Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Norman D. Dicks
Norman Dicks was a Democratic U.S. representative from Washington, first elected to Congress in 1977, who voted with most Democrats on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 8 bills that became law (100th–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
- 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
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6716 To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate the sequestrations for fiscal year 2013.Dec 30, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
- H.R. 5995 Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012Jun 29, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- H.R. 1162 To provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and for other purposes.Feb 27, 2012 · Became Public Law No: 112-97.
- H.R. 3222 To designate certain National Park System land in Olympic National Park as wilderness or potential wilderness, and for other purposes.Dec 2, 2011 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 1061 Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands ActDec 22, 2010 · Became Public Law No: 111-323.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 932 (101st) Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 4196 (103rd) To ensure that all timber-dependent communities qualify for loans and grants from the Rural Development Administration.Became law
- H.R. 2996 (111th) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010Became law
- H.R. 4140 (110th) To designate the Port Angeles Federal Building in Port Angeles, Washington, as the "Richard B. Anderson Federal Building".Became law
- H.R. 4489 (102nd) To provide for a land exchange with the city of Tacoma, Washington.Became law
- H.R. 5161 (103rd) To amend the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to permit the prompt sharing of timber sale receipts of the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land…Became law
- H.R. 2643 (110th) Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 129 (111th) Congratulating the Sailors of the United States Submarine Force upon the completion of 1,000 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) deterrent patrols.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Dicks has won
Rep. Dicks has won 18 U.S. House elections (1976–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.3 to 48.2 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 Washington’s 6th district done while Rep. Dicks served?
2005 to 2011 in WA-6: 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 up 6.5 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 Washington’s 6th district during Dicks’s time representing it (1977 to 2013). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. WA-6 was redrawn in 2012, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1977 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 4 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 4 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 4 | See the 4 → |
| 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 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.