Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Fortney Pete Stark
Pete Stark was a Democratic U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1973, who voted with most Democrats on 92% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 5 bills that became law (100th–112th 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
- Not VotingOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- Not VotingOn 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
- Not VotingOn 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
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 6435 Medicare Secondary Payer and Late Enrollment Penalty Family Fairness Act of 2012Sep 26, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 4379 Women's Option to Raise Kids ActSep 26, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- H.R. 6549 Computers in Our Communities ActSep 21, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 4254 Medicare Advantage Program Integrity Act of 2012Apr 23, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 3881 Ensuring Mental Competence in Immigration Proceedings ActFeb 16, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2470 (100th) Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 2902 (103rd) Federal Payment Reauthorization Act of 1994Became law
- H.R. 4039 (100th) A bill to disclaim any right, title, or interest of the United States in certain lands in the State of California which form a part of the right-of-way…Became law
- H.R. 7198 (110th) Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008Became law
- H.R. 5252 (103rd) Social Security Act Amendments of 1994Became law
- H.R. 5640 (102nd) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the involuntary conversion rules for certain disaster-related conversions.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 216 (102nd) Authorizing the printing of the transcript of the Committee on the District of Columbia incident to presentation of a portrait of the Honorable Ronald V.…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 6950 (110th) Stephanie Tubbs Jones Gift of Life Medal Act of 2008Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Stark has won
Rep. Stark has won 18 U.S. House elections (1976–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 14.2 to 52.9 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 California’s 13th district done while Rep. Stark served?
2005 to 2011 in CA-13: typical household income was down 11% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 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 California’s 13th district during Stark’s time representing it (1993 to 2013). 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. CA-13 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, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1993 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 16 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 16 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 15 | See the 15 → |
| 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 112th 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.