RepublicanNot in office · last served 2018Last on a ballot: Nov 2016

Joe Barton

Joe Barton ran in 17 elections between 1984 and 2016, winning 17. Served in the U.S. House (TX-6).

Career

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

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin	Raised
2016	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	Ruby Faye Woolridge (D), Darrel Smith Jr. (G)	58.3%	R+19.3	$1.4M
2014	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	David E. Cozad (D), Hugh Chauvin (L)	61.2%	R+24.7	$1.2M
2012	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	Kenneth Sanders (D), Hugh Chauvin (L), Brandon Parmer (G)	58%	R+18.8	$1.5M
2010	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	David E. Cozad (D), Byron Severns (L)	65.9%	R+34.7	$2.4M
2008	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	Ludwig Otto (D), Max W. Koch III (L)	62%	R+26.4	$1.5M
2006	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	David T. Harris (D), Carl Nulsen (L)	60.5%	R+23.4	$3.2M
2004	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	Morris Meyer (D), Stephen Schrader (L)	66%	R+33.3	$2.5M
2002	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	Felix Alvarado (D), Frank Brady (L), B. J. Armstrong (G)	70.3%	R+42.7	$900.9K
2000	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	Frank Brady (L)	88.1%	R+76.2	$1M
1998	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	Ben B. Boothe (D), Richard A. Bandlow (L)	72.9%	R+47.0	$1.3M
1996	U.S. House, TX-6	Special	Won	Janet Carroll "skeet" Richardson (I), Catherine A. Anderson (L), Doug Williams (CST)	77.1%	R+64.3	$1.3M
1994	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	Terry Jesmore (D), Bill Baird (L)	75.6%	R+53.6	$717.1K
1992	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	John Dietrich (D)	71.9%	R+43.8	$1M
1990	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	John E. Welch (D)	66.5%	R+33.3	$771K
1988	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	N. P. "pat" Kendrick (D)	67.6%	R+35.3	$750.6K
1986	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	Pete Geren (D)	55.8%	R+11.6	$1M
1984	U.S. House, TX-6	General	Won	Dan Kubiak (D)	56.6%	R+13.2	$504K