Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Karen L. Thurman
Karen Thurman was a Democratic U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 1993.
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.Res. 517 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1862) to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals.Sep 19, 2002 · Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. Thurman. Petition No: 107-11. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/107/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis11.htm">Discharge…
- H.R. 4162 Audrey Nerenberg ActJul 10, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
- H.Res. 425 Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 3497) to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the…Jun 19, 2002 · Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. Thurman. Petition No: 107-7. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/107/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis7.htm">Discharge…
- H.R. 4008 Living Organ Donor Job Security Act of 2002Jun 18, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- H.Con.Res. 329 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation and supporting National Donor Day.Mar 5, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Con.Res. 31 (107th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation and supporting National Donor Day.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1106 (106th) Alternative Water Sources Act of 2000Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 247 (106th) Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation and supporting National Donor Day.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3842 (104th) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from income taxation for qualified State tuition programs.59 cosponsors
- H.R. 845 (106th) Beneficiary Health Coverage Notification Rights Act of 199953 cosponsors
- H.Res. 537 (106th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the serious national problems associated with polycystic kidney disease.51 cosponsors
- H.R. 3705 (103rd) To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from that Act for inmates of penal or other correctional institutions who participate in…43 cosponsors
- H.R. 1857 (106th) Living Organ Donation Incentives Act of 199934 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Thurman has won
Rep. Thurman has won 5 U.S. House elections (1992–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.8 to 32.6 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 15 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 15 | 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 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 107th 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.