Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Luis V. Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez was a Democratic U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1993, who voted with most Democrats on 94% 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. 4277 Waiver of Emergency Payments ActNov 8, 2017 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- H.R. 3591 American Hope Act of 2017Sep 6, 2017 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- H.R. 2690 Agricultural Worker Program Act of 2017Jul 11, 2017 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- H.R. 1527 For the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania Simeonova.Mar 17, 2017 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- H.R. 1435 Exchange Inclusion for a Healthy America Act of 2017Mar 10, 2017 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 925 (108th) To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1859 South Ashland Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, as the "Cesar Chavez Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 4831 (106th) To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2339 North California Street in Chicago, Illinois, as the "Roberto Clemente Post…Became law
- H.R. 5478 (110th) To provide for the continued minting and issuance of certain $1 coins in 2008.Became law
- H.R. 6894 (110th) Defense Production Act Extension and Reauthorization of 2008Became law
- H.Res. 1029 (110th) Congratulating and recognizing Mr. Juan Antonio "Chi-Chi" Rodriguez for his continued success on and off of the golf course.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 320 (107th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding scleroderma.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 287 (108th) Recognizing and honoring the life of the late Raul Julia, his dedication to ending world hunger, and his great contributions to the Latino community and the…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 195 (108th) Congratulating Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs for hitting 500 major league home runs.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Gutiérrez has won
Rep. Gutiérrez has won 13 U.S. House elections (1992–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 50.4 to 87.1 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 Illinois’s 4th district done while Rep. Gutierrez served?
2005 to 2018 in IL-4: typical household income was up 11% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 8.7 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.3 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 Illinois’s 4th district during Gutierrez’s time representing it (1993 to 2019). 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. IL-4 was redrawn in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Gutierrez’s term so far (2005 to 2018) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 6 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 6 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 6 | See the 6 → |
| 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 115th 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.