Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Randy Tate
Randy Tate was a Republican U.S. representative from Washington, first elected to Congress in 1995, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (104th–104th 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. 3802 Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 1996Oct 2, 1996 · Became Public Law No: 104-231.
- H.R. 4011 Congressional Pension Forfeiture Act of 1996Sep 27, 1996 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 2089 To provide for a change in the exemption from the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 for minors between 16 and 18 years of age who…Sep 18, 1996 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10839-10840)
- H.R. 3655 Federal Prison Reform Act of 1996Jun 26, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
- H.R. 3490 Federal Prison Reform Act of 1996May 29, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3345 (104th) Drive Away From Ethanol Welfare Act of 199654 cosponsors
- H.R. 3447 (104th) Congressional Pension Integrity Act of 199628 cosponsors
- H.R. 839 (104th) Stop Regulating our Small Businesses Act of 199513 cosponsors
- H.R. 2898 (104th) To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens removed from the United States as illegal entrants or immigration violators shall…10 cosponsors
- H.R. 1681 (104th) Regulatory Efficiency Act1 cosponsor
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Tate has won
Rep. Tate has won 1 U.S. House election (1994–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.6 to 3.6 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 11 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 11 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.