Gilbert Baker, Former Arkansas GOP Chair, Announces Senate Bid

Gilbert Baker, Former Arkansas GOP Chair, Announces Senate Bid

The former chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party said Tuesday he's planning to challenge incumbent Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln.

"I have decided that during this important time in our nation's history, one should not be a political spectator," Arkansas State Sen. Gilbert Baker said in a statement announcing his primary bid for the 2010 nomination, pledging to help provide "checks and balances on the policies being pushed by President Obama and the D.C. leadership."

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