Barry Welsh

Offices

We found no record of Barry Welsh serving in elected office in Indiana. Our database only focuses on state and federal offices, so it's possible they served at a different level, or in an office not currently in our database.

Elections

2006–U.S. House (District 6) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 2, 2006
69.50%
Barry Welsh*, Democratic, 23,525 votes
30.50%
Ralph Spelbring, Democratic, 10,324 votes
Out of 33,849 votes casts, the margin of victory was 13,201 (39.00%)
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2006–U.S. House (District 6) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 7, 2006
60.01%
Mike Pence (i)*, Republican, 115,266 votes
39.99%
Barry Welsh, Democratic, 76,812 votes
Out of 192,078 votes casts, the margin of victory was 38,454 (20.02%)
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2008–U.S. House (District 6) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2008
100.00%
Barry Welsh*, Democratic, 94,002 votes
Out of 94,002 votes casts, the margin of victory was 94,002 (100.00%)
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2008–U.S. House (District 6) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2008
63.95%
Mike Pence (i)*, Republican, 180,608 votes
33.38%
Barry Welsh, Democratic, 94,265 votes
 2.67%
George T. Holland, Libertarian, 7,539 votes
Out of 282,412 votes casts, the margin of victory was 86,343 (30.57%)
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2010–U.S. House (District 6) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 4, 2010
62.95%
Barry Welsh*, Democratic, 17,479 votes
37.05%
George T. Holland, Democratic, 10,287 votes
Out of 27,766 votes casts, the margin of victory was 7,192 (25.90%)
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2010–U.S. House (District 6) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 2010
66.57%
Mike Pence (i)*, Republican, 126,027 votes
29.92%
Barry Welsh, Democratic, 56,647 votes
 3.50%
T. J. Thompson, Jr., Libertarian, 6,635 votes
Out of 189,309 votes casts, the margin of victory was 69,380 (36.65%)
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2016–U.S. House (District 6) WON
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, May 3, 2016
35.60%
Barry Welsh*, Democratic, 15,258 votes
24.43%
Danny Basham, Democratic, 10,474 votes
20.65%
George T. Holland, Democratic, 8,851 votes
 11.42%
Bruce W. Peavler, Democratic, 4,897 votes
 7.90%
Ralph Spelbring, Democratic, 3,385 votes
Out of 42,865 votes casts, the margin of victory was 4,784 (11.17%)
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2016–U.S. House (District 6) LOST
General Election–Tuesday, November 8, 2016
69.06%
Allen Lucas (Luke) Messer (i)*, Republican, 205,100 votes
26.76%
Barry Welsh, Democratic, 79,461 votes
 4.18%
Rich Turvey, Libertarian, 12,420 votes
Out of 296,981 votes casts, the margin of victory was 125,639 (42.30%)
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2020–U.S. House (District 6) LOST
Democratic Primary–Tuesday, June 2, 2020
70.32%
Jeannine Lee Lake*, Democratic, 23,900 votes
 15.19%
Barry Welsh, Democratic, 5,163 votes
 14.49%
George T. Holland, Democratic, 4,923 votes
Out of 33,986 votes casts, the margin of victory was 18,737 (55.13%)
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In the 9 races for which we have results, Barry Welsh had a record of 4-5. That includes a record of 0-4 in 4 general elections, and 4-1 in 5 primary elections.