Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison was a Democratic U.S. representative from Minnesota, first elected to Congress in 2007, who voted with most Democrats on 94% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–115th 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.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 7401 Strengthening Refugee Resettlement ActJan 2, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 435 The Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017Jun 26, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- H.R. 6096 Reward Work ActJun 13, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- H.R. 5632 End Employer Collusion ActMay 22, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
- H.R. 5609 Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2018May 22, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4386 (113th) Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2014Became law
- H.R. 6309 (110th) Lead-Safe Housing for Kids Act of 2008Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 606 (110th) Honoring the city of Minneapolis, first responders, and the citizens of the State of Minnesota for their valiant efforts in responding to the horrific…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1720 (111th) Providing for the printing of a revised edition of the Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Twelfth Congress.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5173 (110th) To temporarily delay application of proposed changes to Medicaid payment rules for case management and targeted case management services.86 cosponsors
- H.R. 4268 (111th) Put America to Work Act of 200969 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 64 (112th) Expressing the sense of Congress that Social Security benefits should not be reduced.60 cosponsors
- H.R. 3164 (114th) Pay Workers a Living Wage Act56 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Ellison has won
Rep. Ellison has won 6 U.S. House elections (2006–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 34.2 to 49.3 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 Minnesota’s 5th district done while Rep. Ellison served?
2007 to 2018 in MN-5: typical household income was up 12% 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 2.8 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 Minnesota’s 5th district during Ellison’s time representing it (2007 to 2019). 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. MN-5’s lines did not change in these years, so every year can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 43 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 43 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 38 | See the 38 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.