Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress

Rick Berg

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · North DakotaHouse 2011–2013 (ND-AL)

Rick Berg was a Republican U.S. representative from North Dakota, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.

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6Bills & resolutions sponsored112th–112th Congress (excludes amendments)

1Passed a chamberof 6 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law112th–112th Congress

46Broke with partyof 648 yes/no votes, 112th (7.1%)

9Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (1.4%)

—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. 6501 Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2012
Sep 26, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
H.R. 4282 International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act of 2012
Jun 6, 2012 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
H.R. 4643 Small Business Tax Simplification Act
Apr 25, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3616 Generator Regulatory Relief Act of 2011
Dec 9, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
H.R. 3379 Regional Haze Federalism Act
Nov 4, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

Top bills sponsored

H.R. 2731 (112th) HIRES Act
3 cosponsors

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

Elections Rep. Berg has won

Rep. Berg has won 1 U.S. House election (2010–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.8 to 9.8 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 9.8 points2010, ND-AL

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, North Dakota (at-large)Winners, most recent three: Kevin Cramer (R) 2012–2016 → Kelly Armstrong (R) 2018–2022 → Julie Fedorchak (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 North Dakota done while Rep. Berg served?

2011 to 2012 in North Dakota: 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 about the same.

Typical household income · after inflation

North Dakota: $72.5K in 2011 → $73.6K in 2012

North Dakota about the sameU.S. about the same

Share of people below the poverty line

North Dakota: 12.2% in 2011 → 11.2% in 2012

North Dakota about the sameU.S. about the same

Share of workers looking for a job

North Dakota: 3.1% in 2011 → 3.3% in 2012

North Dakota about the sameU.S. down 0.9 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. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in North Dakota during Berg’s time representing it (2011 to 2013). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

North Dakota’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

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

112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 6 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	6	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	6	See the 6 →
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 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.

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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.