Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Sandy Adams
Sandy Adams was a Republican U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
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.
5 most recent votes
- NayOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6185 Local Courthouse Safety Act of 2012Sep 12, 2012 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 4970 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2012May 21, 2012 · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 406.
- H.Con.Res. 110 Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not interpret or construe the Defense Production Act of 1950 to authorize the President or any…Apr 26, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology.
- H.R. 3991 KEEP Secure ActMar 29, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- H.R. 2712 Shuttle Workforce Revitalization Act of 2011Jul 30, 2011 · Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 973 (112th) To amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent the misuse of foreign law in Federal courts, and for other purposes.91 cosponsors
- H.R. 1571 (112th) Combating Dangerous Synthetic Stimulants Act of 201142 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Adams has won
Rep. Adams has won 1 U.S. House election (2010–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 19.3 to 19.3 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 6 | See the 6 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.