Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress
Thelma D. Drake
Thelma Drake was a Republican U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 2005.
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. 7111 To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the Honor and Remember Flag created by Honor and Remember, Inc., as an official symbol to recognize and…Sep 26, 2008 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.Res. 1309 Recognizing and honoring the 44th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and those who worked to achieve this goal.Jun 26, 2008 · Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
- H.R. 6317 To amend chapter 31 of title 40, United States Code (commonly known as the Davis-Bacon Act) to provide an exemption from the prevailing wage requirements for…Jun 19, 2008 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- H.R. 5987 To amend title 37, United States Code, to guarantee a pay increase for members of the uniformed services for fiscal years 2010 through 2013 of one-half of one…May 23, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.R. 5797 Roth TSP Act of 2008May 12, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Post Office, and the District of Columbia.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 208 (110th) Resolution recognizing the 25th anniversary of the founding of Operation Smile.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1871 (109th) Volunteer Pilot Organization Protection Act of 2006Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 261 (110th) Commemorating the centennial anniversary of the sailing of the Navy's "Great White Fleet," launched by President Theodore Roosevelt on December 16, 1907, from…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 305 (110th) Honoring the 53,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and civilians that comprise the Nation's special operations forces community.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 386 (110th) Recognizing the Coast Guard, the Coast Guard Auxiliary, and other boating safety organizations for their efforts to promote National Safe Boating Week.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3026 (110th) Military Spouses Memorial Act of 2007106 cosponsors
- H.R. 5233 (110th) Giving Relief to Our Small Businesses Act18 cosponsors
- H.R. 6080 (109th) Resources Origin and Commodity Knowledge Act17 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Drake has won
Rep. Drake has won 2 U.S. House elections (2004–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.8 to 10.3 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 Virginia’s 2nd district done while Rep. Drake served?
2005 to 2008 in VA-2: 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.
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 Virginia’s 2nd district during Drake’s time representing it (2005 to 2009). 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. VA-2 was redrawn in 2012, 2016 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Drake’s term so far (2005 to 2008) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 20 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 20 | 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 110th 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.