Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
Mike Lowry
Michael Lowry was a Democratic U.S. representative from Washington, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 4 bills that became law (100th–100th 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. 2792 A bill to clarify Indian treaties, Executive orders, and Acts of Congress with respect to Indian fishing rights.Nov 10, 1988 · See H.R.4333.
- H.R. 4211 A bill to reauthorize the National Ocean Pollution Planning Act of 1978 for fiscal years 1989 and 1990, and for other purposes.Nov 8, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-636.
- H.R. 4210 A bill to reauthorize title II of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, for fiscal years 1989 and 1990, and for other purposes.Nov 7, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-627.
- H.R. 4208 National Marine Sanctuaries Program Authorization Act of 1988Nov 7, 1988 · See H.R.4210.
- H.R. 4209 A bill to authorize appropriations to carry out title I of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 during fiscal years 1989, 1990, and…Oct 28, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-536.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2598 (100th) Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Anti-Reflagging Act of 1987Became law
- H.R. 3017 (100th) Marine Science, Technology and Policy Development Act of 1987Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5069 (100th) Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone Extension Act of 1988Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1260 (100th) National Seabed Hard Minerals Act of 1988Reported from committee
- H.Res. 200 (100th) A resolution referring the bill (H.R. 2098) for the relief of Frederick Paul of Seattle, Washington, to the chief judge of the United States Claims Court.Reported from committee
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Lowry has won
Rep. Lowry has won 5 U.S. House elections (1978–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.6 to 45.3 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
100th 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 100th 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.