Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis was a Republican U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 2013.
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. 6095 Export Administration Anti-Discrimination ActOct 19, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
- H.R. 2327 PAWS Act of 2017Sep 25, 2018 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Stivers asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be the first sponsor of H.R. 2327, a bill originally introduced by…
- H.R. 3737 Social Media Use in Clearance Investigations Act of 2017Mar 7, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- H.R. 4718 Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel ActDec 21, 2017 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- H.Res. 259 Expressing concern and condemnation over the political, economic, social, and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela.Dec 7, 2017 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3973 (113th) Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014Passed a chamber
- H.R. 883 (115th) Targeting Child Predators Act of 2017Passed a chamber
- H.R. 273 (113th) To eliminate the 2013 statutory pay adjustment for Federal employees.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2329 (114th) Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States ActReported from committee
- H.R. 5683 (113th) Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States ActReported from committee
- H.R. 4764 (114th) Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) Act of 2016126 cosponsors
- H.R. 4494 (115th) Congressional Accountability and Hush Fund Elimination Act103 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Desantis has won
Rep. Desantis has won 3 U.S. House elections (2012–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 14.4 to 25.1 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 Florida’s 6th district done while Rep. DeSantis served?
2013 to 2015 in FL-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 down 1.4 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 6th district during DeSantis’s time representing it (2013 to 2018). 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. FL-6 was redrawn in 2012, 2016 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2013 to 2015 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2013 to 2018.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 14 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 14 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 13 | See the 13 → |
| 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 115th 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.