Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
Buddy MacKay
Kenneth Mackay was a Democratic U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 1983.
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. 1406 A bill to establish equal and equitable classification and duty rates for certain imported citrus products.Aug 23, 1988 · Provisions of Measure Incorporated Into H.R.4848.
- H.R. 4771 A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require clear identification of candidates for election to Federal office in their television…Jun 15, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Elections.
- H.R. 4666 A bill to redesignate the National Fisheries Research Center in Gainesville, Florida, as the "Jack T. McCown, Sr., National Fisheries Research Center".Jun 1, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
- H.R. 4487 A bill to direct the Attorney General to permit the entry into the United States of certain Cuban or Nicaraguan nationals residing in Panama.May 4, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.
- H.Con.Res. 279 A concurrent resolution to call for more truthful disclosure of the deficit.Apr 25, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 450 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on September 5, 1988, and ending on September 11, 1988, as "National School Dropout Prevention Week".56 cosponsors
- H.R. 2212 (100th) Global Resources, Environment, and Population Act of 198751 cosponsors
- H.R. 2151 (100th) National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 198746 cosponsors
- H.R. 2960 (100th) A bill to temporarily increase the statutory limit on the public debt, to revise certain procedures set forth in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit…36 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 514 (100th) Emergency Assistance for the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance Act17 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Mackay has won
Rep. Mackay has won 3 U.S. House elections (1982–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 22.7 to 40.3 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 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | 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.