Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Don Edwards
Don Edwards was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1963, who sponsored 8 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
- H.R. 4922 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement ActOct 25, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-414.
- H.R. 4999 Civil Rights Commission Amendments Act of 1994Oct 3, 1994 · Laid on the table. See S. 2372 for further action.
- H.R. 4035 To establish constitutional procedures for the imposition of the death penalty.Mar 25, 1994 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 259.
- H.R. 4018 Habeas Corpus Revision Act of 1994Mar 25, 1994 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 262.
- H.R. 4017 Racial Justice ActMar 24, 1994 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 252.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4083 (100th) A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the establishment of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration Senior…Became law
- H.R. 175 (103rd) To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize the Federal Bureau of Investigation to obtain certain telephone subscriber information.Became law
- H.R. 3350 (102nd) United States Commission on Civil Rights Reauthorization Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 972 (101st) To amend section 3724 of title 31, United States Code, to increase the authority of the Attorney General to settle claims for damages resulting from law…Became law
- H.R. 2583 (100th) A bill to authorize additional appropriations for the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge.Became law
- H.R. 5399 (102nd) United States Commission on Civil Rights Authorization Act of 1992Became law
- H.R. 3532 (101st) Civil Rights Commission Reauthorization Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 5347 (100th) Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act of 1988Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Edwards has won
Rep. Edwards has won 9 U.S. House elections (1976–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 25.4 to 72.4 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 18 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 18 | 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 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.