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Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress

Official portrait of Rep. Jim McCrery

Jim McCrery

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · LouisianaHouse 1987–2011 (LA-4, LA-5)

Jim Mccrery was a Republican U.S. representative from Louisiana, first elected to Congress in 1987, who sponsored 6 bills that became law (100th–111th Congress).

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119Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–111th Congress (excludes amendments)
12Passed a chamberof 119 bills & resolutions sponsored
6Became law5 substantive + 0 ceremonial + 1 private · 100th–111th 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

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. McCrery has won

Rep. McCrery has won 10 U.S. House elections (1988–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 26.0 to 45.5 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)1988: unopposed1988LA-41990: unopposed19901992, LA-5: won by 26.0 points1992LA-51994: unopposed19941996: unopposed1996LA-41998: unopposed19982000, LA-4: won by 45.5 points20002002, LA-4: won by 45.2 points20022004: unopposed20042006, LA-4: won by 40.5 points2006
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won10 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 26.0 points1992, LA-5
Won an open seat or took one from the other party2 of 10 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, Louisiana’s 4th districtWinners, most recent three: James McCrery (R) 1996–2006 → John Fleming (R) 2008–2014 → Mike Johnson (R) 2016–2024. 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 Louisiana’s 4th district done while Rep. McCrery served?

2005 to 2010 in LA-4: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 3.0 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.

Typical household income · after inflationU.S. $72.4KLouisiana $61.5KLA-4 $56.4K
LA-4: $56.0K in 2005 → $56.4K in 2010
LA-4 about the sameLouisiana up 4%U.S. down 3%
Share of people below the poverty lineLA-4 18.9%Louisiana 18.7%U.S. 15.3%
LA-4: 21.8% in 2005 → 18.9% in 2010
LA-4 down 3.0 pointsLouisiana down 1.1 pointsU.S. up 2.0 points
Share of workers looking for a jobU.S. 10.8%LA-4 10.2%Louisiana 10.1%
LA-4: 9.0% in 2005 → 10.2% in 2010
LA-4 about the sameLouisiana up 1.1 pointsU.S. up 3.9 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 Louisiana’s 4th district during McCrery’s time representing it (1997 to 2011). 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. LA-4 was redrawn in 2012, 2022 and again in 2024 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in McCrery’s term so far (2005 to 2010) 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.

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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.