Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
John C. Carney, Jr.
John Carney was a Democratic U.S. representative from Delaware, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Democrats on 91% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–114th 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. 3784 SEC Small Business Advocate Act of 2016Dec 16, 2016 · Became Public Law No: 114-284.
- H.R. 4222 Higher Education Savings Accounts Act of 2015Mar 23, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- H.R. 4221 SMART Grant Reauthorization Act of 2015Mar 23, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- H.R. 4409 Made in America Act of 2016Feb 5, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
- H.R. 2364 Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2015Nov 16, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4414 (113th) Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act of 2014Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3839 (112th) Drug Shortage Prevention Act of 201243 cosponsors
- H.R. 644 (113th) Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 201321 cosponsors
- H.R. 1772 (114th) Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 201517 cosponsors
- H.R. 2325 (112th) Delaware River Basin Conservation Act of 201114 cosponsors
- H.R. 2362 (114th) Medical Debt Relief Act of 201511 cosponsors
- H.R. 2664 (113th) Made in America Act of 201310 cosponsors
- H.R. 5119 (113th) To authorize the Secretary of the Air Force to modernize C-130 aircraft using alternative communication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management…8 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Carney has won
Rep. Carney has won 3 U.S. House elections (2010–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 15.7 to 31.0 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 Delaware done while Rep. Carney served?
2011 to 2016 in Delaware: 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 down 3.3 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. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Delaware during Carney’s time representing it (2011 to 2017). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Delaware’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 18 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 18 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 17 | See the 17 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 114th 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.