Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress

Walter Capps

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · CaliforniaHouse 1997–1999 (CA-22)

Walter Capps was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1997.

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2Bills & resolutions sponsored105th–105th Congress (excludes amendments)

0Passed a chamberof 2 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law105th–105th 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.R. 2022 To amend trade laws and related provisions to clarify the designation of normal trade relations.
Jul 2, 1997 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
H.R. 2009 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Research, Treatment, and Assistance Act of 1997
Jun 26, 1997 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

Elections Rep. Capps has won

Rep. Capps has won 1 U.S. House election (1996–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.2 to 4.2 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

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

Closest win: 4.2 points1996, CA-22

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

Seat history, California’s 22nd districtWinners, most recent three: Kevin McCarthy (R) 2006–2010 → Devin Nunes (R) 2012–2020 → David G. Valadao (R) 2022–2024. 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.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 2 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	2	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	0	None listed
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 105th 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.