Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress

Mel Martinez

REPUBLICAN U.S. Senator · FloridaSenate 2005–2009

Mel Martinez was a Republican U.S. senator from Florida, first elected to Congress in 2005, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (109th–111th Congress).

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72Bills & resolutions sponsored109th–111th Congress (excludes amendments)

12Passed a chamberof 72 bills & resolutions sponsored

1Became law0 substantive + 1 ceremonial · 109th–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

S. 1555 Office of the National Alzheimer's Project Act
Jul 31, 2009 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S. 1485 National Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2009
Jul 28, 2009 · Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Hearings held.
S. 1401 A bill to provide for the award of a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Arnold Palmer in recognition of his service to the Nation in promoting excellence and…
Jul 7, 2009 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
S. 1364 Hurricane and Tornado Mitigation Investment Act of 2009
Jun 25, 2009 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S. 1363 Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2009
Jun 25, 2009 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Sen. Martinez has won

Sen. Martinez has won 1 U.S. Senate election (2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.1 to 1.1 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 1.1 points2004, FL Senate

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Florida Senate (class 3)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: Bob Graham (D) 1986–1998 → Mel Martinez (R) 2004 → Marco Rubio (R) 2010–2022. The seat is next on the ballot in 2028.

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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 Florida done while Sen. Martinez served?

2005 to 2008 in Florida: typical household income was up 2% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 0.4 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 1.2 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

Florida: $68.5K in 2005 → $70.0K in 2008

Florida up 2%U.S. up 2%

Share of people below the poverty line

Florida: 12.8% in 2005 → 13.2% in 2008

Florida up 0.4 pointsU.S. about the same

Share of workers looking for a job

Florida: 6.3% in 2005 → 7.5% in 2008

Florida up 1.2 pointsU.S. down 0.5 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. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Florida during Martinez’s time representing it (2005 to 2009). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Florida’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. 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 11 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	11	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	0	None listed
With a committee report listed	0	None listed
With a Congress.gov note	2	See the 2 →

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.