Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress

Thomas J. Ridge

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · PennsylvaniaHouse 1983–1995 (PA-21)

Thomas Ridge was a Republican U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–103rd Congress).

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48Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–103rd Congress (excludes amendments)

4Passed a chamberof 48 bills & resolutions sponsored

2Became law1 substantive + 1 ceremonial · 100th–103rd Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—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.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

H.R. 3043 Industrial and Commercial Land Recycling Act
Jul 27, 1994 · See H.R.3800.
H.R. 3793 Community Enterprise Revitalization Amendments Act
Mar 24, 1994 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E551)
H.Con.Res. 224 Requesting the President to designate Victoria Van Meter as an honorary goodwill ambassador for the United States.
Mar 16, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
H.R. 1368 To establish the Congressional Office of Inspector General.
Apr 1, 1993 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1820-1821)
H.R. 691 Competitiveness Tax Credit Act
Jan 27, 1993 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. Ridge has won

Rep. Ridge has won 6 U.S. House elections (1982–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.5 to 61.7 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won6 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 0.5 points1982, PA-21

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 6 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Pennsylvania’s 21st districtWinners, most recent three: Donald Bailey (D) 1978–1980 → Thomas Ridge (R) 1982–1992 → Philip English (R) 1994–2000. 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.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 5 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	5	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	0	None listed
With a committee report listed	0	None listed

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 103rd 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.