Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
Scott Garrett
Scott Garrett was a Republican U.S. representative from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 2003, who voted with most Republicans on 93% 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
- NayOn 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
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.Res. 950 Expressing support for the designation of October 23 as a national day of remembrance of the tragic 1983 terrorist bombing of the United States Marine Corps…Dec 7, 2016 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 6427 Creating Financial Prosperity for Businesses and Investors ActDec 6, 2016 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 6251 PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act of 2016Sep 28, 2016 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- H.R. 5429 SEC Regulatory Accountability ActSep 28, 2016 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 622.
- H.R. 4852 Private Placement Improvement Act of 2016Sep 6, 2016 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 562.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4628 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 Westwood Avenue in Westwood, New Jersey, as the "Sergeant Christopher R. Hrbek…Became law
- H.R. 2130 (108th) To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 121 Kinderkamack Road in River Edge, New Jersey, as the "New Bridge Landing Post…Became law
- H.R. 41 (113th) To temporarily increase the borrowing authority of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program.Became law
- H.R. 6570 (112th) To amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to consolidate certain CBO reporting…Became law
- H.Res. 951 (110th) Condemning the ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilians by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist organizations, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1356 (110th) Celebrating the 221st anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1036 (111th) Recognizing the contributions of Korean Americans to the United States.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1062 (113th) SEC Regulatory Accountability ActPassed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Garrett has won
Rep. Garrett has won 7 U.S. House elections (2002–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 11.1 to 32.1 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 New Jersey’s 5th district done while Rep. Garrett served?
2005 to 2011 in NJ-5: typical household income was down 5% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.4 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 New Jersey’s 5th district during Garrett’s time representing it (2003 to 2017). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. NJ-5 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2003 to 2017.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 24 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 24 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 22 | See the 22 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 6 | See the 6 → |
| With a committee report listed | 6 | See the 6 → |
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.