Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Leonard Lance
Leonard Lance was a Republican U.S. representative from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 2009, who voted with most Republicans on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 2 bills that became law (113th–115th 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.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.Res. 1154 Affirming the importance of the Orphan Drug Act, applauding its lifesaving contributions over its 35-year history, and recognizing the need to continue…Nov 16, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 6600 DEA Order Clearinghouse Act of 2018Oct 1, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- H.Res. 1015 Commending the Department of Justice for its investigation into the interference by the Russian Federation in the 2016 United States Presidential election…Sep 19, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- H.R. 5709 PIRATE ActJul 24, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- H.R. 5353 Eliminating Opioid Related Infectious Diseases Act of 2018Jun 13, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2815 (115th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 30 East Somerset Street in Raritan, New Jersey, as the "Gunnery Sergeant John…Became law
- H.R. 5111 (114th) Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016Became law
- H.Res. 1479 (111th) Supporting the United States Paralympics, honoring the Paralympic athletes, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 812 (111th) Recognizing the significant contributions of the Military Working Dog Program to the United States Armed Forces.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1069 (111th) Congratulating Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith for being awarded the Nobel Prize in physics.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 847 (114th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives about a national strategy for the Internet of Things to promote economic growth and consumer empowerment.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 174 (114th) Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 34.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5810 (115th) Medicaid Health HOME ActReported from committee
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Lance has won
Rep. Lance has won 5 U.S. House elections (2008–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.0 to 20.5 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 New Jersey’s 7th district done while Rep. Lance served?
2012 to 2018 in NJ-7: typical household income was up 10% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.3 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 New Jersey’s 7th district during Lance’s time representing it (2009 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. NJ-7 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2018 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2009 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 26 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 26 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 22 | See the 22 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.