Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
Jim Matheson
Jim Matheson was a Democratic U.S. representative from Utah, first elected to Congress in 2001, who voted with most Democrats on 48% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
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
- NayOn 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.R. 5823 Incentivizing Healthcare Quality Outcomes Act of 2014Dec 9, 2014 · Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
- H.R. 4290 Wakefield Act of 2014Sep 10, 2014 · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 558.
- H.R. 4023 Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2014Feb 14, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
- H.R. 3245 Medicare Home Health Fraud Reduction ActOct 11, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 2948 Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2013Aug 2, 2013 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1275 (111th) Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2009Became law
- H.R. 1442 (111th) To provide for the sale of the Federal Government's reversionary interest in approximately 60 acres of land in Salt Lake City, Utah, originally conveyed to…Became law
- H.R. 818 (112th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the United States and the Uintah Water Conservancy District.Became law
- H.R. 2464 (110th) Wakefield ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 942 (111th) Commending the Real Salt Lake soccer club for winning the 2009 Major League Soccer Cup.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 479 (111th) Wakefield ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3877 (110th) Mine Communications Technology Innovation ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 274 (108th) Honoring John Stockton for an outstanding career, congratulating him on his retirement, and thanking him for his contributions to basketball, to the State of…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Matheson has won
Rep. Matheson has won 7 U.S. House elections (2000–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.3 to 28.9 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.
How has Utah’s 4th district done while Rep. Matheson served?
2013 to 2014 in UT-4: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 1.9 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.6 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 Utah’s 4th district during Matheson’s time representing it (2013 to 2015). 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. UT-4 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Matheson’s term so far (2013 and 2014) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 11 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 11 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 11 | See the 11 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 113th 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.