Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress
Jim Gibbons
Jim Gibbons was a Republican U.S. representative from Nevada, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 16 bills that became law (105th–109th 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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 4627 To validate certain conveyances made by the Union Pacific Railroad Company of lands located in Reno, Nevada, that were originally conveyed by the United…Jan 13, 2006 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
- H.R. 4461 To make a technical correction relating to the land conveyance authorized by Public Law 108-67.Dec 7, 2005 · Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
- H.R. 4401 Nevada Mining Townsite Conveyance ActNov 29, 2005 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
- H.R. 3772 Protecting Our Children from Sexual Predators Act of 2005Oct 17, 2005 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- H.R. 3419 Northern Nevada Sustainable Development in Mining ActAug 8, 2005 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1695 (106th) Ivanpah Valley Airport Public Lands Transfer ActBecame law
- H.R. 1236 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 750 4th Street in Sparks, Nevada, as the "Mayor Tony Armstrong Memorial Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 4593 (108th) Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act of 2004Became law
- H.R. 74 (108th) To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Nevada, to the Secretary of the Interior, in trust for…Became law
- H.R. 884 (108th) Western Shoshone Claims Distribution ActBecame law
- H.R. 2937 (107th) To provide for the conveyance of certain public land in Clark County, Nevada, for use as a shooting range.Became law
- H.R. 4102 (107th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 North Maine Street in Fallon, Nevada, as the "Rollan D. Melton Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 4169 (106th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2000 Vassar Street in Reno, Nevada, as the "Barbara F. Vucanovich Post Office…Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Gibbons has won
Rep. Gibbons has won 5 U.S. House elections (1996–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 23.3 to 72.7 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 Nevada’s 2nd district done while Rep. Gibbons served?
2005 to 2006 in NV-2: typical household income was up 4% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
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 Nevada’s 2nd district during Gibbons’s time representing it (1997 to 2007). 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. NV-2 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Gibbons’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
109th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 19 | 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 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 109th 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.