Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
Bobby Bright
Bobby Bright was a Democratic U.S. representative from Alabama, first elected to Congress in 2009.
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.J.Res. 78 Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.Jun 15, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- H.R. 5489 To amend section 14102(a)(1)(A) of title 40, United States Code, to provide that Bullock County, Alabama, is included in the definition of the Appalachian…Jun 10, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- H.R. 5183 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the first-time homebuyer tax credit through December 31, 2010, and for other purposes.Apr 29, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 4334 Protect Those Who Serve ActMar 1, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- H.R. 4655 Small Business Expansion and Job Creation Act of 2010Feb 23, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 341 (111th) Expressing heartfelt sympathy for the victims and families of the shootings in Geneva and Coffee Counties in Alabama, on March 10, 2009.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4309 (111th) Small Business Start-up Savings Accounts Act of 20099 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 106 (111th) Expressing the sense of Congress in support of a single national fuel economy standard.3 cosponsors
- H.R. 361 (111th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a 1-year extension of the increased expensing of certain depreciable business assets and the special…2 cosponsors
- H.R. 867 (111th) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating certain lands as the Chattahoochee…2 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bright has won
Rep. Bright has won 1 U.S. House election (2008–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.6 to 0.6 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 Alabama’s 2nd district done while Rep. Bright served?
2009 to 2010 in AL-2: typical household income was up 6% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
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 2nd district during Bright’s time representing it (2009 to 2011). 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. AL-2 was redrawn in 2012, 2022 and again in 2024 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Bright’s term so far (2009 and 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 14 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 14 | 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 111th 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.