Joe Barton
Electoral history
Table:
Texas's 6th congressional district: Results 1984–2016[137][138][139]

Year

Republican

Votes

%

Democratic

Votes

%

Third Party

Party

Votes

%

Third Party

Party

Votes

%

Third Party

Party

Votes

%

1984

Joe Barton

131,482

57%

Dan Kubiak

100,799

43%

1986

Joe Barton

86,190

56%

Pete Geren

68,270

44%

1988

Joe Barton

164,692

68%

Pat Kendrick

78,786

32%

1990

Joe Barton

125,049

66%

John Welch

62,344

33%

1992

Joe Barton

189,140

72%

John Dietrich

73,933

28%

1994

Joe Barton

152,038

76%

Terry Jesmore

44,286

22%

Bill Baird

Libertarian

4,688

2%

1996

Joe Barton

152,024

76%

No candidate

Skeet Richardson

Independent

28,187

14%

Catherine Anderson

Libertarian

14,456

7%

Doug Williams

U.S.T.

6,547

3%

1998

Joe Barton

112,957

73%

Ben Boothe

40,112

26%

Richard Bandlow

Libertarian

1,817

1%

2000

Joe Barton

222,685

88%

No candidate

Frank Brady

Libertarian

30,056

12%

2002

Joe Barton

115,396

70%

Felix Alvarado

45,404

28%

Frank Brady

Libertarian

1,992

1%

B. J. Armstrong

Green

1,245

1%

2004

Joe Barton

168,767

66%

Morris Meyer

83,609

33%

Stephen Schrader

Libertarian

3,251

1%

2006

Joe Barton

91,927

60%

David Harris

56,369

37%

Carl Nulsen

Libertarian

3,740

2%

2008

Joe Barton

174,008

62%

Ludwig Otto

99,919

36%

Max Koch

Libertarian

6,655

2%

2010

Joe Barton

107,140

66%

David Cozad

50,717

31%

Byron Severns

Libertarian

4,700

3%

2012

Joe Barton

145,019

58%

Kenneth Sanders

98,053

39%

Hugh Chauvin

Libertarian

4,847

2%

Brandon Parmer

Green

2,017

1%

2014

Joe Barton

92,334

61%

David Cozad

55,027

36%

Hugh Chauvin

Libertarian

3,635

2%

2016

Joe Barton

159,444

58%

Ruby Faye Woolridge

106,667

39%

Darrel Smith Jr.

Green

7,185

3%

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