Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress

Brian D. Kerns

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · IndianaHouse 2001–2003 (IN-7)

Brian Kerns was a Republican U.S. representative from Indiana, first elected to Congress in 2001.

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4Bills & resolutions sponsored107th–107th Congress (excludes amendments)

0Passed a chamberof 4 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law107th–107th 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.Con.Res. 315 Ten Commandments Public Display Resolution of 2002
Sep 30, 2002 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1693)
H.R. 4642 To repeal the law banning firearms in the District of Columbia.
May 2, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
H.Con.Res. 350 Expressing the sense of Congress that amnesty should not be granted to individuals who are in the United States, or its territories, illegally.
Mar 22, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
H.R. 1260 Ban on Human Cloning Act
Aug 3, 2001 · For Further Action See H.R. 1644 and H.R. 2505.

Elections Rep. Kerns has won

Rep. Kerns has won 1 U.S. House election (2000–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 33.0 to 33.0 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 33.0 points2000, IN-7

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Indiana’s 7th districtWinners, most recent three: Brian Kerns (R) 2000 → Julia Carson (D) 2002–2006 → André Carson (D) 2008–2024. 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.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 4 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	4	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 107th 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.