Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
Walter B. Jones
Walter Jones was a Republican U.S. representative from North Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1995, who voted with most Republicans on 68% 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
- NayOn 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
- NayOn 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
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 464 To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain totally disabled veterans.Sep 24, 2019 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Balderson asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 464, a bill originally…
- H.R. 463 Military Retiree Survivor Comfort ActSep 20, 2019 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Garamendi asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 463, a bill originally…
- H.R. 311 To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.Jan 8, 2019 · Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
- H.R. 887 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to extend honorary citizenship to otherwise qualified noncitizens who enlisted in the Philippines and died while…Dec 13, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.Con.Res. 145 Recognizing the honorable service of military working dogs and soldier handlers in the tactical explosive detection dog program of the Army and encouraging…Dec 10, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3680 (104th) War Crimes Act of 1996Became law
- H.R. 2326 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 614 West Old County Road in Belhaven, North Carolina, as the "Floyd Lupton Post…Became law
- H.R. 126 (109th) To amend Public Law 89-366 to allow for an adjustment in the number of free roaming horses permitted in Cape Lookout National Seashore.Became law
- H.R. 5094 (109th) Lake Mattamuskeet Lodge Preservation ActBecame law
- H.R. 4435 (106th) To clarify certain boundaries on the map relating to Unit NC01 of the Coastal Barrier Resources System.Became law
- H.R. 765 (105th) Shackleford Banks Wild Horses Protection ActBecame law
- H.R. 1701 (107th) Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1348 (105th) Expanded War Crimes Act of 1997Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Jones has won
Rep. Jones has won 13 U.S. House elections (1994–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.4 to 81.4 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 North Carolina’s 3rd district done while Rep. Jones served?
2005 to 2011 in NC-3: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 3.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.3 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 North Carolina’s 3rd district during Jones’s time representing it (1995 to 2019). 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. NC-3 was redrawn in 2012, 2016, 2022 and again in 2024, 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 1995 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 3 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 3 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 3 | See the 3 → |
| 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 116th 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.