Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Jim Bridenstine
Jim Bridenstine was a Republican U.S. representative from Oklahoma, first elected to Congress in 2013.
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. 4 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States granting Congress the authority to enact laws limiting the number of terms that…Jan 11, 2017 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- H.R. 4945 American Space Renaissance ActSep 30, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
- H.R. 2261 Commercial Remote Sensing Act of 2015Sep 28, 2016 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 619.
- H.R. 4328 Read the Bill ActJan 6, 2016 · Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
- H.R. 1864 To direct the Secretary of Defense to designate a single senior official of the Department of Defense to procure wideband satellite communications necessary…Aug 13, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2413 (113th) Weather Forecasting Improvement Act of 2014Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 106 (113th) Calling for the protection of religious minority rights and freedoms in the Arab world.27 cosponsors
- H.R. 3245 (114th) GRACE Act18 cosponsors
- H.R. 4286 (113th) American Energy Renaissance Act of 201415 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 104 (113th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the sixteenth article of amendment.12 cosponsors
- H.R. 4382 (113th) To streamline the collection and distribution of government information.12 cosponsors
- H.R. 1487 (114th) American Energy Renaissance Act of 20156 cosponsors
- H.R. 443 (114th) To streamline the collection and distribution of government information.4 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Bridenstine has won
Rep. Bridenstine has won 3 U.S. House elections (2012–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 31.4 to 31.4 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 1st district done while Rep. Bridenstine served?
2013 to 2017 in OK-1: typical household income was up 4% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 1.2 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 0.7 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 1st district during Bridenstine’s time representing it (2013 to 2018). 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-1 was redrawn in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Bridenstine’s term so far (2013 to 2017) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 1 bill sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 1 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 1 | See the 1 → |
| 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 115th 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.