Ronald S. "Ron" Barber is an American politician who has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 2012. Barber, a Democrat from Arizona, served as district director for U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords before Giffords resigned her seat due to the severe injuries she sustained in an assassination attempt, in which Barber was also injured. He won the Democratic nomination for the special election to finish Giffords's term and was sworn into office on June 19, 2012. In the 2012 general election, he was elected to a full term. His district?numbered as the 8th district in 2012, and as the 2nd district since 2013?includes the eastern two-thirds of Tucson, as well as the southeastern corner of Arizona. Barber is running for re-election in 2014. According to the Washington Post, he is one of the ten most vulnerable incumbents in 2014. 

August 25th, 1945 in Wakefield (Age 79)