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The Issues

America First.
Florida Strong.

Carey Baker is running for Congress to fight for secure borders, lower taxes, energy independence, constitutional freedom, public safety, and a government that puts American citizens first. His platform is rooted in President Trump's America First agenda and Carey's own record as a veteran, conservative reformer, small businessman, taxpayer watchdog, and proven public servant.

Issue 01

Secure the Border

As a veteran and retired Army First Sergeant, Carey Baker understands that a nation must defend its borders. America cannot remain free, safe, or sovereign while Washington allows illegal immigration, cartels, fentanyl traffickers, and criminal gangs to exploit weak leadership and open-border policies. Carey supports President Trump's America First border security agenda and will fight to secure the border, restore law and order, and put American citizens first.

  • Finish the wall and secure every mile of the southern border.
  • Support Border Patrol and ICE.
  • End catch-and-release.
  • Stop taxpayer benefits for illegal immigrants.
  • Crack down on fentanyl traffickers, cartels, and criminal gangs.
  • Put American citizens first.
Issue 02

Support President Trump's America First Agenda

Carey Baker has spent his life serving his country, his state, and his community. As a soldier, conservative legislator, small businessman, and taxpayer watchdog, Carey has already lived the values at the heart of the America First movement: service, accountability, freedom, strength, and putting citizens before bureaucracy. In Congress, Carey will support President Trump's America First agenda by fighting for secure borders, fair trade, energy dominance, lower taxes, strong national defense, constitutional freedom, and a government that works for the American people instead of ruling over them.

  • Stand with President Trump's America First priorities.
  • Fight globalist policies that weaken American sovereignty.
  • Support fair trade that protects American workers and industries.
  • Put American citizens ahead of foreign interests.
  • Defend the Constitution and restore accountability in Washington.
  • Fight for Florida families, seniors, veterans, taxpayers, and small businesses.
Issue 03

Cut Spending, Lower Taxes, and Balance the Budget

Carey Baker has seen firsthand how government decisions affect homeowners, seniors, veterans, farmers, churches, charities, and small businesses. As Lake County Property Appraiser, he focused on transparency, taxpayer service, modernization, and helping property owners better understand their rights, exemptions, and property information. Carey will bring that same taxpayer-first mindset to Congress. Washington has a spending problem, and American families are paying the price. Carey will fight wasteful spending, oppose tax hikes, and demand a federal government that lives within its means.

  • Cut wasteful federal spending.
  • Make government smaller, leaner, and more accountable.
  • Protect taxpayers from reckless Washington budgets.
  • Oppose tax hikes on working families and small businesses.
  • Audit waste, fraud, and abuse.
  • Support policies that grow the economy and reduce the cost of living.
Issue 04

Unleash American Energy

As a small businessman, Carey Baker understands that high energy costs hit families, workers, seniors, farmers, and job creators directly. When Washington attacks American energy, gas prices rise, utility bills climb, and small businesses are forced to pay more just to keep their doors open. Carey supports American energy dominance. He will fight radical regulations, support reliable domestic energy production, and work to lower costs for Florida families and businesses.

  • Restore American energy dominance.
  • Lower gas and utility costs for families and businesses.
  • Cut burdensome regulations that block growth.
  • Support reliable energy, not radical mandates.
  • Expand American oil, gas, nuclear, and domestic energy production.
  • Strengthen national security through American energy independence.
Issue 05

Defend the Second Amendment

For Carey Baker, the Second Amendment is not a talking point. It is part of his life, his business, and his constitutional conviction. Carey owns A.W. Peterson Gun Shop, the oldest continuously operating gun store in America, and he understands responsible firearm ownership, self-defense, hunting, sport shooting, and the American firearms tradition. In Congress, Carey will stand against unconstitutional gun control and defend the rights of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear arms.

  • Oppose unconstitutional gun control.
  • Protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
  • Defend self-defense, hunting, sport shooting, and responsible firearm ownership.
  • Stand against federal overreach targeting gun owners.
  • Protect the American firearms tradition.
  • Defend the Second Amendment without apology.
Issue 06

Back the Blue and Restore Law and Order

Carey Baker understands the importance of discipline, duty, and respect for those who wear the uniform. As a veteran and retired Army First Sergeant, he knows that safe communities depend on men and women who are willing to stand in the gap and protect others. Carey stands with law enforcement, first responders, and public safety professionals. He will fight soft-on-crime policies, support police, and work to restore law and order across America.

  • Support law enforcement and first responders.
  • Crack down on violent crime.
  • Stop soft-on-crime policies.
  • Protect victims and families.
  • Fight fentanyl, trafficking, gangs, and organized crime.
  • Respect the men and women who protect our communities.
Issue 07

Veterans and National Defense

Carey Baker knows what it means to serve because he has worn the uniform. He served more than 31 years in the Florida Army National Guard, retired as a First Sergeant, and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom while serving as a citizen legislator. Carey will bring that same commitment to Congress by fighting for veterans, strengthening our military, supporting military families, and making sure America's warfighters have what they need to defend this nation.

  • Protect veterans' benefits and improve access to care.
  • Support a strong, modern, mission-ready military.
  • Put warfighters ahead of bureaucracy.
  • Stand with military families.
  • Demand accountability at the VA.
  • Restore peace through strength.
Issue 08

Protect Faith, Family, and Freedom

Carey Baker believes America is strongest when faith is respected, families are protected, and freedom is defended. His conservative values are rooted in service, constitutional principles, and a belief that government should never replace the family, silence faith, or trample individual liberty. In Congress, Carey will stand for religious liberty, parental rights, the sanctity of life, free speech, and the constitutional values that made America great.

  • Protect religious liberty.
  • Defend parental rights in education.
  • Stand for life.
  • Oppose radical gender ideology in schools and government.
  • Protect women's sports.
  • Defend free speech and conscience rights.
Issue 09

Education and Parental Rights

Carey Baker believes parents, not bureaucrats, should have the final say in their children's education. Families deserve transparency, choice, accountability, and schools that focus on reading, math, civics, American history, workforce readiness, and truth instead of political indoctrination. Carey will stand with parents and fight for an education system that respects families, protects children, and prepares students for the future.

  • Support school choice.
  • Defend parental rights.
  • Require transparency in curriculum.
  • Remove political indoctrination from classrooms.
  • Protect girls' sports and privacy.
  • Promote civics, American history, reading, math, and workforce readiness.
Issue 10

Protect Seniors

As Lake County Property Appraiser, Carey Baker worked directly with seniors, veterans, homeowners, and taxpayers who needed clear information, responsive service, and a government office that treated them with respect. He understands how confusing government can become, especially for seniors trying to navigate exemptions, costs, property information, and fixed-income pressures. In Congress, Carey will fight to protect Social Security and Medicare for those who earned them, lower costs, stop scams targeting seniors, and make government more accountable to the people it serves.

  • Protect Social Security and Medicare for seniors.
  • Lower costs and fight inflation.
  • Stop scams targeting seniors.
  • Improve transparency and accountability in federal programs.
  • Support policies that help seniors stay independent and secure.
  • Make government easier to understand and more responsive to citizens.
Issue 11

Agriculture, Water, and Florida's Way of Life

Carey Baker understands property rights, landowners, farmers, churches, charities, and local Florida communities because he served them directly as Lake County Property Appraiser. Florida's 11th District includes communities that care deeply about land, water, agriculture, small businesses, and a way of life worth preserving. Carey will fight for farmers, ranchers, property owners, clean water, and policies that respect Florida communities instead of imposing one-size-fits-all mandates from Washington.

  • Stand with farmers, ranchers, and landowners.
  • Protect private property rights.
  • Support clean water and responsible stewardship.
  • Oppose heavy-handed federal mandates.
  • Protect Florida's communities from one-size-fits-all Washington control.
  • Defend Florida's land-based way of life.
Issue 12

Secure Our Elections

Carey Baker believes government must be transparent, accountable, and trusted by the people. As a former public official and conservative reformer, he understands that confidence in our elections is essential to preserving self-government. Carey will support common-sense election integrity reforms that make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. Every legal vote should count, and every illegal vote should be stopped.

  • Support voter ID.
  • Require citizenship verification.
  • Keep voter rolls clean and accurate.
  • Protect election transparency.
  • Oppose ballot harvesting and insecure election practices.
  • Defend the integrity of every lawful vote.
Issue 13

Put American Workers First

Carey Baker is not just a career politician. He is a small businessman who understands customers, payroll, regulations, supply chains, and the pressure Washington places on local businesses. As the owner of A.W. Peterson Gun Shop, Carey knows how federal rules and economic decisions affect real businesses and real families. Carey supports fair trade, American manufacturing, strong supply chains, and policies that put American workers ahead of China, globalists, and foreign competitors.

  • Support American workers and American-made goods.
  • Bring jobs and supply chains back home.
  • Stand up to China and unfair foreign competition.
  • Cut red tape on small businesses and manufacturers.
  • Support fair trade that puts America first.
  • Build an economy that rewards work, risk, and responsibility.
Issue 14

Make America Healthy Again

Carey Baker believes families, patients, parents, and seniors should come before bureaucrats and special interests. America needs a health care system that is more transparent, more affordable, more accountable, and more focused on helping people live healthier lives. Carey supports efforts to lower costs, increase transparency, challenge waste, and make it easier for families to make informed decisions about their health.

  • Support health care transparency.
  • Lower costs for families and seniors.
  • Put patients and parents first.
  • Challenge waste and corruption in health care bureaucracy.
  • Support prevention, wellness, and healthier American families.
  • Put people ahead of special interests.
Issue 15

Drain the Swamp and Cut the Bureaucracy

Carey Baker has already shown that government can be made more transparent, more modern, and more accountable. As Lake County Property Appraiser, he worked to improve public access, modernize services, and make government easier for taxpayers to use and understand. In Congress, Carey will take that same reform mindset to Washington. He will fight to shrink the federal bureaucracy, cut waste, stop weaponized government, and return power to the American people.

  • Support DOGE-style government reform and efficiency.
  • Cut waste, fraud, and abuse.
  • End weaponized government.
  • Protect constitutional rights.
  • Demand transparency from federal agencies.
  • Return power to states, communities, families, and citizens.
Carey Baker in U.S. Army uniform with Ukrainian soldiers during overseas serviceCarey Baker speaking with a colleague on the Florida House floor

Carey Has Fought for His Country Before. He's Fought for Florida Before. Now He's Ready to Fight for America Again. This Time in Washington.

From an Army uniform overseas to the Florida House and Senate to Lake County and communities across Central Florida, Carey Baker has spent his life answering the call to serve. He's fought for his country in uniform, fought for Florida families as a conservative legislator and taxpayer watchdog, and now he's ready to take that same fight to Washington for the residents of Florida's 11th Congressional District.

Carey Baker meeting with local leaders in UmatillaCarey Baker campaigning across Central FloridaCarey Baker with his wife and daughters

Help Carey take this fight to Washington.