Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Gabrielle Giffords
Gabrielle Giffords was a Democratic U.S. representative from Arizona, first elected to Congress in 2007, who voted with most Democrats on 100% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (110th–112th 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
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012Jan 25, 2012 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study ActJan 25, 2012 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Motion to Instruct Conferees — Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012Jan 24, 2012 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2012Jan 24, 2012 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree — Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of national importance.Jan 24, 2012 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 3801 Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012Feb 10, 2012 · Became Public Law No: 112-93.
- H.R. 204 Congressional Pay Cut ActFeb 8, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy .
- H.R. 6279 National Guard and Reserve Soft Landing Reintegration ActOct 20, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.R. 6272 Servicemember Homeowner Assistance Program Extension ActOct 20, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.R. 6231 American Jobs Through Exports Act of 2010Sep 28, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 984 (110th) Expressing support for the designation of July 26, 2008 as "National Day of the Cowboy".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1441 (110th) A bill to strengthen controls on the export of surplus parts for F-14 fighter aircraft.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3585 (111th) Solar Technology Roadmap ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 4495 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 North Taylor Lane in Patagonia, Arizona, as the "Jim Kolbe Post Office".Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 269 (111th) Supporting the goals of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1145 (111th) Recognizing the University of Arizona's 125 years of dedication to excellence in higher education.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1141 (111th) Honoring the accomplishments of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 6633 (110th) Employee Verification Amendment Act of 2008Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Giffords has won
Rep. Giffords has won 3 U.S. House elections (2006–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.5 to 12.2 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 Arizona’s 8th district done while Rep. Giffords served?
2007 to 2011 in AZ-8: typical household income was down 7% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 3.5 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.5 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 Arizona’s 8th district during Giffords’s time representing it (2007 to 2012). 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. AZ-8 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Giffords’s term so far (2007 to 2011) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 2 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 2 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 2 | See the 2 → |
| 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 112th 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.