Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress

Ed Perlmutter

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · ColoradoHouse 2007–2023 (CO-7)

Ed Perlmutter was a Democratic U.S. representative from Colorado, first elected to Congress in 2007, who voted with most Democrats on 87% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–117th Congress).

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75Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–117th Congress (excludes amendments)

6Passed a chamberof 52 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

1Became law1 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 113th–117th Congress

83Broke with partyof 640 yes/no votes, 112th (13.0%)

17Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (2.6%)

—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.

5 most recent votes

YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility Act
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed

5 most recent bills

H.R. 9418 27th Amendment Enforcement Act
Dec 2, 2022 · Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
H.R. 9417 To amend the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to tie the salaries of Members of Congress to the salaries of the judiciary.
Dec 2, 2022 · Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
H.R. 9416 To establish an allowance to provide a housing stipend for Members of the House of Representatives.
Dec 2, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
H.R. 6325 For the relief of Melecio Andazola-Morales.
Nov 1, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
H.Res. 1361 Providing for consideration of the bill (S. 1098) to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize borrowers to separate joint consolidation loans; and…
Sep 20, 2022 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. Perlmutter has won

Rep. Perlmutter has won 8 U.S. House elections (2006–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.1 to 27.0 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won8 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 10.1 points2014, CO-7

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 8 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Colorado’s 7th districtWinners, most recent three: Bob Beauprez (R) 2002–2004 → Ed Perlmutter (D) 2006–2020 → Brittany Pettersen (D) 2022–2024. 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 Colorado’s 7th district done while Rep. Perlmutter served?

2012 to 2021 in CO-7: typical household income was up 22% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 3.3 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 2.4 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

CO-7: $79.2K in 2012 → $96.3K in 2021

CO-7 up 22%Colorado up 22%U.S. up 15%

Share of people below the poverty line

CO-7: 12.5% in 2012 → 9.2% in 2021

CO-7 down 3.3 pointsColorado down 4.0 pointsU.S. down 3.2 points

Share of workers looking for a job

CO-7: 8.2% in 2012 → 5.9% in 2021

CO-7 down 2.4 pointsColorado down 2.5 pointsU.S. down 3.1 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 Colorado’s 7th district during Perlmutter’s time representing it (2007 to 2023). 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. CO-7 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 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2007 to 2023.

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

117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 18 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	18	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	9	See the 9 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	0	None listed
With a committee report listed	4	See the 4 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 117th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.