.gov/> After potential Republican opponents in the primary chose not to run, she faced Democrat Willard Yarbrough (no relation to the [[Ralph Yarborough|Texas senator]]), the ''Knoxville News-Sentinel'' assistant city editor,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/01/archives/editor-is-seeking-tennessee-seat-in-contest-with-the-widow-of.html EDITOR IS SEEKING TENNESSEE SEAT; In Contest With the Widow of Representative Baker]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 29, 2021.</ref> in the general election.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/08/archives/tennessee-area-to-vote-tuesday-rep-bakers-widow-running-for-house.html TENNESSEE AREA TO VOTE TUESDAY; Rep. Baker's Widow Running for House in 2d District]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 29, 2021.</ref> Baker easily won the general election in the traditional Republican stronghold, defeating Yarbrough by twelve points.<ref name=history.house.gov/><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=423658 TN District 2 - Special Election Race - Mar 10, 1964]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 29, 2021.</ref>
Baker also supported [[school prayer]].<ref name=history.house.gov/> After potential Republican opponents in the primary chose not to run, she faced Democrat Willard Yarbrough (no relation to the [[Ralph Yarborough|Texas senator]]), the ''Knoxville News-Sentinel'' assistant city editor,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/01/archives/editor-is-seeking-tennessee-seat-in-contest-with-the-widow-of.html EDITOR IS SEEKING TENNESSEE SEAT; In Contest With the Widow of Representative Baker]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 29, 2021.</ref> in the general election.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/08/archives/tennessee-area-to-vote-tuesday-rep-bakers-widow-running-for-house.html TENNESSEE AREA TO VOTE TUESDAY; Rep. Baker's Widow Running for House in 2d District]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 29, 2021.</ref> Baker easily won the general election in the traditional Republican stronghold, defeating Yarbrough by twelve points.<ref name=history.house.gov/><ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=423658 TN District 2 - Special Election Race - Mar 10, 1964]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 29, 2021.</ref>
In the House, Baker advocated for [[fiscal conservatism]] and opposed the spending programs initiated by President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref name=history.house.gov/> She sought to help coal miners in her district and supported the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]], a [[New Deal]] agency established under [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. An advocate of increasing cost-of-living for recipients of [[Social Security]], which she thought was compromised by the risks of inflation, Baker stated on the House floor:
{{cquote|I feel that we owe it to Social Security beneficiaries to increase their benefits. [The economy] is not their fault.}}
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