Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
David G. Reichert
David Reichert was a Republican U.S. representative from Washington, first elected to Congress in 2005, who voted with most Republicans on 88% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 4 bills that became law (113th–115th 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.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn 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.Res. 1107 Supporting the designation of National Secure Your Load Day.Sep 28, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- H.R. 6124 Tribal Social Security Fairness Act of 2018Sep 20, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-243.
- H.R. 6619 Medicare Secondary Payer and Workers' Compensation Settlement Agreements Act of 2018Aug 14, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 1791 Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage ActJun 26, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- H.R. 5853 Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed ActJun 4, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1036 (113th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Center Street West in Eatonville, Washington, as the "National Park Ranger…Became law
- H.R. 6098 (110th) PRICE of Homeland Security ActBecame law
- H.R. 2146 (114th) Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement ActBecame law
- H.R. 3732 (115th) Emergency Aid to American Survivors of Hurricanes Irma and Jose Overseas ActBecame law
- H.R. 4058 (113th) Preventing Sex Trafficking and Improving Opportunities for Youth in Foster Care ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 5788 (112th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Center Street West in Eatonville, Washington, as the "National Park Ranger…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1769 (111th) Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1039 (115th) Probation Officer Protection Act of 2017Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Reichert has won
Rep. Reichert has won 7 U.S. House elections (2004–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.9 to 26.5 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 Washington’s 8th district done while Rep. Reichert served?
2012 to 2018 in WA-8: typical household income was up 13% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 1.8 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 4.2 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 Washington’s 8th district during Reichert’s time representing it (2005 to 2019). 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. WA-8 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 2018 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2005 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 23 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 23 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 21 | See the 21 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
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.