Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress

Tom Barlow

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · KentuckyHouse 1993–1995 (KY-1)

Tom Barlow was a Democratic U.S. representative from Kentucky, first elected to Congress in 1993.

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6Bills & resolutions sponsored103rd–103rd Congress (excludes amendments)

0Passed a chamberof 6 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law103rd–103rd Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

H.R. 3722 Education Savings Assistance Act of 1994
Aug 9, 1994 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1690)
H.R. 4014 To amend the Flood Control Act of 1968 to prohibit the imposition of certain fees for use of developed recreation sites and facilities.
Apr 27, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
H.R. 3117 To initiate planning and design for a replacement facility at Fort Campbell, Kentucky for the purpose of providing educational opportunities for military…
Sep 22, 1993 · Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
H.R. 2877 Federal Coal Equity Act of 1993
Sep 16, 1993 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
H.R. 2631 Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act
Jul 16, 1993 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

Elections Rep. Barlow has won

Rep. Barlow has won 1 U.S. House election (1992–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 21.4 to 21.4 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 21.4 points1992, KY-1

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Kentucky’s 1st districtWinners, most recent three: Thomas Barlow (D) 1992 → Ed Whitfield (R) 1994–2014 → James Comer (R) 2016–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 6 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	6	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	0	None listed
With a CBO cost estimate listed	0	None listed
With a committee report listed	0	None listed

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 103rd Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
Fields: cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
PORKER copy refreshed: October 26, 2026 (nightly)

Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.