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Official portrait of Rep. Jay Inslee

Jay Inslee

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · WashingtonHouse 1993–2012 (WA-4, WA-1)

Jay Inslee was a Democratic U.S. representative from Washington, first elected to Congress in 1993, who voted with most Democrats on 92% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 5 bills that became law (103rd–112th Congress).

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127Bills & resolutions sponsored103rd–112th Congress (excludes amendments)
14Passed a chamberof 127 bills & resolutions sponsored
5Became law4 substantive + 1 ceremonial · 103rd–112th Congress
8Broke with partyof 99 yes/no votes, 112th (8.1%)
12Missed votesof 111 roll calls, 112th (10.8%)
—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

5 most recent bills

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. Inslee has won

Rep. Inslee has won 8 U.S. House elections (1992–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.7 to 35.5 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)1992, WA-4: won by 1.7 points1992WA-41998, WA-1: won by 5.7 points1998WA-12000, WA-1: won by 11.9 points20002002, WA-1: won by 14.3 points20022004, WA-1: won by 26.3 points20042006, WA-1: won by 35.4 points20062008, WA-1: won by 35.5 points20082010, WA-1: won by 15.3 points2010
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won8 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 1.7 points1992, WA-4
Won an open seat or took one from the other party2 of 8 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, Washington’s 1st districtWinners, most recent three: Richard White (R) 1994–1996 → Jay Inslee (D) 1998–2010 → Suzan K. Delbene (D) 2012–2024. 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 Washington’s 1st district done while Rep. Inslee served?

2005 to 2011 in WA-1: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 2.3 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 2.9 points.

Typical household income · after inflationWA-1 $101.8KWashington $79.7KU.S. $70.8K
WA-1: $101.4K in 2005 → $101.8K in 2011
WA-1 about the sameWashington about the sameU.S. down 5%
Share of people below the poverty lineU.S. 15.9%Washington 13.9%WA-1 9.0%
WA-1: 6.7% in 2005 → 9.0% in 2011
WA-1 up 2.3 pointsWashington up 2.0 pointsU.S. up 2.6 points
Share of workers looking for a jobWashington 10.3%U.S. 10.3%WA-1 8.7%
WA-1: 5.8% in 2005 → 8.7% in 2011
WA-1 up 2.9 pointsWashington up 3.1 pointsU.S. up 3.4 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 Washington’s 1st district during Inslee’s time representing it (1999 to 2012). 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. WA-1 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Inslee’s term so far (2005 to 2011) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

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

112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.

RecordBillsSource
Bills sponsored7Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement7See the 7 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed0None listed
With a committee report listed0None listed
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
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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.