district residence website state_senate succeeded children religion birth_place party preceded birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
30th conway , faulkner county arkansas -lsb- http://www.senatorgilbertbaker.com baker for senate -rsb- arkansas jason rapert stephen anna luke nathaniel philip mark joshua michael baker nondenominational christian monahans , ward county texas , usa arkansas republican stanley russ 05 september 1956 january 8 , 2001 susan baker gilbert baker -lrb- arkansas politician -rrb-
 january 6 , 2013 gilbert r. baker teacher/administrator/advisor , university of central arkansas louisiana tech university university of arizona
gilbert baker -lrb- arkansas politician -rrb-

gilbert r. baker -lrb- born september 5 , 1956 -rrb- is a republican former member of the arkansas state senate from district 30 .
in 2010 , baker was an unsuccessful candidate for the united states senate seat formerly held by the democrat blanche lincoln .
he served in the senate from 2001 to 2013 .
a native of monahans in west texas , baker holds a bachelor of fine arts from louisiana tech university in ruston , louisiana and a master 's degree from the university of arizona at tucson , arizona .
