Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress

Kerry L. Bentivolio

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · MichiganHouse 2013–2015 (MI-11)

Kerry Bentivolio was a Republican U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 2013.

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19Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–113th Congress (excludes amendments)

1Passed a chamberof 14 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

0Became law113th–113th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—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.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

H.Res. 779 To establish prospective standards effective January 20, 2017 defining impeachable "high crimes and misdemeanors" within the meaning of Article II, section 4…
Dec 11, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R. 5779 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a deduction for elementary and secondary private school tuition, and for other purposes.
Dec 2, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 5738 Making supplemental appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for purposes of establishing and maintaining mobile hospital units for responding…
Nov 19, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
H.R. 5479 To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require public disclosure of the method used to calculate consumer credit scores and inclusion of debt settlement…
Sep 16, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R. 5121 Restore Unalienable Rights Act of 2014
Sep 2, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. Bentivolio has won

Rep. Bentivolio has won 1 U.S. House election (2012–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.4 to 6.4 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

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

Closest win: 6.4 points2012, MI-11

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

Seat history, Michigan’s 11th districtWinners, most recent three: Kerry L. Bentivolio (R) 2012 → David A. Trott (R) 2014–2016 → Haley M. Stevens (D) 2018–2024. 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 Michigan’s 11th district done while Rep. Bentivolio served?

2013 to 2014 in MI-11: 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

MI-11: $99.1K in 2013 → $99.1K in 2014

MI-11 about the sameMichigan up 2%U.S. up 1%

Share of people below the poverty line

MI-11: 6.7% in 2013 → 6.5% in 2014

MI-11 about the sameMichigan down 0.9 pointsU.S. down 0.3 points

Share of workers looking for a job

MI-11: 5.8% in 2013 → 5.6% in 2014

MI-11 about the sameMichigan down 1.6 pointsU.S. down 1.2 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 11th district during Bentivolio’s time representing it (2013 to 2015). 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. MI-11 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Bentivolio’s term so far (2013 and 2014) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. 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

113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	19	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	1	See the 1 →
With a committee report listed	1	See the 1 →

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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.