Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress

E. J. (Jake) Garn

REPUBLICAN U.S. Senator · UtahSenate 1975–1993

Edwin Garn was a Republican U.S. senator from Utah, first elected to Congress in 1975, who sponsored 10 bills that became law (100th–102nd Congress).

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81Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–102nd Congress (excludes amendments)

30Passed a chamberof 81 bills & resolutions sponsored

10Became law10 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 100th–102nd Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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. 1184 Bonneville Salt Flats Preservation Study Act
Oct 8, 1992 · See H.R.1096.
S. 1183 Targhee and Kaniksu Land Exchange Act of 1992
Oct 8, 1992 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
S. 289 A bill to authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan and design an extension of the National Air and Space Museum at Washington…
Oct 8, 1992 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
S. 2577 Utah Schools and Lands Improvement Act of 1992
Oct 7, 1992 · Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
S. 3332 A bill to establish the San Rafael Swell National Trails and Recreation Area in the State of Utah, and for other purposes.
Oct 6, 1992 · Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Sen. Garn has won

Sen. Garn has won 2 U.S. Senate elections (1980, 1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 45.8 to 48.2 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won2 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 45.8 points1986, UT Senate

Won an open seat or took one from the other party0 of 2 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Utah Senate (class 3)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: Edwin Garn (R) 1980–1986 → Robert Bennett (R) 1992–2004 → Mike Lee (R) 2010–2022. The seat is next on the ballot in 2028.

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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

102nd 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

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 102nd 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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.