Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress

Nick Lampson

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · TexasHouse 1997–2009 (TX-9, TX-22)

Nick Lampson was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (105th–110th Congress).

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81Bills & resolutions sponsored105th–110th Congress (excludes amendments)

7Passed a chamberof 81 bills & resolutions sponsored

1Became law1 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 105th–110th 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.Res. 1518 Honoring the Wings Over Houston Airshow for advancing the appreciation and understanding of the United States Armed Forces, the City of Houston, Texas, and…
Oct 10, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
H.R. 3775 Industrial Energy Efficiency Research and Development Act of 2007
Sep 17, 2008 · Hearing Held by Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Prior to Introduction and Referral (September 25, 2007)..
H.R. 6593 Domestic Drilling Act
Jul 28, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
H.R. 6096 International Child Abduction Progress Reports Act
Jul 28, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
H.R. 6095 International and Parental Child Abduction Remedies Assistance Act
Jul 28, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. Lampson has won

Rep. Lampson has won 5 U.S. House elections (1996–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.7 to 27.3 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won5 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 5.7 points1996, TX-9

Won an open seat or took one from the other party2 of 5 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Texas’s 22nd districtWinners, most recent three: Nicholas Lampson (D) 2006 → Pete Olson (R) 2008–2018 → Troy E. Nehls (R) 2020–2024. 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 Texas’s 22nd district done while Rep. Lampson served?

2007 to 2008 in TX-22: 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

TX-22: $107.3K in 2007 → $106.0K in 2008

TX-22 about the sameTexas up 1%U.S. down 1%

Share of people below the poverty line

TX-22: 9.7% in 2007 → 8.4% in 2008

TX-22 about the sameTexas down 0.4 pointsU.S. up 0.2 points

Share of workers looking for a job

TX-22: 5.0% in 2007 → 4.5% in 2008

TX-22 about the sameTexas down 0.6 pointsU.S. up 0.1 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 Texas’s 22nd district during Lampson’s time representing it (2007 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. TX-22 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Lampson’s term so far (2007 and 2008) 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

110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 43 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	43	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	3	See the 3 →
With a committee report listed	2	See the 2 →
With a Congress.gov note	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.

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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.