Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Arlan Stangeland
Arlan Stangeland was a Republican U.S. representative from Minnesota, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–101st 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. 4867 Water Resources Development Act of 1990Nov 5, 1990 · See H.R.5835.
- H.R. 5370 Corps of Engineers Environmental Protection Act of 1990Aug 6, 1990 · See H.R.5314.
- H.J.Res. 599 To designate July 1, 1990, as "National Ducks and Wetlands Day".Jul 13, 1990 · Became Public Law No: 101-331.
- H.R. 4577 Underground Storage Tank Assistance and Groundwater Protection ActMay 4, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 4509 Sustainable Agriculture and Clean Water Act of 1990Apr 16, 1990 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA, EPA, OMB.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Con.Res. 106 (100th) A concurrent resolution to recognize and congratulate Ducks Unlimited in honor of its 50th anniversary.Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 245 (100th) A joint resolution designating the week of May 10, 1987, through May 16, 1987, as "Handicapped Awareness Week".76 cosponsors
- H.R. 916 (100th) A bill to provide that each State must establish a workfare program, and require participation therein by all residents of the State who are receiving…75 cosponsors
- H.R. 1221 (101st) Rural Enterprise Zone Act of 198953 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 534 (100th) A joint resolution designating the week beginning April 24, 1988, as "Handicap Awareness Week".48 cosponsors
- H.R. 2258 (101st) Agricultural Nitrogen Management Act of 198929 cosponsors
- H.Res. 137 (100th) A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of protecting the stock of borrowers in the institutions of the…24 cosponsors
- H.R. 3069 (100th) Agricultural Nitrogen Management Act of 198718 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Stangeland has won
Rep. Stangeland has won 6 U.S. House elections (1978–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.1 to 14.1 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 14 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 14 | 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 | 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 101st 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.