Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress

Jo Bonner

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · AlabamaHouse 2003–2013 (AL-1)

Jo Bonner was a Republican U.S. representative from Alabama, first elected to Congress in 2003, who voted with most Republicans on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.

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2Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–113th Congress (excludes amendments)

0Passed a chamberof 2 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

0Became law113th–113th Congress

40Broke with partyof 612 yes/no votes, 112th (6.5%)

45Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (6.8%)

—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.

5 most recent votes

NayOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Jan 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 2012
Jan 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 Act
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed

5 most recent bills

H.R. 1001 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide a specific limited exemption from the overtime pay requirements of such Act for work related to…
Apr 23, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
H.R. 1219 Gulf Fisheries Fairness Act
Mar 15, 2013 · Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.R. 6579 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny any deduction for compensatory payments made to any person or governmental entity on account of the April…
Oct 26, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.Res. 755 In the matter of Representative Laura Richardson.
Aug 2, 2012 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.R. 5682 To suspend temporarily the duty on 1,3,5-triazine, 2,4,6- tris (2-propenyloxyl)-.
May 14, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. Bonner has won

Rep. Bonner has won 6 U.S. House elections (2002–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 22.7 to 65.7 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won6 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 22.7 points2002, AL-1

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 6 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Alabama’s 1st districtWinners, most recent three: Bradley Byrne (R) 2014–2018 → Jerry L. Carl (R) 2020–2022 → Barry Moore (R) 2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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.

How has Alabama’s 1st district done while Rep. Bonner served?

2005 to 2011 in AL-1: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 5.0 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

AL-1: $59.3K in 2005 → $60.5K in 2011

AL-1 about the sameAlabama down 3%U.S. down 5%

Share of people below the poverty line

AL-1: 18.5% in 2005 → 18.6% in 2011

AL-1 about the sameAlabama up 2.0 pointsU.S. up 2.6 points

Share of workers looking for a job

AL-1: 6.3% in 2005 → 11.3% in 2011

AL-1 up 5.0 pointsAlabama up 4.4 pointsU.S. up 3.4 points

Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Alabama’s 1st district during Bonner’s time representing it (2003 to 2013). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Only one set of district lines is shown. AL-1 was redrawn in 2012, 2022 and again in 2024, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2003 to 2013.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 2 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	2	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	2	See the 2 →
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 113th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.