Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Dennis DeConcini
Dennis Deconcini was a Democratic U.S. senator from Arizona, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 40 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
- S. 2272 Patent Prior User Rights Act of 1994Nov 29, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
- S. 1233 Arizona Wilderness Land Title Resolution Act of 1994Oct 14, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-365.
- S. 316 Saguaro National Park Establishment Act of 1994Oct 14, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-364.
- S. 2341 Patent Reexamination Reform Act of 1994Oct 11, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration.
- S.Res. 284 A resolution increasing the efficiency of the deportation process and the removal of deportable aliens.Oct 8, 1994 · Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S15026)
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 339 (101st) A joint resolution to designate August 1, 1990, as "Helsinki Human Rights Day".Became law
- S.J.Res. 99 (103rd) A joint resolution designating September 9, 1993, and April 21, 1994, each as "National D.A.R.E. Day".Became law
- S.J.Res. 150 (101st) A joint resolution to designate August 1, 1989, as "Helsinki Human Rights Day".Became law
- S.J.Res. 151 (100th) A joint resolution to designate August 1, 1987, as "Helsinki Human Rights Day".Became law
- S.J.Res. 111 (103rd) A joint resolution to designate August 1, 1993, as "Helsinki Human Rights Day".Became law
- S. 474 (102nd) Professional and Amateur Sports Protection ActBecame law
- S.J.Res. 88 (103rd) A joint resolution to designate July 1, 1993, as "National NYSP Day".Became law
- S.J.Res. 295 (102nd) A joint resolution designating September 10, 1992, as "National D.A.R.E. Day".Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Deconcini has won
Sen. Deconcini has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1976, 1982, 1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.7 to 16.6 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 83 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 83 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| 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.