Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress

Ron Kind

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · WisconsinHouse 1997–2023 (WI-3)

Ron Kind was a Democratic U.S. representative from Wisconsin, first elected to Congress in 1997, who voted with most Democrats on 88% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–117th Congress).

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159Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–117th Congress (excludes amendments)

3Passed a chamberof 145 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

1Became law1 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 113th–117th Congress

74Broke with partyof 641 yes/no votes, 112th (11.5%)

17Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (2.6%)

—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

YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Jan 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
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012
Jan 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 Act
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed

5 most recent bills

H.R. 5522 Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2021
Dec 30, 2022 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 495.
H.R. 9286 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat certain price protection payments as eligible rollover distributions, and for other purposes.
Nov 10, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 4522 Uniting Families Act of 2021
Nov 1, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
H.R. 9135 Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2022
Oct 4, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
H.Res. 1341 Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
Sep 13, 2022 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Top bills sponsored

H.R. 5212 (106th) Veterans' Oral History Project Act
Became law
H.R. 5552 (111th) Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010
Became law
H.R. 1222 (116th) Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act
Became law
H.R. 6580 (110th) Hubbard Act
Became law
H.Res. 85 (109th) Supporting the goals and ideals of "National MPS Day".
Passed a chamber
H.R. 5608 (117th) Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act
Passed a chamber
H.R. 767 (110th) Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act
Passed a chamber
H.R. 3480 (107th) Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act of 2001
Passed a chamber

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

Elections Rep. Kind has won

Rep. Kind has won 13 U.S. House elections (1996–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.7 to 43.1 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won13 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 2.7 points2020, WI-3

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 13 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Wisconsin’s 3rd districtWinners, most recent three: Steven Gunderson (R) 1980–1994 → Ron Kind (D) 1996–2020 → Derrick Van Orden (R) 2022–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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 Wisconsin’s 3rd district done while Rep. Kind served?

2012 to 2021 in WI-3: typical household income was up 11% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.0 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.1 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

WI-3: $64.0K in 2012 → $71.3K in 2021

WI-3 up 11%Wisconsin up 11%U.S. up 15%

Share of people below the poverty line

WI-3: 14.3% in 2012 → 12.3% in 2021

WI-3 down 2.0 pointsWisconsin down 2.4 pointsU.S. down 3.2 points

Share of workers looking for a job

WI-3: 6.4% in 2012 → 3.3% in 2021

WI-3 down 3.1 pointsWisconsin down 3.7 pointsU.S. down 3.1 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 Wisconsin’s 3rd district during Kind’s time representing it (1997 to 2023). 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. WI-3 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1997 to 2023.

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

117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 33 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	33	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	27	See the 27 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	0	None listed
With a committee report listed	2	See the 2 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 117th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.