Rep. Dave Baker is in his second term in the Minnesota House of Representatives. A resident of Wilmar, Baker represents District 17B, which covers much of Kandiyohi County. In the legislature, he serves as Chair of the Select Committee on Technology and Responsive Government and is a member of the Rules and Legislative Administration, Health and Human Services Reform, Job Growth and Energy Affordability, Transportation Finance, and Ways and Means Committees. After Baker and his wife Mary lost their son Dan to opioid addiction, he became a leading advocate for reforms to curb opioid-related overdoses and deaths. During his time as an elected official, he's authored and passed bills to provide first responders with the life-saving drug naloxone, help doctors and dentists be more diligent when prescribing very powerful pain medication, limit dental patients to four days of opioids when a tooth is extracted, create new labeling on bottles to remind patients of the addictive nature of opioids, and increase funding for treatment centers to help individuals recover from this disease. Outside the legislature, he is a small business owner and well-known volunteer in Willmar. He and his wife have lived in the city for 26 years and have had three children.