Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress

Robert Hurt

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · VirginiaHouse 2011–2017 (VA-5)

Robert Hurt was a Republican U.S. representative from Virginia, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.

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18Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–114th Congress (excludes amendments)

3Passed a chamberof 17 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

0Became law113th–114th Congress

25Broke with partyof 651 yes/no votes, 112th (3.8%)

6Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (0.9%)

—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.

5 most recent votes

NayOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Jan 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 2012
Jan 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 Act
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed

5 most recent bills

H.R. 5424 Investment Advisers Modernization Act of 2016
Sep 12, 2016 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
H.Res. 585 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding an Interstate 73 corridor transportation compact.
Feb 3, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
H.R. 2354 Streamlining Excessive and Costly Regulations Review Act
Jan 28, 2016 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.
H.R. 1965 Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act
Jan 28, 2016 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 302.
H.R. 3122 VALOR Act of 2015
Aug 5, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Top bills sponsored

H.R. 1564 (113th) Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act
Passed a chamber
H.R. 1105 (113th) Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act
Passed a chamber
H.R. 4278 (112th) Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2012
Reported from committee
H.R. 1082 (112th) Small Business Capital Access and Job Preservation Act
Reported from committee
H.R. 4164 (113th) Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act
Reported from committee
H.R. 2581 (113th) Preserving Rural Resources Act of 2013
9 cosponsors

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Hurt has won

Rep. Hurt has won 3 U.S. House elections (2010–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.8 to 25.0 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won3 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 3.8 points2010, VA-5

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 3 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. Hurt served?

2012 to 2016 in VA-5: typical household income was up 10% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.3 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.7 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

VA-5: $62.2K in 2012 → $68.5K in 2016

VA-5 up 10%Virginia up 5%U.S. up 7%

Share of people below the poverty line

VA-5: 16.1% in 2012 → 13.8% in 2016

VA-5 down 2.3 pointsVirginia down 0.8 pointsU.S. down 1.9 points

Share of workers looking for a job

VA-5: 6.9% in 2012 → 5.2% in 2016

VA-5 down 1.7 pointsVirginia down 1.9 pointsU.S. down 3.6 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 Hurt’s time representing it (2011 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. VA-5 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, 2012 to 2016 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2011 to 2017.

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

114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 9 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	9	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	8	See the 8 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	3	See the 3 →
With a committee report listed	3	See the 3 →

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.

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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.