Political Campaigns
Baird challenged Republican incumbent Linda Smith in 1996 and lost by only 113 votes. Smith gave up the seat to make an unsuccessful bid for the United States Senate in 1998. Baird jumped into the race and defeated State Senator Don Benton with 54.7 percent of the vote. He never faced another race even that close, and was re-elected five times.
On December 9, 2009, Baird announced he would not run for re-election in 2010.
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