Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress
Jim Saxton
H. Saxton was a Republican U.S. representative from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 14 bills that became law (100th–110th 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. 1907 Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program ActOct 2, 2008 · Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1111.
- H.R. 7105 Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2008Sep 25, 2008 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 6042 Price Stability and Inflation Targeting Act of 2008May 13, 2008 · Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- H.R. 3840 Atlantic Menhaden Conservation ActMay 8, 2008 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 1834 To authorize the national ocean exploration program and the national undersea research program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.Feb 25, 2008 · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 581.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1965 (104th) Coastal Zone Protection Act of 1996Became law
- H.R. 2807 (105th) Migratory Bird Treaty Reform Act of 1998Became law
- H.R. 1787 (105th) Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997Became law
- H.R. 2454 (106th) Arctic Tundra Habitat Emergency Conservation ActBecame law
- H.R. 2107 (109th) National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund Act of 2005Became law
- H.R. 5381 (109th) National Fish Hatchery System Volunteer Act of 2006Became law
- H.R. 700 (107th) Asian Elephant Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2001Became law
- H.R. 1658 (105th) Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation ActBecame law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Saxton has won
Rep. Saxton has won 12 U.S. House elections (1984–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 16.1 to 39.0 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 New Jersey’s 3rd district done while Rep. Saxton served?
2005 to 2008 in NJ-3: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
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 New Jersey’s 3rd district during Saxton’s time representing it (1993 to 2009). 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. NJ-3 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Saxton’s term so far (2005 to 2008) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 17 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 17 | 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 | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 110th 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.