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Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress

Official portrait of Rep. Glen Browder

Glen Browder

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · AlabamaHouse 1989–1997 (AL-3)

Glen Browder was a Democratic U.S. representative from Alabama, first elected to Congress in 1989, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (101st–104th Congress).

18Bills & resolutions sponsored101st–104th Congress (excludes amendments)
2Passed a chamberof 18 bills & resolutions sponsored
1Became law1 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 101st–104th Congress
—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)
—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)
—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Browder has won

Rep. Browder has won 3 U.S. House elections (1990–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 23.0 to 47.5 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)1990, AL-3: won by 47.5 points1990AL-31992, AL-3: won by 23.0 points19921994, AL-3: won by 27.2 points1994
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won3 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 23.0 points1992, AL-3
Won an open seat or took one from the other party0 of 3 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, Alabama’s 3rd districtWinners, most recent three: John Browder (D) 1990–1994 → Bob Riley (R) 1996–2000 → Mike Rogers (R) 2002–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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

104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 11 bills sponsored.

RecordBillsSource
Bills sponsored11Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement0None listed
With a CBO cost estimate listed0None listed
With a committee report listed1See the 1 →
Evidence
How counted
Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.