Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress

Matthew F. McHugh

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · New YorkHouse 1975–1993 (NY-27, NY-28)

Matthew Mchugh was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1975.

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9Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–102nd Congress (excludes amendments)

1Passed a chamberof 9 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law100th–102nd 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

H.Res. 393 Instructing the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to disclose the names and pertinent account information of those Members and former Members of the…
Mar 12, 1992 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.R. 1633 World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1991
Apr 15, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
H.R. 5588 Intelligence Search Procedures Act
Oct 16, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.
H.Con.Res. 259 Harvest of Peace Resolution
Feb 16, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
H.R. 19 Small Contribution Tax Credit Reform Act of 1989
Jan 3, 1989 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. McHugh has won

Rep. McHugh has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 11.0 to 86.4 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won8 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 11.0 points1980, NY-27

Won an open seat or took one from the other party0 of 8 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, New York’s 28th districtWinners, most recent three: Samuel Stratton (D) 1976–1980 → Matthew McHugh (D) 1982–1990 → Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D) 1992–2010. 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.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 2 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	2	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 102nd 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.

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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.