Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress

Jim Davis

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · FloridaHouse 1997–2007 (FL-11)

Jim Davis was a Democratic U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (105th–109th Congress).

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24Bills & resolutions sponsored105th–109th Congress (excludes amendments)

5Passed a chamberof 24 bills & resolutions sponsored

2Became law1 substantive + 1 ceremonial · 105th–109th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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. 5104 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1750 16th Street South in St. Petersburg, Florida, as the "Morris W. Milton Post…
Aug 17, 2006 · Became Public Law No: 109-276.
H.R. 1071 Desalination Water Supply Shortage Prevention Act of 2005
May 26, 2006 · Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
H.R. 4783 Permanent Protection for Florida Act of 2006
Feb 24, 2006 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
H.Con.Res. 275 Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the education curriculum in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Jan 27, 2006 · Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
H.R. 1359 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the pilot program for alternative water source projects.
Jul 13, 2005 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 104.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Davis has won

Rep. Davis has won 5 U.S. House elections (1996–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 15.8 to 71.7 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won5 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 15.8 points1996, FL-11

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 5 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Florida’s 11th districtWinners, most recent three: Kathy Castor (D) 2006–2010 → Richard B. Nugent (R) 2012–2014 → Daniel Webster (R) 2016–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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 Florida’s 11th district done while Rep. Davis served?

2005 to 2006 in FL-11: 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.

Typical household income · after inflation

FL-11: $57.7K in 2005 → $59.0K in 2006

FL-11 about the sameFlorida up 4%U.S. up 1%

Share of people below the poverty line

FL-11: 19.8% in 2005 → 19.0% in 2006

FL-11 about the sameFlorida about the sameU.S. about the same

Share of workers looking for a job

FL-11: 7.3% in 2005 → 6.8% in 2006

FL-11 about the sameFlorida down 0.8 pointsU.S. down 0.5 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 Florida’s 11th district during Davis’s time representing it (1997 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. FL-11 was redrawn in 2012, 2016 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Davis’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

109th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	7	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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.