Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress
Julia Carson
Julia Carson was a Democratic U.S. representative from Indiana, first elected to Congress in 1997.
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. 840 Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2008Oct 2, 2008 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 583.
- H.R. 3512 College Textbook Affordability and Transparency Act of 2007Oct 23, 2007 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- H.R. 3082 Montgomery GI Bill Degree Extension Act of 2007Aug 14, 2007 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.R. 2576 Help Identify Indicators of Potential Student Aggression Act of 2007Jul 24, 2007 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- H.R. 2180 For the relief of Adela and Darryl Bailor.Jun 11, 2007 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 573 (106th) To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Rosa Parks in recognition of her contributions to the Nation.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 130 (110th) Congratulating the National Football League champion Indianapolis Colts for winning Super Bowl XLI and for bringing the City of Indianapolis and the State of…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 58 (110th) To honor Muhammad Ali, global humanitarian, on the occasion of his 65th birthday and to extend best wishes to him and his family.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5604 (107th) To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 46 East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the "Birch Bayh Federal Building…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1082 (108th) To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 46 East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana, as the "Birch Bayh Federal Building…Reported from committee
- H.R. 515 (106th) Child Handgun Injury Prevention Act82 cosponsors
- H.R. 4590 (107th) To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Muhammad Ali in recognition of his contributions to the Nation.63 cosponsors
- H.Res. 287 (106th) To commend Serena Williams on winning the 1999 U.S. Open Women's Singles and Doubles championships.62 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Carson has won
Rep. Carson has won 6 U.S. House elections (1996–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.5 to 19.0 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 Indiana’s 7th district done while Rep. Carson served?
2005 to 2006 in IN-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 Indiana’s 7th district during Carson’s time representing it (2003 to 2007). 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. IN-7 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Carson’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | 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 | 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 110th 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.