Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Rohrabacher was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1989, who voted with most Republicans on 92% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
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
- NayOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 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 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn 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
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6557 Inventor Protection ActOct 1, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
- H.R. 6650 National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2018Aug 16, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
- H.R. 6558 NO NOISE ActJul 27, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
- H.Res. 979 Expressing support for the Iranian people's continuing protests, fundamental human rights, and the desire for a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic…Jun 29, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- H.Con.Res. 124 Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should resume normal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, and for other purposes.Jun 20, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1654 (106th) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 2607 (106th) Commercial Space Transportation Competitiveness Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 5382 (108th) Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act of 2004Became law
- H.Con.Res. 273 (107th) Reaffirming the special relationship between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4022 (106th) Russian Anti-Ship Missile Nonproliferation Act of 2000Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1275 (105th) Civilian Space Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 533 (105th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the culpability of Hun Sen for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Cambodia…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 231 (105th) Urging the President to make clear to the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the commitment of the American people in support of democracy and…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Rohrabacher has won
Rep. Rohrabacher has won 15 U.S. House elections (1988–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.4 to 38.2 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 California’s 48th district done while Rep. Rohrabacher served?
2013 to 2018 in CA-48: typical household income was up 10% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.4 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.7 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 California’s 48th district during Rohrabacher’s time representing it (2013 to 2019). 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. CA-48 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Rohrabacher’s term so far (2013 to 2018) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 16 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 16 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 11 | See the 11 → |
| 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 115th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.