Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Brad Carson
Brad Carson was a Democratic U.S. representative from Oklahoma, first elected to Congress in 2001, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (107th–108th 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. 5175 Keep the Promise of Medicare Act of 2004Oct 8, 2004 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.Con.Res. 511 Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to Inez Sitter.Oct 7, 2004 · Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
- H.R. 4783 Ouachita National Forest Boundary Adjustment ActJul 16, 2004 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- H.R. 4782 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 East Illinois Avenue in Vinita, Oklahoma, as the "Francis C. Goodpaster Post…Jul 8, 2004 · Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
- H.R. 4725 Glover River Wild and Scenic River ActJul 6, 2004 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1668 (108th) To designate the United States courthouse located at 101 North Fifth Street in Muskogee, Oklahoma, as the "Ed Edmondson United States Courthouse".Became law
- H.R. 2742 (107th) To authorize the construction of a Native American Cultural Center and Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3534 (107th) Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations Claims Settlement ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 2152 (107th) Indian School Construction Act of 200126 cosponsors
- H.R. 3899 (107th) Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 200215 cosponsors
- H.R. 4276 (108th) Rural Safety and Law Enforcement Improvement Act5 cosponsors
- H.R. 4395 (108th) Ephedrine Alkaloids Regulation Act of 20045 cosponsors
- H.R. 3933 (107th) Patient Abuse Prevention Act4 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Carson has won
Rep. Carson has won 2 U.S. House elections (2000–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 13.1 to 48.2 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
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 16 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 16 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 108th 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.