Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
John Ratcliffe
John Ratcliffe was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 2015, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (114th–116th 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.R. 5988 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as the "Audie Murphy Post Office Building".Oct 1, 2020 · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 566.
- H.R. 5987 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 909 West Holiday Drive in Fate, Texas, as the "Ralph Hall Post Office".Oct 1, 2020 · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 565.
- H.R. 4237 Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation ActOct 23, 2019 · Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
- H.R. 1986 Effective Prosecution of Possession of Biological Toxins and Agents Act of 2019Jul 9, 2019 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 104.
- H.R. 3238 Defending the Integrity of Voting Systems ActJun 28, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 5877 (114th) United States-Israel Advanced Research Partnership Act of 2016Became law
- H.R. 1616 (115th) Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017Became law
- H.R. 4768 (114th) Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1637 (114th) Federally Funded Research and Development Sunshine Act of 2015Passed a chamber
- H.R. 6443 (115th) Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3490 (114th) Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3578 (114th) DHS Science and Technology Reform and Improvement Act of 2015Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5389 (114th) Leveraging Emerging Technologies Act of 2016Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Ratcliffe has won
Rep. Ratcliffe has won 3 U.S. House elections (2014–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 52.7 to 76.0 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 Texas’s 4th district done while Rep. Ratcliffe served?
2015 to 2019 in TX-4: typical household income was up 16% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.5 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 2.6 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 Texas’s 4th district during Ratcliffe’s time representing it (2015 to 2020). 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. TX-4 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Ratcliffe’s term so far (2015 to 2019) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 9 | See the 9 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 116th 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.