Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Dennis J. Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich was a Democratic U.S. representative from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 1997, who voted with most Democrats on 88% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 4 bills that became law (105th–112th Congress).
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 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
- YeaOn 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
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6697 Consumer Bounty ActJan 2, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
- H.Res. 835 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should adopt a target of 350 parts per million of atmospheric carbon dioxide by…Dec 18, 2012 · Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
- H.Res. 819 Directing the Attorney General of the United States to transmit to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this…Dec 18, 2012 · Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 168.
- H.R. 6668 Workers Solidarity Act of 2012Dec 13, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 6667 Financial Consumers Association Act of 2012Dec 13, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 6150 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 14500 Lorain Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, as the "John P. Gallagher Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 5390 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13301 Smith Road in Cleveland, Ohio, as the "David John Donafee Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 4083 (105th) To make available to the Ukrainian Museum and Archives the USIA television program "Window on America".Became law
- H.J.Res. 26 (111th) Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumously.Became law
- H.R. 2707 (110th) To reauthorize the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 515 (109th) Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in his possession relating to the…Reported from committee
- H.Res. 505 (109th) Requesting the President of the United States and directing the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in their…Reported from committee
- H.Res. 260 (108th) Requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives not later 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents or other…Reported from committee
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kucinich has won
Rep. Kucinich has won 8 U.S. House elections (1996–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.7 to 53.0 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 Ohio’s 10th district done while Rep. Kucinich served?
2005 to 2011 in OH-10: typical household income was down 9% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 2.8 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 Ohio’s 10th district during Kucinich’s time representing it (1997 to 2013). 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. OH-10 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, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1997 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 24 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 24 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 18 | See the 18 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th 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.