Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress
Ken Lucas
Ken Lucas was a Democratic U.S. representative from Kentucky, first elected to Congress in 1999.
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. 4645 PRIDE Plus ActJun 23, 2004 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- H.R. 2794 To authorize the transfer of the U.S.S. Narwhal to the National Submarine Science Discovery Center in Newport, Kentucky.Aug 15, 2003 · Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
- H.R. 2705 Providing Our Support to Troops Act of 2003Jul 10, 2003 · Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
- H.R. 2589 To amend title 40, United States Code, to add Nicholas and Robertson Counties, Kentucky, to the Appalachian region.Jun 25, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- H.R. 1188 21st Century Teacher Training Act of 2001May 8, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 797 (106th) To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to exempt disabled individuals from being required to enroll with a managed care entity under the Medicaid…92 cosponsors
- H.Res. 164 (106th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Federal laws relating to the provision of health care must allow women direct access to…10 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Lucas has won
Rep. Lucas has won 3 U.S. House elections (1998–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.6 to 10.7 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
108th 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 108th 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.