Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
Howard Coble
Howard Coble was a Republican U.S. representative from North Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1985, who voted with most Republicans on 95% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 2 bills that became law (113th–113th 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.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5036 Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014Jul 22, 2014 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 410.
- H.R. 1129 Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2013Apr 29, 2014 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 2871 To amend title 28, United States Code, to modify the composition of the southern judicial district of Mississippi to improve judicial efficiency, and for…Dec 20, 2013 · Became Public Law No: 113-61.
- H.R. 3626 To extend the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years.Dec 9, 2013 · Became Public Law No: 113-57.
- H.R. 2931 Fairness in Health Care Claims, Guidance, and Investigations ActSep 13, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 5107 (106th) Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 821 (107th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1030 South Church Street in Asheboro, North Carolina, as the "W. Joe Trogdon Post…Became law
- H.R. 2281 (105th) Digital Millennium Copyright ActBecame law
- H.R. 2048 (107th) To require a report on the operations of the State Justice Institute.Became law
- H.R. 92 (106th) To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 251 North Main Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as the "Hiram H. Ward…Became law
- H.R. 2336 (107th) An act to extend for 4 years, through December 31, 2005, the authority to redact financial disclosure statements of judicial employees and judicial officers.Became law
- H.R. 3528 (105th) Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 1998Became law
- H.R. 3723 (105th) United States Patent and Trademark Office Reauthorization Act, Fiscal Year 1999Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Coble has won
Rep. Coble has won 15 U.S. House elections (1984–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.1 to 82.3 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 North Carolina’s 6th district done while Rep. Coble served?
2005 to 2011 in NC-6: 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 up 3.0 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 North Carolina’s 6th district during Coble’s time representing it (1985 to 2015). 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. NC-6 was redrawn in 2012, 2016, 2022 and again in 2024, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1985 to 2015.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 6 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 6 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 6 | See the 6 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 113th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.