Biography
District: Texas - 6th District
Political Highlights: sought Republican nomination for U.S. Senate (special election), 1993
Born: September 15, 1949; Waco, Texas
Residence: Ennis
Religion: Methodist
Family: Divorced; four children, two stepchildren
Education: Texas A&M U., B.S. 1972; Purdue U., M.S. 1973
Elected: 1984
Committee Assignments: Energy & Commerce (Energy; Environment; Health; Oversight & Investigations)
Social Media:
Roll Call Vitals
District Rating: Safe Republican
House Seniority: 5th ranked House Republican
Twitter: 27,890 followers
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
1984 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
Votes
131,482
%
57.0%
1986 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
Pete Geren (D)
Votes
86,190
68,270
%
56.0%
44.0%
1988 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
N.P. Kendrick (D)
Votes
164,692
78,786
%
68.0%
32.0%
1990 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
John Welch (D)
Votes
125,049
62,344
%
66.5%
33.1%
1992 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
John Dietrich (D)
Votes
189,140
73,933
%
71.9%
28.1%
1993 Election Results
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
Terry Jesmore (D)
Bill Baird (LIBERT)
Votes
152,038
44,286
4,688
%
75.6%
22.0%
2.3%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
Janet Richardson (I)
Catherine Anderson (L)
Doug Williams (USTAX)
Votes
160,800
26,713
14,456
6,547
%
77.1%
12.8%
6.9%
3.1%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
Ben Boothe (D)
Richard Bandlow (LIBERT)
Votes
112,957
40,112
1,817
%
72.9%
25.9%
1.2%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
Frank Brady (LIBERT)
Votes
222,685
30,056
%
88.1%
11.9%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
Felix Alvarado (D)
Frank Brady (LIBERT)
B. Armstrong (GREEN)
Votes
115,396
45,404
1,992
1,245
%
70.4%
27.7%
1.2%
0.8%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
Morris Meyer (D)
Stephen Schrader (LIBERT)
Votes
168,767
83,609
3,251
%
66.0%
32.7%
1.3%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
David Harris (D)
Carl Nulsen (LIBERT)
Votes
91,927
56,369
3,740
%
60.5%
37.1%
2.5%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
Ludwig Otto (D)
Max Koch (LIBERT)
Votes
174,008
99,919
6,655
%
62.0%
35.6%
2.4%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
David Cozad (D)
Byron Severns (LIBERT)
Votes
107,140
50,717
4,700
%
65.9%
31.2%
2.9%
2012 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
Kenneth Sanders (D)
Hugh Chauvin (LIBERT)
Brandon Parmer (GREEN)
Votes
145,019
98,053
4,847
2,017
%
58.0%
39.2%
1.9%
0.8%
2014 Election Results
Candidate
Joe Barton (R)
David Cozad (D)
Hugh Chauvin (LIBERT)
Votes
92,334
55,027
3,635
%
61.2%
36.4%
2.4%
