Joseph Baker is a United States Senator from the State of Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party, he served on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee until his former colleague, Catherine Durant, persuaded Republican leadership to remove him from the committee after she became Secretary of State. During the 2016 Democratic National Convention, Senator Baker received several votes for the Vice Presidency and was one of the leading candidates behind Cathy. In her own play to be nominated to the Vice Presidency, Claire Underwood offered Senator Baker the position of Secretary of State in return for his delegates.