Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress
Ric Keller
Ric Keller was a Republican U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 2001, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (107th–110th 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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6167 Prevention and Deterrence of Crimes Against Children Act of 2008Jul 28, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- H.R. 4005 Capturing On-line Predators Act of 2007Nov 2, 2007 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- H.R. 3479 ADA Notification Act of 2007Oct 12, 2007 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- H.R. 3150 Anti-Gang Enforcement Act of 2007Aug 10, 2007 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- H.R. 1689 Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act of 2007Jun 27, 2007 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 5603 (109th) Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2006Became law
- H.R. 6138 (109th) Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2006Became law
- H.R. 3169 (109th) Pell Grant Hurricane and Disaster Relief ActBecame law
- H.R. 339 (108th) Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 554 (109th) Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act of 2005Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 22 (109th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that American small businesses are entitled to a Small Business Bill of Rights.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1400 (109th) Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2005Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1615 (110th) Securing Aircraft Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2007Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Keller has won
Rep. Keller has won 4 U.S. House elections (2000–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.6 to 30.3 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 Florida’s 8th district done while Rep. Keller served?
2005 to 2008 in FL-8: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 2.1 points, 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 Florida’s 8th district during Keller’s time representing it (2001 to 2009). 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. FL-8 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Keller’s term so far (2005 to 2008) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | 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 | 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 110th 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.