Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress

Evan H. Jenkins

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · West VirginiaHouse 2015–2018 (WV-3)

Evan Jenkins was a Republican U.S. representative from West Virginia, first elected to Congress in 2015, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (114th–115th Congress).

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21Bills & resolutions sponsored114th–115th Congress (excludes amendments)

1Passed a chamberof 17 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

1Became law0 substantive + 1 ceremonial · 114th–115th 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. 3117 Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2017
Nov 2, 2018 · Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-999, Part I.
H.R. 3663 To designate the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Huntington, West Virginia, as the Hershel "Woody" Williams VA Medical Center.
Jun 15, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-183.
H.R. 6004 CRIB Act
Jun 5, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 5562 Protecting NAS Babies Act
Apr 25, 2018 · Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
H.R. 4090 Fentanyl and Heroin Task Force Act
Nov 1, 2017 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

Top bills sponsored

H.R. 4978 (114th) NAS Healthy Babies Act
Passed a chamber
H.R. 3865 (114th) Cradle Act
39 cosponsors
H.R. 2501 (115th) CRIB Act
28 cosponsors
H.J.Res. 11 (115th) Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule.
26 cosponsors
H.R. 5668 (114th) Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2016
24 cosponsors
H.R. 1976 (115th) Protecting the Second Amendment Act
6 cosponsors
H.R. 1854 (115th) Prescription Drug Monitoring Act of 2017
5 cosponsors

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

Elections Rep. Jenkins has won

Rep. Jenkins has won 2 U.S. House elections (2014–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.7 to 43.9 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

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

Closest win: 10.7 points2014, WV-3

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

Seat history, West Virginia’s 3rd districtWinners, most recent three: Nick J. Rahall II (D) 1992–2012 → Evan H. Jenkins (R) 2014–2016 → Carol D. Miller (R) 2018–2020. 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 West Virginia done while Rep. Jenkins served?

2015 to 2017 in West Virginia: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 1.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.

Typical household income · after inflation

West Virginia: $55.8K in 2015 → $55.8K in 2017

West Virginia about the sameU.S. up 5%

Share of people below the poverty line

West Virginia: 17.9% in 2015 → 19.1% in 2017

West Virginia up 1.1 pointsU.S. down 1.3 points

Share of workers looking for a job

West Virginia: 7.3% in 2015 → 6.7% in 2017

West Virginia about the sameU.S. down 1.0 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. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in West Virginia during Jenkins’s time representing it (2015 to 2018). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

West Virginia’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. 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

115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 12 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	12	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	11	See the 11 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	1	See the 1 →
With a committee report listed	1	See the 1 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th 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.