Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress

Jim Marshall

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · GeorgiaHouse 2003–2011 (GA-3, GA-8)

Jim Marshall was a Democratic U.S. representative from Georgia, first elected to Congress in 2003.

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33Bills & resolutions sponsored108th–111th Congress (excludes amendments)

4Passed a chamberof 33 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law108th–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

H.Res. 1703 Congratulating the Warner Robins Little League softball team from Warner Robins, Georgia, on winning the 2010 Little League Softball World Series.
Sep 29, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
H.R. 5511 Transaction Account Guarantee Program Act of 2010
Jun 10, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
H.R. 5335 Nurses for Impoverished Schools Act
May 18, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
H.Res. 1304 Honoring the members of the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the State of Georgia's Army National Guard for their service and sacrifice on behalf of the…
May 6, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
H.Res. 1195 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a three-fifths majority to designate spending as emergency spending, except spending for the…
Mar 18, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. Marshall has won

Rep. Marshall has won 4 U.S. House elections (2002–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.0 to 25.8 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won4 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 1.0 points2002, GA-3

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 4 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Georgia’s 8th districtWinners, most recent three: Lynn A. Westmoreland (R) 2004 → James Marshall (D) 2006–2008 → Austin Scott (R) 2010–2024. 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 Georgia’s 8th district done while Rep. Marshall served?

2007 to 2010 in GA-8: typical household income was down 8% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.7 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

GA-8: $64.1K in 2007 → $59.0K in 2010

GA-8 down 8%Georgia down 10%U.S. down 6%

Share of people below the poverty line

GA-8: 18.5% in 2007 → 19.2% in 2010

GA-8 about the sameGeorgia up 3.6 pointsU.S. up 2.4 points

Share of workers looking for a job

GA-8: 7.7% in 2007 → 12.4% in 2010

GA-8 up 4.7 pointsGeorgia up 5.5 pointsU.S. up 4.5 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 Georgia’s 8th district during Marshall’s time representing it (2007 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. GA-8 was redrawn in 2007, 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Marshall’s term so far (2007 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.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 12 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	12	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	1	See the 1 →
With a committee report listed	1	See the 1 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 111th 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.