Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
John Edwards
John Edwards was a Democratic U.S. senator from North Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1999.
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
- S. 3017 Swain County Settlement Act of 2004Nov 19, 2004 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- S. 2153 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 223 South Main Street in Roxboro, North Carolina, as the "Oscar Scott Woody…Jun 7, 2004 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 575.
- S. 2445 Direct to Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising Act of 2004May 19, 2004 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S. 2325 Telehealth Improvement Act of 2004Apr 21, 2004 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- S. 2303 Better Future for American Families ActApr 8, 2004 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4026-4027)
Top bills sponsored
- S.Res. 268 (106th) Designating July 22, 2000 as "National Fragile X Awareness Day".Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 188 (106th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that additional assistance should be provided to the victims of Hurricane Floyd.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 29 (107th) A resolution honoring Dale Earnhardt and expressing condolences of the United States Senate to his family on his death.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 307 (108th) A resolution honoring the county of Cumberland, North Carolina, its municipalities and community partners as they celebrate the 250th year of the existence of…Passed a chamber
- S. 2937 (107th) Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Act of 2002Reported from committee
- S. 1131 (106th) Fragile X Research Breakthrough Act of 199916 cosponsors
- S. 863 (108th) Fairness for America's Soldiers in Higher Education Act of 20039 cosponsors
- S. 2671 (107th) Nurturing Special Kids Act of 20027 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Edwards has won
Sen. Edwards has won 1 U.S. Senate election (1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.1 to 4.1 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 33 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 33 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a Congress.gov note | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 108th 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.