Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Dan Boren
Dan Boren was a Democratic U.S. representative from Oklahoma, first elected to Congress in 2005, who voted with most Democrats on 52% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 9 bills that became law (109th–112th Congress).
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
- YeaOn 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. 1369 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1021 Pennsylvania Avenue in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, as the "Warren Lindley Post Office".Aug 10, 2012 · Became Public Law No: 112-156.
- H.Res. 634 Honoring RSU Public Television on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.Apr 26, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- H.R. 473 HALE Scouts ActApr 2, 2012 · Became Public Law No: 112-103.
- H.R. 4154 SAVE Native Women ActMar 15, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- H.R. 1421 To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to clarify the role of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma with regard to the maintenance of the W.D. Mayo…Sep 23, 2011 · Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 112-221, Part I.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1676 (110th) Native American Home Ownership Opportunity Act of 2007Became law
- H.R. 1713 (111th) To name the South Central Agricultural Research Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture in Lane, Oklahoma, and the facility of the United States Postal…Became law
- H.R. 2127 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 408 West 6th Street in Chelsea, Oklahoma, as the "Clem Rogers McSpadden Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 1082 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 East Illinois Avenue in Vinita, Oklahoma, as the "Francis C. Goodpaster Post…Became law
- H.R. 4544 (110th) Code Talkers Recognition Act of 2008Became law
- H.R. 3829 (109th) To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as the Jack C. Montgomery Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.Became law
- H.R. 5690 (109th) Ouachita National Forest Boundary Adjustment Act of 2006Became law
- H.R. 4347 (111th) Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2010Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Boren has won
Rep. Boren has won 4 U.S. House elections (2004–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 13.0 to 45.5 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 Oklahoma’s 2nd district done while Rep. Boren served?
2005 to 2012 in OK-2: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 1.6 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 1.1 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 Oklahoma’s 2nd district during Boren’s time representing it (2005 to 2013). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. OK-2 was redrawn in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Boren’s term so far (2005 to 2012) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th 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 | 13 | See the 13 → |
| 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.