Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Wally Herger
Wally Herger was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1987, who voted with most Republicans on 97% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 15 bills that became law (100th–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 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.R. 6645 Save and Strengthen Medicare Act of 2012Dec 19, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 1237 To provide for a land exchange with the Trinity Public Utilities District of Trinity County, California, involving the transfer of land to the Bureau of Land…Jul 24, 2012 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- H.R. 3685 To amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act to extend and expand the scope of the pilot forest management project required by that…Jun 15, 2012 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 372.
- H.R. 5858 Health Savings Accounts Improvements Act of 2012Jun 5, 2012 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 365.
- H.R. 5104 To suspend temporarily the duty on ski poles and parts and accessories thereof.May 2, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade .
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 674 (112th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments made to vendors by government entities, to…Became law
- H.R. 1011 (101st) Wildfire Disaster Recovery Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 3375 (110th) To extend the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974 for 3 months.Became law
- H.R. 2873 (107th) Promoting Safe and Stable Families Amendments of 2001Became law
- H.R. 689 (111th) Shasta-Trinity National Forest Administrative Jurisdiction Transfer ActBecame law
- H.R. 63 (105th) To designate the reservoir created by Trinity Dam in the Central Valley project, California, as "Trinity Lake".Became law
- H.R. 3594 (106th) Installment Tax Correction Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 3463 (108th) SUTA Dumping Prevention Act of 2004Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Herger has won
Rep. Herger has won 13 U.S. House elections (1986–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 14.3 to 38.1 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 California’s 2nd district done while Rep. Herger served?
2005 to 2011 in CA-2: typical household income was down 8% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 4.3 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 6.2 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 California’s 2nd district during Herger’s time representing it (1987 to 2013). 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. CA-2 was redrawn in 2012, 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 1987 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 22 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 22 | 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 | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a committee report listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
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.