Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
George (Buddy) Darden
George Darden was a Democratic U.S. representative from Georgia, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–103rd 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. 502 To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds on metric system highway signing.May 12, 1994 · See H.R.4385.
- H.R. 4262 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require that recipients of Pell Grants be citizens or nationals of the United States.May 3, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education and Training.
- H.R. 4130 To require that all Federal recurring payments be paid by electronic funds transfer, and for other purposes.Mar 29, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
- H.R. 4131 Family Unity Promotion Act of 1994Mar 24, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.J.Res. 17 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to Federal budget procedures.Mar 17, 1994 · See H.J.Res.103.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2121 (100th) A bill to authorize and direct the National Park Service to assist the State of Georgia in relocating a highway affecting the Chickamauga and Chattanooga…Became law
- H.R. 1275 (100th) A bill for the relief of Joyce G. McFarland.Became law
- H.J.Res. 557 (100th) A joint resolution to designate October 1988 as "National Down Syndrome Month".228 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 228 (100th) A joint resolution to designate October 1987 as "National Down Syndrome Month".219 cosponsors
- H.R. 1481 (100th) Public Rangelands Fee Act of 198742 cosponsors
- H.R. 775 (101st) Public Rangelands Fee Act of 198941 cosponsors
- H.R. 2414 (101st) To permit States to waive application of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 with respect to farm vehicles whether or not such vehicles are…33 cosponsors
- H.R. 481 (102nd) Public Rangelands Fee Act of 199132 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Darden has won
Rep. Darden has won 5 U.S. House elections (1984–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.4 to 32.8 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 11 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 11 | 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.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.