Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Ronald D. Coleman
Ronald Coleman was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (100th–104th 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. 2415 To designate the United States Customs Administrative Building at the Ysleta/Zaragosa Port of Entry located at 797 South Ysleta in El Paso, Texas, as the…Apr 30, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-138.
- H.R. 1315 For the relief of Kris Murty.Dec 19, 1995 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- H.R. 1875 To provide for the conveyance of the reversionary interest of the United States in certain lands to the Clint Independent School District and the Fabens…Jun 29, 1995 · Executive Comment Requested from State.
- H.R. 1554 To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a regional office in a community in the United States located not more than 10…May 3, 1995 · Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- H.R. 556 Colonia Waste Water Treatment Act of 1995Apr 6, 1995 · See H.R.961.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 318 (100th) Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration ActBecame law
- H.R. 454 (102nd) For the relief of Bruce C. Veit.Became law
- H.R. 4758 (101st) Rio Grande American Canal Extension Act of 1990Became law
- H.R. 4777 (100th) A bill to modify the boundary of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.Con.Res. 86 (101st) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should encourage the private creditors of Mexico to take certain actions to reduce Mexico's debt and…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2793 (103rd) For the relief of Kris Murty.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 713 (101st) For the relief of Bruce C. Veit.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5462 (100th) United States-Mexico Border Region Housing and Community Development ActPassed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Coleman has won
Rep. Coleman has won 7 U.S. House elections (1982–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.8 to 91.3 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
104th 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 | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.