Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
David Minge
David Minge was a Democratic U.S. representative from Minnesota, first elected to Congress in 1993, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (103rd–106th 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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 4935 To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the size of the estate an incompetent veteran being furnished institutional care by the Department of…Dec 7, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
- H.R. 5639 To authorize the payment of a gratuity to certain members of the Armed Forces who served at Bataan and Corregidor during World War II, or the surviving…Dec 4, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- H.R. 5511 Conservation Security Act of 2000Oct 30, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Resource Conservation and Credit.
- H.Con.Res. 89 Recognizing the Hermann Monument and Hermann Heights Park in New Ulm, Minnesota, as a national symbol of the contributions of Americans of German heritage.Oct 6, 2000 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 5279 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow allocation of small ethanol producer credit to patrons of cooperative, and for other purposes.Sep 25, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2484 (106th) To provide that land which is owned by the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota but which is not held in trust by the United States for the…Became law
- H.R. 614 (104th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Minnesota the New London National Fish Hatchery production facility.Became law
- H.R. 3664 (103rd) An Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain national fish hatcheries.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3757 (103rd) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a taxpayer may elect to include in income crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments in the year…43 cosponsors
- H.R. 4634 (103rd) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a taxpayer may elect to include in income crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments in the year…43 cosponsors
- H.R. 1353 (105th) Check-Off for Our Children Act24 cosponsors
- H.R. 1442 (104th) Check-Off for Our Children Act18 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Minge has won
Rep. Minge has won 4 U.S. House elections (1992–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.2 to 18.9 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
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 21 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 21 | 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th 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.