Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Chip Cravaack
Chip Cravaack was a Republican U.S. representative from Minnesota, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 92% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 3 bills that became law (112th–112th 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
- NayOn 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. 6507 Promoting Nuanced Taconite Regulations Act of 2012Sep 26, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
- H.R. 5544 Minnesota Education Investment and Employment ActSep 13, 2012 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
- H.R. 5797 Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act of 2012Aug 2, 2012 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- H.R. 2947 To provide for the release of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land conveyed by the United States in 1950 for the establishment…Jun 8, 2012 · Became Public Law No: 112-129.
- H.R. 3220 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 Evergreen Square SW in Pine City, Minnesota, as the "Master Sergeant Daniel L.…Jun 5, 2012 · Became Public Law No: 112-125.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1801 (112th) Risk-Based Security Screening for Members of the Armed Forces ActBecame law
- H.R. 4350 (112th) Safe Skies Act of 201243 cosponsors
- H.R. 801 (112th) Truck Weight Uniformity Act of 20118 cosponsors
- H.R. 2442 (112th) Rural County Mandate Relief Act of 20112 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Cravaack has won
Rep. Cravaack has won 1 U.S. House election (2010–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.6 to 1.6 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 Minnesota’s 8th district done while Rep. Cravaack served?
2011 to 2012 in MN-8: 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 1.5 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. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Minnesota’s 8th district during Cravaack’s time representing it (2011 to 2013). 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. MN-8 was redrawn in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Cravaack’s term so far (2011 and 2012) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 9 | See the 9 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th 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.