Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Ray Thornton
Ray Thornton was a Democratic U.S. representative from Arkansas, first elected to Congress in 1973.
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. 1926 Flag Protection Act of 1995Jul 28, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
- H.J.Res. 65 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the terms of Representatives and Senators, to provide for a four-year term for…Mar 15, 1995 · For Further Action See H.J.Res.2.
- H.R. 1109 Capital Budgeting Act of 1995Mar 6, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology.
- H.R. 661 Taxpayer Bill of Rights 2Jan 24, 1995 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.J.Res. 53 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government.Jan 24, 1995 · For Further Action See H.J.Res.1.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 284 (102nd) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there is a need for a comprehensive, coordinated strategy to help the United States achieve its goal…Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 201 (103rd) Designating the beach at 53 degrees 53 minutes 51 seconds north, 166 degrees 34 minutes 15 seconds west to 53 degrees 53 minutes 48 seconds north, 166 degrees…4 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Thornton has won
Rep. Thornton has won 4 U.S. House elections (1976–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 14.8 to 48.3 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 5 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 5 | 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 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.