Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
Ben McAdams
Ben McAdams was a Democratic U.S. representative from Utah, first elected to Congress in 2019, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (116th–116th 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. 4704 Advancing Research to Prevent Suicide ActJan 13, 2021 · Became Public Law No: 116-339.
- H.R. 8816 Anti-Money Laundering Training Improvement ActNov 24, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
- H.R. 7592 STIFLE Act of 2020Sep 22, 2020 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- H.R. 3597 Solar Energy Research and Development Act of 2019Sep 11, 2020 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 400.
- H.R. 8173 VA High Altitude and Suicide Research ActSep 4, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4344 (116th) Investor Protection and Capital Markets Fairness ActPassed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 55 (116th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.12 cosponsors
- H.R. 4364 (116th) Taxpayer Fairness for Resource Development Act of 201910 cosponsors
- H.R. 4083 (116th) FINISH Act3 cosponsors
- H.R. 4656 (116th) Background Ozone Research Act3 cosponsors
- H.R. 3577 (116th) To authorize the United States Postal Service to provide certain nonpostal property, products, and services on behalf of State, local, and tribal governments.2 cosponsors
- H.R. 6057 (116th) Stop the Spread of Invasive Mussels Act of 20202 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. McAdams has won
Rep. McAdams has won 1 U.S. House election (2018–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.3 to 0.3 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
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 14 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 14 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 14 | See the 14 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 116th 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.