Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Dave Brat
Dave Brat was a Republican U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 2014, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–115th 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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 7298 Connect America's Capital ActDec 14, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- H.R. 7229 Student Rights Act of 2018Dec 10, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- H.R. 7105 Brian Tally VA Medical Care and Liability Improvement ActOct 30, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.Res. 1112 Congratulating Mt. Zion Baptist Church upon the occasion of its 160th anniversary.Oct 2, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 6862 Congressional Award Program Reauthorization Act of 2018Sep 24, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2693 (114th) To designate the arboretum at the Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia, as the "Phyllis E. Galanti Arboretum".Became law
- H.R. 5889 (115th) Recognizing Early Childhood Trauma Related to Substance Abuse Act of 2018Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5032 (114th) To allow certain property in the town of Louisa, Virginia, to be used for purposes related to compliance with water quality standards, and for other purposes.Reported from committee
- H.J.Res. 55 (114th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.65 cosponsors
- H.R. 2157 (115th) OCEAN Act22 cosponsors
- H.R. 247 (115th) Health Savings Account Expansion Act of 201718 cosponsors
- H.R. 4340 (115th) American LAWS Act17 cosponsors
- H.R. 4006 (114th) Statutes at Large Modernization Act16 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Brat has won
Rep. Brat has won 2 U.S. House elections (2014–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 15.3 to 23.9 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 Virginia’s 7th district done while Rep. Brat served?
2016 to 2018 in VA-7: 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.
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 Virginia’s 7th district during Brat’s time representing it (2014 to 2019). 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. VA-7 was redrawn in 2012, 2016 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, 2016 to 2018 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2014 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 28 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 28 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 24 | See the 24 → |
| 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.