Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress

Sam Coppersmith

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · ArizonaHouse 1993–1995 (AZ-1)

Sam Coppersmith was a Democratic U.S. representative from Arizona, first elected to Congress in 1993.

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5Bills & resolutions sponsored103rd–103rd Congress (excludes amendments)

0Passed a chamberof 5 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law103rd–103rd 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. 4479 U.S.-Mexico Border Water Pollution Control Act
Jun 6, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
H.R. 4478 U.S. Colonias Water Pollution Control Act
Jun 6, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
H.R. 4258 Home Worker Tax Relief Act of 1994
Apr 19, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 3629 Postal Service Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1993
Nov 24, 1993 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E3063)
H.R. 2365 Breeder Reactor Termination Act of 1993
Nov 10, 1993 · Provisions Included in H.R.3400.

Elections Rep. Coppersmith has won

Rep. Coppersmith has won 1 U.S. House election (1992–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.7 to 6.7 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

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

Closest win: 6.7 points1992, AZ-1

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

Seat history, Arizona’s 1st districtWinners, most recent three: Ann Kirkpatrick (D) 2012–2014 → Tom O’Halleran (D) 2016–2020 → David Schweikert (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

103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 5 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	5	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 103rd 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.