Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
Don Bonker
Don Bonker was a Democratic U.S. representative from Washington, first elected to Congress in 1975.
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. 5562 Acid Deposition Control Act of 1988Nov 15, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
- H.R. 3423 A bill to establish the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge.Oct 12, 1988 · Placed on Union Calendar No: 633.
- H.R. 4836 A bill to permit issuance of a certificate of documentation for employment in the coastwise trade of the United States for the vessel PAVLOF.Oct 6, 1988 · Measure Incorporated in H.R.3105.
- H.R. 4835 A bill to permit issuance of a certificate of documentation for employment in the coastwise trade of the United States for the vessel Aleutian Trawler.Oct 6, 1988 · Measure Incorporated in H.R.3105.
- H.R. 4819 A bill to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation which authorizes the vessel SUVA to engage in the coastwise trade.Oct 6, 1988 · Measure Incorporated in H.R.3105.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4550 (100th) A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to improve the administration of decennial censuses of population, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5263 (100th) Overseas Private Investment Corporation Amendments Act of 1988Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4958 (100th) Federal Retirement Applications Processing Act of 198876 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 239 (100th) A concurrent resolution in support of strict adherence to the indefinite cessation of all commercial whaling adopted by the International Whaling Commission…49 cosponsors
- H.R. 2041 (100th) United States Peace Tax Fund Act48 cosponsors
- H.R. 4403 (100th) A bill providing that the President shall terminate the sanctions imposed against Nicaragua under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, and for…34 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 230 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the executive branch, in exercising authorities to restrict exports, use a standard…10 cosponsors
- H.R. 4193 (100th) Federal Nuclear Facilities Environmental Restoration and Management Act10 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bonker has won
Rep. Bonker has won 6 U.S. House elections (1976–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 17.3 to 47.1 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
100th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 27 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 27 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 100th 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.