Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Betty Sutton
Betty Sutton was a Democratic U.S. representative from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 2007, who voted with most Democrats on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (110th–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
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn 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
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn 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. 3646 Foreign Manufacturers Legal Accountability Act of 2011Jan 17, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture .
- H.R. 3647 Keep Americans Working Building Our Transportation Infrastructure ActDec 14, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 3645 American Jobs Preservation ActDec 14, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
- H.J.Res. 86 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to elections.Nov 21, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
- H.R. 2510 Breast Cancer Recovery Improvement ActJul 20, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2751 (111th) FDA Food Safety Modernization ActBecame law
- H.Res. 1494 (111th) Congratulating the champion, finalists, and all other participants in the 83rd Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 143 (110th) Concurrent resolution honoring National Historic Landmarks.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1031 (110th) Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 895) establishing within the House of Representatives an Office of Congressional Ethics, and for other…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1071 (110th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4847) to reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1102 (110th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5719) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to conform return preparer penalty standards, delay…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1234 (110th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3021) to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1299 (110th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3195) to restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Sutton has won
Rep. Sutton has won 3 U.S. House elections (2006–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 11.5 to 29.4 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 Ohio’s 13th district done while Rep. Sutton served?
2007 to 2011 in OH-13: typical household income was down 10% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 3.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 1.9 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 Ohio’s 13th district during Sutton’s time representing it (2007 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. OH-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, 2007 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2007 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 8 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 8 | See the 8 → |
| 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.