Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
Sam Farr
Sam Farr was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1993, who voted with most Democrats on 94% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–114th 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. 1838 Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation ActSep 22, 2016 · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-509.
- H.R. 5797 California Seamounts and Ridges National Marine Conservation Area Designation and Management ActAug 4, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- H.J.Res. 94 Conferring honorary citizenship of the United States on Staff Sergeant Laszlo Holovits, Jr.May 18, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- H.R. 2717 Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2015Aug 18, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
- H.R. 5545 To reauthorize the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009.Dec 11, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1446 (108th) California Missions Preservation ActBecame law
- H.R. 3641 (112th) Pinnacles National Park ActBecame law
- H.R. 272 (113th) To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense joint outpatient clinic to be constructed in Marina, California, as the "Major…Became law
- H.R. 4750 (107th) Big Sur Wilderness and Conservation Act of 2002Became law
- H.Res. 1330 (111th) Recognizing June 8, 2010, as World Ocean Day.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4195 (111th) To authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1171 (112th) Marine Debris Act Amendments of 2012Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 158 (104th) To recognize the Peace Corps on the occasion of its 35th anniversary and the Americans who have served as Peace Corps volunteers.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Farr has won
Rep. Farr has won 11 U.S. House elections (1994–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.7 to 53.2 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 California’s 20th district done while Rep. Farr served?
2013 to 2016 in CA-20: typical household income was up 11% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 4.3 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.4 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 California’s 20th district during Farr’s time representing it (2013 to 2017). 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. CA-20 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Farr’s term so far (2013 to 2016) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 4 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 4 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 4 | See the 4 → |
| 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 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.