Barbara Mallory Caraway

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.

Congressional elections

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]} Her best result against Johnson came in 2014, when she received over 30% of the vote.

Mallory Caraway again ran for the 30th congressional district in 2026 to succeed Jasmine Crockett, who instead ran for U.S. Senate. She was defeated by pastor Frederick Haynes III in the Democratic primary.^[7] Though she received only 23% of the vote, Mallory Caraway did receive 20,070 votes, more than any of her previous runs for the 30th district.

She is married to Dwaine Caraway, a Dallas City Council member and former acting mayor of Dallas.^[8] 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.”^[8]