Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
John Barrow
John Barrow was a Democratic U.S. representative from Georgia, first elected to Congress in 2005, who voted with most Democrats on 63% 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
- NayOn 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.Res. 633 Expressing the sense of the House with respect to accountability for mismanagement at the Department of Veterans Affairs.Jul 21, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- H.R. 4928 ROTC Act of 2014Jun 20, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- H.R. 4591 Workforce Investment and Job Creation ActJun 13, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- H.R. 4331 To require a 50 percent reduction in the number of limousines in the Federal fleet.Mar 27, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 4072 To prohibit the use of funds appropriated to any Federal department or agency to provide technical assistance to nongovernment entities for the production of…Feb 21, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 663 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12877 Broad Street in Sparta, Georgia, as the "Yvonne Ingram-Ephraim Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 5282 (111th) To provide funds to the Army Corps of Engineers to hire veterans and members of the Armed Forces to assist the Corps with curation and historic preservation…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1662 (111th) Anthony DeJuan Boatwright ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1473 (110th) Anthony DeJuan Boatwright ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 288 (111th) Recognizing the importance of park and recreation facilities and expressing support for the designation of the month of July as "National Park and Recreation…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1087 (111th) Honoring the life of John H. "Jack" Ruffin, Jr.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3652 (111th) Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act of 2009134 cosponsors
- H.R. 2073 (109th) Small Business Health Insurance Promotion Act of 2005107 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Barrow has won
Rep. Barrow has won 5 U.S. House elections (2004–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.6 to 32.0 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.
How has Georgia’s 12th district done while Rep. Barrow served?
2007 to 2011 in GA-12: typical household income was down 6% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 3.6 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 3.1 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 Georgia’s 12th district during Barrow’s time representing it (2005 to 2015). 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. GA-12 was redrawn in 2007, 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2007 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2005 to 2015.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 15 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 15 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 14 | See the 14 → |
| 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.
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.