Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
Peter Hoekstra
Peter Hoekstra was a Republican U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 1993, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (103rd–111th 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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6440 To amend the Fair Housing Act to provide an exemption for any person seeking to enter into a shared living arrangement with a person sharing similar religious…Dec 20, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- H.Res. 1749 Requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives all documents in the possession of the President relating to a review being conducted by…Dec 2, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
- H.R. 6429 To extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004…Nov 18, 2010 · Referred to House Intelligence (Permanent)
- H.R. 5691 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for investment in new or expanding small businesses.Jul 1, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 5176 Family and Independent Business Protection Act of 2010May 27, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 13 (108th) Museum and Library Services Act of 2003Became law
- H.R. 1829 (108th) Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2003Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2965 (109th) Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2006Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 89 (110th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a day should be established as Dutch-American Friendship Day to celebrate the historic ties of the…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4079 (106th) To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a comprehensive fraud audit of the Department of Education.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3839 (107th) Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2002Passed a chamber
- H.R. 14 (108th) Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3076 (108th) Graduate Opportunities in Higher Education Act of 2003Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hoekstra has won
Rep. Hoekstra has won 9 U.S. House elections (1992–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 27.6 to 51.5 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 Michigan’s 2nd district done while Rep. Hoekstra served?
2005 to 2010 in MI-2: typical household income was down 12% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 5.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 5.0 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 Michigan’s 2nd district during Hoekstra’s time representing it (1993 to 2011). 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. MI-2 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Hoekstra’s term so far (2005 to 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 25 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 25 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| 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 111th 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.