Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
Bob Etheridge
Bob Etheridge was a Democratic U.S. representative from North Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 6 bills that became law (105th–111th 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.Res. 1693 Honoring the 15th anniversary of the AbilityOne Base Supply Centers.Oct 20, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.R. 6328 Used Oil Re-Refining Tax Credit Act of 2010Sep 29, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3150 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to use section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, to provide compensation to certain poultry producers whose poultry…Jun 22, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
- H.Res. 1364 Honoring the historic and community significance of the Chatham County Courthouse and expressing condolences to Chatham County and the town of Pittsboro for…May 19, 2010 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 1274 Honoring the historic and community significance of the Chatham County Courthouse and expressing condolences to Chatham County and the town of Pittsboro for…Apr 20, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 6849 (110th) To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to…Became law
- H.R. 2486 (107th) Inland Flood Forecasting and Warning System Act of 2002Became law
- H.R. 3439 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 201 North 3rd Street in Smithfield, North Carolina, as the "Ava Gardner Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 4556 (108th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1115 South Clinton Avenue in Dunn, North Carolina, as the "General William Carey Lee…Became law
- H.R. 2751 (107th) General Shelton Congressional Gold Medal ActBecame law
- H.R. 911 (106th) Terry Sanford Commemoration Act of 1999Became law
- H.R. 5334 (107th) Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act of 2002Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 158 (111th) Expressing support for the designation of an Early Detection Month for breast cancer and all forms of cancer.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Etheridge has won
Rep. Etheridge has won 7 U.S. House elections (1996–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.9 to 35.7 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 North Carolina’s 2nd district done while Rep. Etheridge served?
2005 to 2010 in NC-2: typical household income was down 7% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 2.6 points, 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 North Carolina’s 2nd district during Etheridge’s time representing it (1997 to 2011). 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. NC-2 was redrawn in 2012, 2016, 2022 and again in 2024 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Etheridge’s term so far (2005 to 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 11 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 11 | 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 111th 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.