Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress

Frank Kratovil, Jr.

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · MarylandHouse 2009–2011 (MD-1)

Frank Kratovil was a Democratic U.S. representative from Maryland, first elected to Congress in 2009, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (111th–111th Congress).

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19Bills & resolutions sponsored111th–111th Congress (excludes amendments)

3Passed a chamberof 19 bills & resolutions sponsored

1Became law1 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 111th–111th 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.R. 4973 National Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010
Jan 4, 2011 · Became Public Law No: 111-357.
H.R. 6348 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify the treatment of Medicaid EHR incentive payments for Federally qualified health centers.
Sep 29, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.R. 6182 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make additional capitalization…
Sep 23, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
H.R. 3850 Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2009
Jul 27, 2010 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
H.R. 5232 Sex Crime Re-Entry EvaluatioN (SCREEN) Act of 2010
Jun 15, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. Kratovil has won

Rep. Kratovil has won 1 U.S. House election (2008–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.8 to 0.8 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

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

Closest win: 0.8 points2008, MD-1

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

Seat history, Maryland’s 1st districtWinners, most recent three: Wayne Gilchrest (R) 1990–2006 → Frank Kratovil (D) 2008 → Andy Harris (R) 2010–2024. 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.

How has Maryland’s 1st district done while Rep. Kratovil served?

2009 to 2010 in MD-1: 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.

Typical household income · after inflation

MD-1: $99.1K in 2009 → $96.7K in 2010

MD-1 about the sameMaryland down 2%U.S. down 2%

Share of people below the poverty line

MD-1: 8.2% in 2009 → 8.9% in 2010

MD-1 about the sameMaryland up 0.8 pointsU.S. up 1.0 points

Share of workers looking for a job

MD-1: 7.8% in 2009 → 8.7% in 2010

MD-1 about the sameMaryland up 0.8 pointsU.S. up 0.9 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 Maryland’s 1st district during Kratovil’s time representing it (2009 to 2011). 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. MD-1 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Kratovil’s term so far (2009 and 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

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

111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	19	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	2	See the 2 →
With a committee report listed	2	See the 2 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 111th 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.