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Official portrait of Rep. Mick Mulvaney

Mick Mulvaney

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · South CarolinaHouse 2011–2017 (SC-5)

Mick Mulvaney was a Republican U.S. representative from South Carolina, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 89% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.

27Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–115th Congress (excludes amendments)
0Passed a chamberof 22 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)
0Became law113th–115th Congress
71Broke with partyof 650 yes/no votes, 112th (10.9%)
3Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (0.5%)
—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.

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5 most recent bills

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

Elections Rep. Mulvaney has won

Rep. Mulvaney has won 4 U.S. House elections (2010–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.3 to 20.5 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)2010, SC-5: won by 10.3 points2010SC-52012, SC-5: won by 11.1 points20122014, SC-5: won by 17.8 points20142016, SC-5: won by 20.5 points2016
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won4 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 10.3 points2010, SC-5
Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 4 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, South Carolina’s 5th districtWinners, most recent three: John Spratt (D) 1982–2008 → Mick Mulvaney (R) 2010–2016 → Ralph Norman (R) 2018–2024. 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 South Carolina’s 5th district done while Rep. Mulvaney served?

2012 to 2016 in SC-5: typical household income was up 9% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.4 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 5.9 points.

Typical household income · after inflationU.S. $75.5KSouth Carolina $64.9KSC-5 $63.9K
SC-5: $58.5K in 2012 → $63.9K in 2016
SC-5 up 9%South Carolina up 10%U.S. up 7%
Share of people below the poverty lineSC-5 15.5%South Carolina 15.3%U.S. 14.0%
SC-5: 17.9% in 2012 → 15.5% in 2016
SC-5 down 2.4 pointsSouth Carolina down 3.0 pointsU.S. down 1.9 points
Share of workers looking for a jobSC-5 6.6%South Carolina 6.3%U.S. 5.8%
SC-5: 12.5% in 2012 → 6.6% in 2016
SC-5 down 5.9 pointsSouth Carolina down 4.9 pointsU.S. down 3.6 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 South Carolina’s 5th district during Mulvaney’s time representing it (2011 to 2017). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Only one set of district lines is shown. SC-5 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2016 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2011 to 2017.

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.

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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.