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Joe Barton

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 15, 1949 in Waco, TX

Education:

  • Texas A&M University, B.S., 1972
  • Purdue University, M.S., 1973

Career:

  • Businessman
  • Aide to U.S. Energy Secretary James Edwards, 1981-1982
  • Oil company consultant, 1982-1984


Election Results for Joe Barton


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1984 34 TX R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 7,563 42.0%
1984 34 TX R U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 1 4,632 50.1%
1984 34 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 131,482 56.6%
1986 36 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 86,190 55.8%
1988 38 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 164,692 67.6%
1990 40 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 125,049 66.5%
1992 42 TX R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 34,366 79.1%
1992 42 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 189,140 71.9%
1993 43 TX R U.S. Senate Class 1 Special Open Primary 3 284,135 13.9%
1994 44 TX R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 23,063 89.5%
1994 44 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 152,038 75.6%
1996 46 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 160,800 77.1%
1998 48 TX R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 21,480 72.9%
1998 48 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 112,957 72.9%
2000 50 TX R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 51,664 100.0%
2000 50 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 222,685 88.1%
2002 52 TX R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 23,758 100.0%
2002 52 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 115,396 70.3%
2004 54 TX R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 13,486 100.0%
2004 54 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 168,767 66.0%
2006 56 TX R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 23,222 100.0%
2006 56 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 91,927 60.5%
2008 58 TX R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 42,054 100.0%
2008 58 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 174,008 62.0%
2010 60 TX R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 46,095 100.0%
2010 60 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 107,140 65.9%
2012 62 TX R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 26,192 63.2%
2012 62 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 145,019 58.0%
2014 64 TX R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 32,618 72.7%
2014 64 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 92,334 61.1%
2016 66 TX R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 55,285 68.6%
2016 66 TX R U.S. House District 06 General 1 159,444 58.3%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Joe Barton


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1985 35 House 91 5 94 3 R 85 15 94 5 100
1986 36 House 92 4 93 4 R 76 22 97 0 95
1987 37 House 88 7 90 5 R 77 21 96 4 100
1988 38 House 82 0 89 4 R 70 18 87 5 96
1989 39 House 95 5 88 8 R 67 27 93 10 89
1990 40 House 94 2 86 7 R 68 29 94 6 87
1991 41 House 89 5 81 13 R 70 23 94 11 90
1992 42 House 85 4 84 5 R 77 13 91 5 100
1993 43 House 95 5 80 5 D 31 59 85 0 100
1994 44 House 92 3 89 5 D 33 55 94 0 100
1995 45 House 87 5 91 4 D 20 78 96 0 80
1996 46 House 94 6 91 6 D 35 61 96 16 89
1997 47 House 80 9 86 8 D 24 72 93 10 92
1998 48 House 95 5 92 6 D 20 78 97 5 100
1999 49 House 91 3 D 17 81 95 5 92
2000 50 House 82 6 D 18 62 83 11 100
2001 51 House 90 2 R 84 14 92 5 96
2002 52 House 95 2 R 89 11 96 0 96
2003 53 House 92 2 R 93 4 95 5 92
2004 54 House 89 3 R 88 9 93 0 96
2005 55 House 86 3 R 83 15 91 0 91
2006 56 House 93 5 R 84 11 97 15 88
2007 57 House 93 5 R 87 12 98 10 96
2008 58 House 94 1 R 77 19 95 11 96
2009 59 House 89 8 D 22 77 97 5 96
2010 60 House 90 3 D 29 68 94 6 96
2011 61 House 89 5 D 24 71 95 6 87
2012 62 House 93 6 D 17 81 98 11 88
2013 63 House 94 3 D 12 87 96 5 87
2014 64 House 88 3 D 6 83 91 6 92
2015 65 House 93 4 D 12 86 96 0 74
2016 66 House 98 2 D 9 87 97 0 92
2017 67 House 97 2 R 94 6 98 0 85
2018 68 House 93 2 R 89 11 92 0 83
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.