Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
Joe Sestak
Joe Sestak was a Democratic U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 2007, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (110th–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. 6141 Marcellus Shale On-the-Job Training Act of 2010Nov 18, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- H.Res. 1609 Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the enactment of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.Nov 18, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- H.R. 3843 Transparency for America's Heroes ActSep 29, 2010 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 6121 Renewable Energy Investment Incentive Act of 2010Sep 14, 2010 · Referred to House Energy and Commerce
- H.R. 6101 To amend part A of title IV of the Energy Conservation and Production Act to require the Secretary of Energy to determine whether there are systemic…Aug 10, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4547 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 119 Station Road in Cheyney, Pennsylvania, as the "Captain Luther H. Smith, U.S. Army…Became law
- H.R. 3625 (110th) To make permanent the waiver authority of the Secretary of Education with respect to student financial assistance during a war or other military operation or…Became law
- H.Res. 350 (111th) Honoring the life and accomplishments of Harry Kalas for his invaluable contributions to the national past-time of baseball, the community, and the Nation.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5352 (110th) Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2008Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2359 (110th) SBA Entrepreneurial Development Programs Act of 2007Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1288 (110th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Campus Safety Awareness Month.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 90 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Campus Safety Awareness Month.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 448 (111th) Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2009Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Sestak has won
Rep. Sestak has won 2 U.S. House elections (2006–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 12.8 to 19.2 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 Pennsylvania’s 7th district done while Rep. Sestak served?
2007 to 2010 in PA-7: 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 3.4 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 Pennsylvania’s 7th district during Sestak’s time representing it (2007 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. PA-7 was redrawn in 2012, 2018 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Sestak’s term so far (2007 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 71 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 71 | 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 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.