Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress
Christopher Cox
Christopher Cox was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1989, who sponsored 9 bills that became law (101st–109th 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.Res. 398 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the employees of the Department of Homeland Security, their partners at all levels of government…Jul 28, 2005 · Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- H.R. 1685 Internet Consumer Protection Act of 2005Jul 1, 2005 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
- H.R. 1684 Internet Tax Nondiscrimination Act of 2005Jul 1, 2005 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
- H.R. 1817 Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006May 19, 2005 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- H.Con.Res. 143 Expressing the sense of Congress that the continued participation of the Russian Federation in the Group of 8 nations should be conditioned on the Russian…May 19, 2005 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2779 (104th) Savings in Construction Act of 1996Became law
- H.R. 1552 (107th) Internet Tax Nondiscrimination ActBecame law
- H.R. 4281 (102nd) To designate the United States Federal building and United States courthouse to be located at Fifth and Ross Streets in Santa Ana, California, as the "Ronald…Became law
- H.R. 1598 (108th) Irvine Basin Surface and Groundwater Improvement Act of 2004Became law
- H.J.Res. 7 (107th) Recognizing the 90th birthday of Ronald Reagan.Became law
- H.J.Res. 82 (107th) Recognizing the 91st birthday of Ronald Reagan.Became law
- H.R. 4592 (107th) To name the chapel located in the national cemetery in Los Angeles, California, as the "Bob Hope Veterans Chapel".Became law
- H.J.Res. 19 (108th) Recognizing the 92d birthday of Ronald Reagan.Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Cox has won
Rep. Cox has won 9 U.S. House elections (1988–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 32.8 to 46.7 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.
How has California’s 48th district done while Rep. Cox served?
2005 to 2006 in CA-48: 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 California’s 48th district during Cox’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. CA-48 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Cox’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
109th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 109th 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.