Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
John T. Salazar
John Salazar was a Democratic U.S. representative from Colorado, first elected to Congress in 2005, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (109th–111th 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. 5706 To designate the building occupied by the Government Printing Office located at 31451 East United Avenue in Pueblo, Colorado, as the "Frank Evans Government…Dec 14, 2010 · Became Public Law No: 111-299.
- H.R. 6493 Curecanti National Recreation Area Boundary Establishment Act of 2010Dec 6, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
- H.R. 5974 To direct the Secretary of Education to pay to Fort Lewis College in the State of Colorado an amount equal to the tuition charges for Indian students who are…Oct 13, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- H.R. 3914 San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act of 2010Sep 16, 2010 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 345.
- H.R. 3061 Pine River Indian Irrigation Project Act of 2009Sep 16, 2010 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3224 (110th) Dam Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2007Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2288 (111th) Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2010Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1660 (110th) To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 783 (110th) Mesa Verde National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2007Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3437 (110th) Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Act of 2008Passed a chamber
- H.R. 174 (111th) To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a national cemetery for veterans in the southern Colorado region.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5588 (109th) Comprehensive Veterans' Data Protection and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2006142 cosponsors
- H.R. 5455 (109th) Veterans Identity Protection Act of 2006126 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Salazar has won
Rep. Salazar has won 3 U.S. House elections (2004–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.0 to 25.0 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 Colorado’s 3rd district done while Rep. Salazar served?
2005 to 2010 in CO-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 up 4.5 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 Colorado’s 3rd district during Salazar’s time representing it (2005 to 2011). 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. CO-3 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Salazar’s term so far (2005 to 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 26 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 26 | 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 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 111th 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.