Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress
Jim Ramstad
Jim Ramstad was a Republican U.S. representative from Minnesota, first elected to Congress in 1991, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (102nd–110th 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. 7082 Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008Oct 15, 2008 · Became Public Law No: 110-428.
- H.R. 6243 Ambulance Fuel Tax Relief Act of 2008Jun 11, 2008 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 6172 Crime Victim Restitution and Court Fee Intercept ActJun 3, 2008 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 4981 To extend and modify the temporary suspension of duty on certain catalytic converter mats of ceramic fibers.Jan 17, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 4980 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on THV.Jan 17, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1727 (107th) Fallen Hero Survivor Benefit Fairness Act of 2001Became law
- H.R. 1031 (104th) For the relief of Oscar Salas-Velazquez.Became law
- H.R. 4156 (107th) Clergy Housing Allowance Clarification Act of 2002Became law
- H.R. 5207 (107th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6101 West Old Shakopee Road in Bloomington, Minnesota, as the "Thomas E. Burnett, Jr.…Became law
- H.R. 324 (103rd) Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Registration ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 5117 (106th) Missing Children Tax Fairness Act of 2000Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 501 (106th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the Nation's law enforcement officers.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 190 (107th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Ramstad has won
Rep. Ramstad has won 9 U.S. House elections (1990–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 29.3 to 48.4 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 Minnesota’s 3rd district done while Rep. Ramstad served?
2005 to 2008 in MN-3: 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 about the same.
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 Minnesota’s 3rd district during Ramstad’s time representing it (1991 to 2009). 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. MN-3 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Ramstad’s term so far (2005 to 2008) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 15 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 15 | 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 | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 110th 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.