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Matt Barton

Matt Barton

Overview

Current roleState Representative

PartyRepublican

Political ideologyConservative Republican

Age54 years old (Apr 28, 1972)

GenderMale

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LocationGeorgia

BackgroundBusiness owner (courier business)

Notable personal detailsMadison Fain "Matt" Barton is a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 5 since 2019. He previously served as a Calhoun City Schools board member and as a Calhoun city councilman, and has served on the Gordon County Hospital Authority Board. He is an entrepreneur who has owned a local courier business, and has served in House committee leadership roles including vice chair of Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications and Motor Vehicles.

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Positions

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Economy & Taxes

Matt Barton has supported state tax reductions and property-tax relief measures and voted for legislation enacting a flat 5.19% income tax rate and one-time income tax rebates. He has also voted for or sponsored bills increasing homestead/property tax exemptions and for various tax credits and incentives.

Healthcare

The candidate has sponsored and supported targeted healthcare measures such as expediting licensing for behavioral health workers, a rural-hospital insulin-management pilot, and hospital Medicaid financing legislation, but has not published broad proposals on universal coverage, Medicaid expansion, or large-scale health-system reform. Available public record shows engagement on workforce and hospital funding issues rather than a clearly articulated overall position on healthcare coverage policy.

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Abortion & Reproductive Rights

Matt Barton is identified by reproductive-rights trackers as anti‑choice and is a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives; available public records list his legislative activity but do not contain a clear, detailed public statement in campaign materials on unrestricted abortion access. The available sources indicate a position consistent with supporting abortion restrictions rather than codifying unrestricted access.

Climate & Energy

Matt Barton serves as Vice Chair of the Georgia House Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications Committee and has sponsored/co-sponsored legislation affecting energy-related tax exemptions and manufacturing. His legislative activity includes support for bills that extend sales/use tax exemptions affecting industry and a recorded vote on HB 857 (prohibiting burning certain treated wood for commercial energy generation). Public materials do not show a clear, consistent policy platform favoring aggressive emissions reductions or an explicit pro‑fossil‑fuel expansion agenda.

Public Safety & Guns

Matt Barton has voted in favor of legislation that protects gun owners from local gun-storage regulations and has supported other measures aligned with Republican positions on public safety and law enforcement. His voting record and legislative scorecards show consistent support for pro-gun and law-and-order bills rather than new restrictions on firearms.

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