
Keith Barton
Republican | Texas
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Keith Barton
Party
Republican
Election Year
2026
Election
Republican Primary
Race
U.S. Representative 23
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, BA, 1999-2004
Naval Flight School, Milton, FL, Naval Aviator, 2007-2009
WORK & MILITARY
USMC; Recon Marine, UH-1N Huey Pilot, Logistics Officer, Foreign Advisor, Sergeant/Captain, 1998-2017
Expeditionary Warfare School, USMC, Distinguished Graduate, 2014-2015
AFFILIATIONS
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
U.S. Congress Texas District 23, 2026-2026
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Texas Gun Rights PAC
OTHER INFORMATION
Candidate questionnaire. San Antonio Report. 8 Jan 2026.
Candidate interview. Republican Men of San Antonio Facebook Group. 14 Jan 2026. 8:28 min
Candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025.
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
The only reason to terminate a human is life of child or mother that occurs in less than 1% of cases.
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Neutral
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
They should not be.
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Disagree
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Agree
ECONOMY
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
People who can afford to pay more taxes should do so in order to provide relief for working families.
Neutral
I am an advocate of and equal tax percentage model.
The government should cut spending in order to reduce the national debt.
Agree
More importantly, the government needs operators like me that know how to cut spending through root cause analysis, and correcting core issues that create cascading positive effects. This is ling proven in business and logistics.
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
My focus is on District 23 first. Strictly waste, the water leakage issue is West Texas cause a 30% water waste just from leakage and evaporation. Then the energy waste including not collecting natural gas while drilling. Third is my national reform to custody courts around the country that would divert federal spending from paying for state child support programs, to a reward model that incentivizes the courts to follow the 50/50 custody laws already in place, causing a cascading benefit.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
It means that we are a Nation of all religions, but we cannot forget the moral grounds from Christianity that our laws are based on.
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.
Free market is the only vessel to lower health care costs. Yes we should still take care of American citizens without the means to take care of themselves. However, those systems have been taken advantage of, and the vetting process for those systems must be improved.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Neutral
NATIONAL SECURITY
With regard to America's foreign policy, which view most closely resembles yours: A) The United States should intervene whenever freedom is threatened. B) The United States should selectively help countries trying to grow democracy and fight tyranny. C) The United States has become too involved in others' policies and should remain focused on issues regarding our own sovereignty unless in imminent danger. D) The United States should stay out of foreign conflicts completely.
B) every conflict is different. the priority is to the American People first. As a 20 year Marine combat vet, I have seen first hand the lethality of our armed forces. In our current world climate, the best policy is usually leveraging that power to bring people to the table to negotiate, and calculated escalation after that. We should not be funding foreign wars.
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Agree
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
Our only real allies in the middle east with any true power are Saudi Arabia and Israel. Saudi stays out of most conflicts. And twice through Charlies Wilsons war and the Afghanistan war, we failed to bring Afghanistan back to its 1940's relevance, thereby twice leaving those people to fend for themselves, and failing to secure a third reliable ally in the region.
Islamic terrorism is a threat to the United States' national security.
Strongly Agree
IMMIGRATION
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
America must improve is vetting system and improve time to enter the country legally faster for known people that can contribute to this country as so many generations before have done. The wide open border of the recent past is no more.
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Disagree
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
Standardized testing has helped ruin the American education system. and the Department of Education was made up of mostly administrators. Teachers deserve higher wages, and smaller class sizes. That is where the wasted dollars from the department of education should go.
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Strongly Agree
However, we have a history of Foreign teachers contributing to the academics of America, especially in Science and Math.
VALUES
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Strongly Agree
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a life long Lutheran.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
However, that is not far enough, a photo ID does not prove that a person has the right to vote in an election.
EQUALITY
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Strongly Agree
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
In the short term, nuclear. It is much safer than ever before. In the long term, we must continue to advance the energy collection potential of the planet striving for a type 1 civilization. I believe research into areas like geothermal is key.
ABOUT YOU
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Conservative
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Strongly Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
Gun ownership is a right under the constitution to protect ourselves from a tyrannical government, and that shall not be infringed.
If you are not already receiving our emails, stay up to date with important election alerts, educational articles, and encouraging reminders.