Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress
Mark R. Kennedy
Mark Kennedy was a Republican U.S. representative from Minnesota, first elected to Congress in 2001.
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. 5915 Rewarding Student Achievement ActSep 28, 2006 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- H.R. 4315 To amend the Acts popularly known as the Duck Stamp Act and the Wetland Loan Act to reauthorize appropriations to promote the conservation of migratory…Sep 21, 2006 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 5826 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for greater flexibility in the number of levels of benefits that may be offered by certain health plans under…Jul 18, 2006 · Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
- H.R. 5767 Sex Offender Visa Loophole Elimination Act of 2006Jul 12, 2006 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 5302 Summer Relief for Motorists Act of 2006May 11, 2006 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 399 (108th) Honoring the life and legacy of Melvin Jones and recognizing the contributions of Lions Clubs International.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 657 (109th) Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 23 (109th) Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5331 (107th) To amend the General Education Provisions Act to clarify the definition of a student regarding family educational and privacy rights.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 365 (109th) Urging the Government of China to reinstate all licenses of Gao Zhisheng and his law firm, remove all legal and political obstacles for lawyers attempting to…Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 371 (109th) Honoring and congratulating the Minnesota National Guard, on its 150th anniversary, for its spirit of dedication and service to the State of Minnesota and the…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 438 (108th) Congratulating John Gagliardi, football coach of St. John's University, on the occasion of his becoming the all-time winningest coach in collegiate football…Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 391 (107th) Honoring the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers men's hockey and wrestling teams and the University of Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs women's hockey team for…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Kennedy has won
Rep. Kennedy has won 3 U.S. House elections (2000–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.1 to 22.3 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 Minnesota’s 6th district done while Rep. Kennedy served?
2005 to 2006 in MN-6: 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.
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 Minnesota’s 6th district during Kennedy’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. MN-6 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Kennedy’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
109th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 29 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 29 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| 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 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.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.