Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress

Carol Shea-Porter

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · New HampshireHouse 2007–2019 (NH-1)

Carol Shea-Porter was a Democratic U.S. representative from New Hampshire, first elected to Congress in 2007.

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41Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–115th Congress (excludes amendments)

0Passed a chamberof 35 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

0Became law113th–115th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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. 7005 Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2018
Oct 22, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
H.Res. 1114 Expressing support for designation of the week of October 7, 2018, through October 13, 2018, as "Latex Allergy Awareness Week".
Oct 2, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
H.R. 6535 Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2018
Jul 25, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
H.R. 5921 PFAS Registry Act
May 23, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
H.R. 5920 Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry Improvement Act
May 23, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Shea-Porter has won

Rep. Shea-Porter has won 4 U.S. House elections (2006–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.3 to 5.9 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won4 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 1.3 points2016, NH-1

Won an open seat or took one from the other party3 of 4 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, New Hampshire’s 1st districtWinners, most recent three: Frank C. Guinta (R) 2014 → Carol Shea-Porter (D) 2016 → Chris Pappas (D) 2018–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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 Hampshire’s 1st district done while Rep. Shea-Porter served?

2017 to 2018 in NH-1: 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.

Typical household income · after inflation

NH-1: $94.3K in 2017 → $94.7K in 2018

NH-1 about the sameNew Hampshire about the sameU.S. about the same

Share of people below the poverty line

NH-1: 8.4% in 2017 → 8.1% in 2018

NH-1 about the sameNew Hampshire about the sameU.S. down 0.3 points

Share of workers looking for a job

NH-1: 3.9% in 2017 → 3.4% in 2018

NH-1 about the sameNew Hampshire about the sameU.S. down 0.4 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 New Hampshire’s 1st district during Shea-Porter’s time representing it (2017 to 2019). 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. NH-1’s lines did not change in these years, so every year can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 20 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	20	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	18	See the 18 →
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 115th 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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.