DemocratNot in office · last served 2010Last on a ballot: Nov 2008

Barton Gordon

Barton Gordon ran in 13 elections between 1984 and 2008, winning 13. Served in the U.S. House (TN-6).

Career

Offices held, and every time Gordon was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

198419881992199620002004200820122016202020242028U.S. House, TN-6Out of office

Margin: how far Gordon finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin	Raised
2008	U.S. House, TN-6	General	Won	Chris Baker (I)	74.4%	D+48.8	$1.7M
2006	U.S. House, TN-6	General	Won	David Davis (R), Robert L. Garrison (I), Norman R. Saliba (I)	67.1%	D+35.7	$1.1M
2004	U.S. House, TN-6	General	Won	Nick Demas (R), J. Patrick Lyons (I), Norman R. Saliba (I)	64.2%	D+30.7	$616.8K
2002	U.S. House, TN-6	General	Won	Robert L. Garrison (R), J. Patrick Lyons (I)	65.9%	D+33.6	$627.3K
2000	U.S. House, TN-6	General	Won	David Charles (R), Jim Coffer (L)	62.1%	D+26.4	$1.2M
1998	U.S. House, TN-6	General	Won	Walt Masey (R)	54.6%	D+9.3	$1.4M
1996	U.S. House, TN-6	General	Won	Steve Gill (R), Jim Coffer (I)	54.4%	D+12.9	$1.6M
1994	U.S. House, TN-6	General	Won	Steve Gill (R)	50.6%	D+1.2	$1.2M
1992	U.S. House, TN-6	General	Won	Marsha Blackburn (R), H. Scott Benson (I)	56.6%	D+16.0	$662.2K
1990	U.S. House, TN-6	General	Won	Gregory Cochran (R), Ken Brown (I)	66.7%	D+37.6	$620.1K
1988	U.S. House, TN-6	General	Won	Wallace Embry (R)	76.5%	D+53.0	$587.9K
1986	U.S. House, TN-6	General	Won	Fred Vail (R)	76.8%	D+53.7	$399K
1984	U.S. House, TN-6	General	Won	Joe Simpkins (R)	62.8%	D+25.6	$662.8K