Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
Solomon P. Ortiz
Solomon Ortiz was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 10 bills that became law (100th–111th 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. 5912 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 313 East Main Street in Robstown, Texas, as the "Lieutenant Juan G. Carrion Post…Jul 28, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.Con.Res. 291 Celebrating 130 years of United States-Romanian diplomatic relations, congratulating the Romanian people on their achievements as a great nation, and…Jun 29, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- H.R. 3537 Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Reauthorization Act of 2009Apr 26, 2010 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 357.
- H.Con.Res. 222 Recognizing the leadership and historical contributions of Dr. Hector Garcia to the Hispanic community and his remarkable efforts to combat racial and ethnic…Apr 22, 2010 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 775 Military Surviving Spouses Equity ActMar 15, 2010 · Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Jones. Petition No: 111-10. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis10.htm">Discharge petition</a>…
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 483 (109th) To designate a United States courthouse in Brownsville, Texas, as the "Reynaldo G. Garza and Filemon B. Vela United States Courthouse".Became law
- H.R. 3679 (103rd) Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994Became law
- H.R. 3678 (103rd) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate agreements for the use of Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and shell resources.Became law
- H.R. 5141 (100th) A bill to delay temporarily certain regulations relating to sea turtle conservation.Became law
- H.R. 3910 (104th) Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1996Became law
- H.R. 2496 (106th) To reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994.Became law
- H.R. 1642 (102nd) Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 4113 (102nd) To permit the transfer before the expiration of the otherwise applicable 60-day congressional review period of the obsolete training aircraft carrier U.S.S.…Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Ortiz has won
Rep. Ortiz has won 14 U.S. House elections (1982–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 12.9 to 30.8 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 Texas’s 27th district done while Rep. Ortiz served?
2005 to 2010 in TX-27: typical household income was about the same 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 1.7 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 Texas’s 27th district during Ortiz’s time representing it (1983 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. TX-27 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Ortiz’s term so far (2005 to 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | 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 → |
| 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.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.