Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Don Ritter
Donald Ritter was a Republican U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–102nd 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.J.Res. 547 Designating May 2, 1993, through May 8, 1993, as "National Walking Week".Oct 23, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-474.
- H.R. 6108 Bipartisan Commission on Total Quality Government Act of 1992Oct 8, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
- H.R. 5881 Federal Program Performance Standards and Goals Act of 1992Aug 25, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
- H.R. 5526 National Commitment to Quality Award Act of 1992Jul 15, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology and Competitiveness.
- H.R. 1540 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a highway demonstration project to extend Pennsylvania State Route 33 to provide a limited access…Dec 18, 1991 · See H.R.2950.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 204 (101st) To designate October 1989, as "National Quality Month".Became law
- H.J.Res. 493 (101st) Designating June 14, 1990, as "Baltic Freedom Day", and for other purposes.231 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 474 (100th) A joint resolution designating June 14, 1988, as "Baltic Freedom Day".220 cosponsors
- H.R. 5453 (101st) Airline Passengers Defense Act of 1990104 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 212 (102nd) To express the sense of the Congress that the President should recognize Ukraine's independence.90 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 169 (100th) A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning Soviet prisoners of war in Afghanistan.69 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 348 (102nd) To designate the week beginning February 23, 1992, as "National Manufacturing Week".36 cosponsors
- H.R. 1267 (101st) High Definition Television Competitiveness Act of 198933 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Ritter has won
Rep. Ritter has won 7 U.S. House elections (1978–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.4 to 21.1 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 25 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 25 | 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 102nd 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.