Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Rod D. Chandler
Rod Chandler was a Republican U.S. representative from Washington, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–102nd 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. 2641 Employee Benefits Simplification Act of 1991Oct 5, 1992 · See H.R.11.
- H.R. 6002 To treat health professionals who are faculty members at a dental school and who operate an intramural dental faculty practice plan at such school as paid by…Sep 28, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- H.R. 5786 Commission on Retirement Income Policy Act of 1992Aug 25, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
- H.R. 5581 Education Savings Act of 1992Aug 25, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
- H.R. 5308 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a moratorium on the inclusion of certain sponsorship payments in the unrelated business income of…Jun 3, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 652 (101st) To designate March 25, 1991, as "National Medal of Honor Day".Became law
- H.R. 4146 (100th) Washington Park Wilderness Bill of 1988Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 566 (100th) A joint resolution expressing United States policy regarding reforms which should be taken by the Government of Nicaragua in order to bring about lasting…86 cosponsors
- H.Res. 99 (102nd) Supporting Operation Homefront.45 cosponsors
- H.R. 2363 (100th) A bill to provide that during a two-year period each item of any joint resolution making continuing appropriations that is agreed to by both Houses of the…41 cosponsors
- H.R. 3806 (102nd) Medicare Outpatient Diabetes Education Coverage Act of 199140 cosponsors
- H.R. 4803 (100th) Price Competitive Products Act of 198826 cosponsors
- H.R. 3843 (102nd) Pension Protection in Bankruptcy Act of 199124 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Chandler has won
Rep. Chandler has won 5 U.S. House elections (1982–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 12.4 to 41.7 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 18 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 18 | 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 102nd 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.