Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress

Craig T. James

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · FloridaHouse 1989–1993 (FL-4)

Craig James was a Republican U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 1989.

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10Bills & resolutions sponsored101st–102nd Congress (excludes amendments)

0Passed a chamberof 10 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law101st–102nd Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—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.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

H.R. 5910 To clear impediments to the issuance of documentation for the vessel CHEROKEE.
Sep 9, 1992 · Executive Comment Requested from DOT.
H.Res. 438 Creating a bipartisan search committee to recommend to the House an individual to fill the position of Sergeant-at-Arms.
Apr 9, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
H.R. 3668 To remove the President's authority to grant debt forgiveness to foreign countries.
Nov 12, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
H.R. 2290 To authorize additional appropriations for the construction and maintenance of the Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center.
Jun 17, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
H.R. 5187 To clear certain impediments to the licensing of a vessel for employment in the coastwise trade and fisheries of the United States.
Nov 16, 1990 · See H.R.4009.

Elections Rep. James has won

Rep. James has won 2 U.S. House elections (1988–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.3 to 11.8 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won2 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 0.3 points1988, FL-4

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 2 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Florida’s 4th districtWinners, most recent three: Ander Crenshaw (R) 2000–2014 → John H. Rutherford (R) 2016–2020 → Aaron Bean (R) 2022–2024. 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.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 4 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	4	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	0	None listed

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 102nd 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.