Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
Ruben Hinojosa
Ruben Hinojosa was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1997, who voted with most Democrats on 92% 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. 3721 Affordable College Textbook ActMar 23, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- H.R. 4834 North American Development Bank General Capital Increase Authorization Act of 2016Mar 22, 2016 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- H.R. 1959 College Options for DREAMers ActNov 16, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- H.R. 1958 Year-Round Pell Grant Restoration ActNov 16, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- H.R. 1957 Pell Grant Cost of Tuition Adjustment ActNov 16, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1072 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 151 West End Street in Goliad, Texas, as the "Judge Emilio Vargas Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 4299 (108th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 410 South Jackson Road in Edinburg, Texas, as the "Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 2990 (107th) Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2002Became law
- H.R. 4829 (108th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 East Kleberg in Kingsville, Texas, as the "Irma Rangel Post Office Building".Became law
- H.Res. 273 (110th) Supporting the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 973 (109th) Recognizing Financial Planning Week, recognizing the significant impact of sound financial planning on achieving life's goals, and honoring families and the…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 159 (108th) Expressing profound sorrow on the occasion of the death of Irma Rangel.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1980 (110th) Housing Assistance Council Authorization Act of 2007Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hinojosa has won
Rep. Hinojosa has won 10 U.S. House elections (1996–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.7 to 77.5 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 Texas’s 15th district done while Rep. Hinojosa served?
2012 to 2016 in TX-15: 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 down 3.9 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 Texas’s 15th district during Hinojosa’s time representing it (1997 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. TX-15 was redrawn in 2007, 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, 2012 to 2016 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1997 to 2017.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 9 | See the 9 → |
| 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 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.