Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress
Cedric L. Richmond
Cedric Richmond was a Democratic U.S. representative from Louisiana, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Democrats on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 3 bills that became law (113th–117th 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
- Not VotingOn 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
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 314 Communities and Environment First Act of 2021Feb 4, 2021 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- H.R. 313 Targeted Federal Funding to Invest in Communities ActJan 13, 2021 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- H.R. 8948 Communities and Environment First Act of 2020Dec 10, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to…
- H.R. 5823 State and Local Cybersecurity Improvement ActOct 1, 2020 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- H.R. 5309 CROWN Act of 2020Sep 22, 2020 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2458 (114th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5351 Lapalco Boulevard in Marrero, Louisiana, as the "Lionel R. Collins, Sr. Post…Became law
- H.R. 3082 (114th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5919 Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the "Daryle Holloway Post…Became law
- H.R. 4812 (113th) Honor Flight ActBecame law
- H.R. 3154 (115th) Inspector General Access Act of 2017Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3510 (114th) Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity Strategy Act of 2015Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4432 (116th) Protecting Critical Infrastructure Against Drones and Emerging Threats ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 6620 (115th) Protecting Critical Infrastructure Against Drones and Emerging Threats ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 5391 (114th) Gains in Global Nuclear Detection Architecture ActPassed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Richmond has won
Rep. Richmond has won 6 U.S. House elections (2010–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 30.1 to 71.9 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 Louisiana’s 2nd district done while Rep. Richmond served?
2012 to 2019 in LA-2: typical household income was up 14% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 5.5 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.9 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 Louisiana’s 2nd district during Richmond’s time representing it (2011 to 2021). 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. LA-2 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2024, 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 2019 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2011 to 2021.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 2 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 2 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 2 | See the 2 → |
| 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 117th 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.