Lewd-pic GOPer won’t run again
REPUBLICAN Rep. Joe Barton announced he would not seek reelection after a lewd image of him and sexually explicit messages he’s sent in the past were made public.
The Texas politician told the Dallas Morning News on Thursday of his intention to retire, just weeks after he said he planned to seek an 18th term.
Barton (photo below) has publicly apologized for what he has said were consensual relationships with multiple women while he separated from his former wife, Terri. Their marriage ended in 2015.
“There are enough people who lost faith in me that it’s time to step aside and let there be a new voice for the 6th District in Washington, so I am not going to run for reelection,” Barton, 68, told the Morning News.