Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
Donna F. Edwards
Donna Edwards was a Democratic U.S. representative from Maryland, first elected to Congress in 2008, who voted with most Democrats on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
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. 2521 REAL Act of 2015Nov 16, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- H.R. 2371 Broadening Opportunities Through Education ActNov 16, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
- H.R. 1775 Innovative Stormwater Infrastructure Act of 2015Aug 18, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- H.R. 2850 Stop Overdose Stat Act of 2015Jun 26, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 1121 Online Job Training Act of 2015Apr 29, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 534 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Children and Families Day".Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 757 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Day of Remembrance for Homicide Victims.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1360 (110th) Honoring and commemorating the selfless acts of heroism displayed by the late Detective John Michael Gibson and Private First Class Jacob Joseph Chestnut of…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1466 (110th) Honoring Dr. Guion S. "Guy" Bluford, Jr., and the 25th anniversary of his historic flight as the first African-American in space.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 198 (112th) Recognizing the coordinated struggle of workers during the 1968 Memphis sanitation workers strike to voice their grievances and reach a collective agreement…57 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 25 (113th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for…53 cosponsors
- H.R. 1492 (114th) Child CARE Act52 cosponsors
- H.R. 3740 (113th) Child CARE Act49 cosponsors
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 4 U.S. House elections (2008–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 41.9 to 73.0 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 Maryland’s 4th district done while Rep. Edwards served?
2012 to 2016 in MD-4: typical household income was up 6% 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 3.1 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 Maryland’s 4th district during Edwards’s time representing it (2008 to 2017). 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. MD-4 was redrawn in 2012 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, 2012 to 2016 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2008 to 2017.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 10 | See the 10 → |
| 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 114th 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.