Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Ernie Fletcher
Ernest Fletcher was a Republican U.S. representative from Kentucky, 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
- H.R. 3160 Tobacco Reduction, Accountability, and Community Enhancement Act of 2003Sep 24, 2003 · Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- H.R. 660 Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003Jun 20, 2003 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- H.R. 245 Tobacco Equity Elimination Act of 2003Jan 30, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs.
- H.R. 5257 Keeping All Children Safe in Schools Act of 2002Oct 24, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- H.R. 2315 Patients' Bill of Rights Act of 2001Oct 17, 2002 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8027)
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4601 (106th) Debt Reduction Reconciliation Act of 2000Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5173 (106th) Debt Relief Lock-box Reconciliation Act for Fiscal Year 2001Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 232 (107th) Expressing the sense of the Congress in honoring the crew and passengers of United Airlines Flight 93.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4866 (106th) Debt Relief Reconciliation Act for Fiscal Year 2001Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1774 (107th) Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2001111 cosponsors
- H.R. 2748 (106th) Tobacco Farmers' Relief Act20 cosponsors
- H.R. 5035 (107th) Tobacco Equity Elimination Act of 200216 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Fletcher has won
Rep. Fletcher has won 3 U.S. House elections (1998–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.2 to 46.0 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 3 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 3 | 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 | 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 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.