Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Les Aspin
Les Aspin was a Democratic U.S. representative from Wisconsin, first elected to Congress in 1971, who sponsored 9 bills that became law (100th–103rd Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5006 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993Oct 23, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-484.
- H.Res. 351 Providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations and studies by the Committee on Armed Services in the second session of…Mar 4, 1992 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 3870 Soviet Military Threat Reduction Act of 1991Dec 10, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
- H.J.Res. 191 Designating January 5, 1992 through January 11, 1992 as "National Law Enforcement Training Week".Dec 10, 1991 · Became Public Law No: 102-206.
- H.R. 2100 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993Dec 5, 1991 · Became Public Law No: 102-190.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2461 (101st) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991Became law
- H.R. 4739 (101st) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991Became law
- H.R. 1748 (100th) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989Became law
- H.R. 4229 (100th) A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to codify in that title certain defense-related permanent free-standing provisions of law.Became law
- H.J.Res. 554 (101st) Designating January 6, 1991 through January 12, 1991 as "National Law Enforcement Training Week".Became law
- H.R. 1783 (100th) Defense Technical Corrections Act of 1987Became law
- H.R. 4736 (101st) Defense Reports Reduction Act of 1990Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Aspin has won
Rep. Aspin has won 9 U.S. House elections (1976–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.0 to 52.3 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.