Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress

Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · VirginiaHouse 2017–2019 (VA-5)

Thomas Garrett was a Republican U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 2017, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (115th–115th Congress).

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21Bills & resolutions sponsored115th–115th Congress (excludes amendments)

2Passed a chamberof 10 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

2Became law0 substantive + 2 ceremonial · 115th–115th 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

H.R. 3184 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 180 McCormick Road in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the "Captain Humayun Khan Post…
Dec 21, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-347.
H.Res. 1123 Recognizing the systematic abductions of Japanese citizens by North Korea.
Oct 12, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
H.R. 6556 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 East Third Street in Farmville, Virginia, as the "Barbara Rose Johns Post Office".
Jul 26, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
H.R. 3183 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13683 James Madison Highway in Palmyra, Virginia, as the "U.S. Navy Seaman Dakota…
Jul 24, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-209.
H.R. 6407 COVS Act
Jul 17, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Top bills sponsored

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 1 U.S. House election (2016–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 16.7 to 16.7 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 16.7 points2016, VA-5

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Virginia’s 5th districtWinners, most recent three: Denver Riggleman (R) 2018 → Bob Good (R) 2020–2022 → John J. McGuire III (R) 2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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.

How has Virginia’s 5th district done while Rep. Garrett served?

2017 to 2018 in VA-5: typical household income was about the same 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.

Typical household income · after inflation

VA-5: $70.3K in 2017 → $69.5K in 2018

VA-5 about the sameVirginia about the sameU.S. about the same

Share of people below the poverty line

VA-5: 13.1% in 2017 → 14.5% in 2018

VA-5 about the sameVirginia about the sameU.S. down 0.3 points

Share of workers looking for a job

VA-5: 4.4% in 2017 → 4.3% in 2018

VA-5 about the sameVirginia down 0.4 pointsU.S. down 0.4 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 Virginia’s 5th district during Garrett’s time representing it (2017 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. VA-5 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Garrett’s term so far (2017 and 2018) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 21 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	21	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	15	See the 15 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	2	See the 2 →
With a committee report listed	2	See the 2 →
With a Congress.gov note	1	See the 1 →

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.

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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.