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Baxter's business career started after he graduated in 1997 from
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For his next re-election, Baxter won the primary with over 65% of the vote but went on to lose his re-election bid in the general. Both parties combined spent almost 1.5 million dollars in this race that year.
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Representative. He defeated two other Republicans in the primary. Baxter won a very tight general election, winning by 358 votes out of a total of 37,714.
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congregation where he has taught a Bible class and has served as their
Treasurer since 2005. He has also been a guest preacher at his and other churches. Rick Baxter is a graduate of
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as the keynote speaker for the party's major fundraiser of the year, the
Lincoln Day Dinner, an event that raised over $ 20,000, well over double what any preceding event had raised.
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to rejoin the family business as their Business Development Director. In this position he handled Baxter Machine's business development, sales, and customer relations.
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