Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
Rush Holt
Rush Holt was a Democratic U.S. representative from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 1999, who voted with most Democrats on 94% 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. 5741 Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2014Dec 11, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
- H.R. 5704 Master Teacher Corps ActNov 13, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
- H.Res. 587 Expressing support for internal rebuilding, resettlement, accountability, and reconciliation within Sri Lanka so that Sri Lankans from all ethnic and…Jul 21, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
- H.Res. 624 Recognizing the 350th anniversary of the founding of New Jersey and honoring the valuable contributions of people of the Garden State.Jun 12, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 1033 American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act of 2013May 22, 2014 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 398.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 867 (108th) For the relief of Durreshahwar Durreshahwar, Nida Hasan, Asna Hasan, Anum Hasan, and Iqra Hasan.Became law
- H.R. 3248 (107th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 65 North Main Street in Cranbury, New Jersey, as the "Todd Beamer Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 146 (111th) Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009Became law
- H.Con.Res. 125 (109th) Expressing support for the designation and goals of "Hire a Veteran Week" and encouraging the President to issue a proclamation supporting those goals.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 351 (110th) Honoring the 225th Anniversary of the Continental Congress meeting in Nassau Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, in 1783.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 317 (110th) Condemning the Burmese regime's undemocratic draft constitution and scheduled referendum.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 160 (110th) Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1694 (111th) A bill to authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Holt has won
Rep. Holt has won 8 U.S. House elections (1998–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.2 to 39.7 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 New Jersey’s 12th district done while Rep. Holt served?
2005 to 2011 in NJ-12: typical household income was down 14% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 3.7 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 New Jersey’s 12th district during Holt’s time representing it (1999 to 2015). 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. NJ-12 was redrawn in 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, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1999 to 2015.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 30 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 30 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 113th 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.