Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
Dan Benishek
Dan Benishek was a Republican U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 91% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 2 bills that became law (113th–114th 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. 5228 To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Traverse City, Michigan, as the "Colonel Demas T. Craw VA Clinic".May 26, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 1769 Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2016May 24, 2016 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 460.
- H.R. 3848 Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation ActOct 30, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
- H.R. 3673 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mail paper forms to any individual who filed a paper return for the…Oct 1, 2015 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.Res. 381 To refer H.R. 3133, a bill making congressional reference to the United States Court of Federal Claims pursuant to sections 1492 and 2509 of title 28, United…Sep 8, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2223 (113th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 Elm Avenue in Munising, Michigan, as the "Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 1171 (113th) FOR VETS Act of 2013Became law
- H.R. 3378 (112th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 Elm Avenue in Munising, Michigan, as the "Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2072 (113th) Demanding Accountability for Veterans Act of 2014Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2256 (114th) Veterans Information Modernization ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1825 (113th) Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities ActReported from committee
- H.R. 2834 (112th) Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities ActReported from committee
- H.R. 163 (113th) Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation ActReported from committee
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Benishek has won
Rep. Benishek has won 3 U.S. House elections (2010–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.5 to 11.1 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 Michigan’s 1st district done while Rep. Benishek served?
2012 to 2016 in MI-1: typical household income was up 8% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 4.2 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 Michigan’s 1st district during Benishek’s time representing it (2011 to 2017). 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. MI-1 was redrawn in 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, 2012 to 2016 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2011 to 2017.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 11 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 11 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 8 | See the 8 → |
| 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 114th 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.