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Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress

Official portrait of Rep. Nancy L. Johnson

Nancy L. Johnson

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · ConnecticutHouse 1983–2007 (CT-6, CT-5)

Nancy Johnson was a Republican U.S. representative from Connecticut, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 8 bills that became law (100th–109th Congress).

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288Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–109th Congress (excludes amendments)
27Passed a chamberof 288 bills & resolutions sponsored
8Became law7 substantive + 1 ceremonial · 100th–109th 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

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. Johnson has won

Rep. Johnson has won 12 U.S. House elections (1982–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.7 to 48.7 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)1982, CT-6: won by 3.9 points1982CT-61984, CT-6: won by 28.0 points19841986, CT-6: won by 28.4 points19861988, CT-6: won by 33.0 points19881990, CT-6: won by 48.7 points19901992, CT-6: won by 44.5 points19921994, CT-6: won by 32.4 points19941996, CT-6: won by 0.7 points19961998, CT-6: won by 18.6 points19982000, CT-6: won by 29.7 points20002002, CT-5: won by 11.0 points2002CT-52004, CT-5: won by 21.6 points2004
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won12 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 0.7 points1996, CT-6
Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 12 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, Connecticut’s 5th districtWinners, most recent three: Elizabeth H. Esty (D) 2012–2014 → Elizabeth H Etsy (D) 2016 → Jahana Hayes (D) 2018–2024. 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 Connecticut’s 5th district done while Rep. Johnson served?

2005 to 2006 in CT-5: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.

Typical household income · after inflationConnecticut $99.2KCT-5 $97.8KU.S. $75.8K
CT-5: $93.1K in 2005 → $97.8K in 2006
CT-5 about the sameConnecticut about the sameU.S. up 1%
Share of people below the poverty lineU.S. 13.3%CT-5 8.7%Connecticut 8.3%
CT-5: 8.8% in 2005 → 8.7% in 2006
CT-5 about the sameConnecticut about the sameU.S. about the same
Share of workers looking for a jobU.S. 6.4%Connecticut 6.2%CT-5 6.1%
CT-5: 6.3% in 2005 → 6.1% in 2006
CT-5 about the sameConnecticut about the sameU.S. down 0.5 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 Connecticut’s 5th district during Johnson’s time representing it (2003 to 2007). 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. CT-5’s lines did not change in these years, so every year 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

109th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 29 bills sponsored.

RecordBillsSource
Bills sponsored29Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement0None listed
With a CBO cost estimate listed1See the 1 →
With a committee report listed1See the 1 →
With a Congress.gov note2See the 2 →
Evidence
How counted
Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 109th 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.