Michael Barrett



Michael is a licensed and ordained minister and until recently was the pastor of a Baptist church in Nocona, Texas. He is a Navy veteran, having served during Vietnam, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Lebanon, Desert Shield, Granada, and Desert Storm. He served aboard four ships where he was a maintenance technician and the leading petty officer of the Anti-Submarine Warfare division. He also served as Military Police - Shore Patrol in Pearl Harbor, and as Assistant Safety Officer at the Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity, a ship repair facility in Norfolk, Virginia.

Mike is married to Barbara McNew Barrett since March of 1981. They have three children; Lynn, John, and Mike, and 2 grandchildren, Alexis and America Lynn.

Michael resigned his position as pastor to focus his full attention on his candidacy.