Barbara Mallory Caraway

Barbara Mallory Caraway (born May 8, 1956) is an American politician who served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives for the 110th district from 2007 to 2013.

Born in Clarksville, Texas, Mallory Caraway was raised in Amarillo, the fifth born of eight children. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in telecommunications and theatre from Texas Southern University.^[1]

Mallory Caraway served as a member of the Dallas City Council for the sixth district from 1993 until she was term limited in 2001.^[1]

Mallory Caraway was elected to the Texas House of Representatives on November 7, 2006. In November 2008, she was re-elected to a second term.

Mallory Caraway lost Democratic primary runs for Texas's 30th congressional district against incumbent Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Caraway is running for the 30th Congressional District again in 2026 to succeed Jasmine Crockett, who is running for U.S. Senate instead.

She is married to Dwaine Caraway, a Dallas City Council member and former acting mayor of Dallas.^[7] She has a stepdaughter and two granddaughters.

In Jan­uary 2011, po­lice were called to a do­mes­tic dis­tur­bance at the Caraway’s Cedar Crest home. Dwaine said po­lice were called to a scuf­fle be­tween his friends, but it was later re­vealed he had called the po­lice be­cause his wife was chas­ing him with a kitchen knife. “Bar­bara has a chem­i­cal im­bal­ance, I think,” Dwaine told re­spond­ing of­fi­cers. “She some­times can get into a fit of rage. It is not about in­fi­delity. It is not about me hit­ting her. She is the smartest per­son in the world, but when she gets set off, ev­ery­body gets out the way. She just went a lit­tle bit too far tonight.”^[7]

• Texas House of Representatives - Barbara Mallory Caraway
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• Profile at Vote Smart