Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Peter G. Torkildsen
Peter Torkildsen was a Republican U.S. representative from Massachusetts, first elected to Congress in 1993, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (103rd–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. 2188 To establish in the Department of the Interior the Essex National Heritage Area Commission, and for other purposes.Sep 28, 1996 · For Further Action See H.R.4236.
- H.R. 3892 D'Oench Duhme Reform ActAug 7, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
- H.R. 2715 Paperwork Elimination Act of 1996Apr 25, 1996 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
- H.R. 2806 Venture Capital Marketing Association Charter ActApr 18, 1996 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 2959 To repeal the requirement enacted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 for the mandatory discharge or retirement of any member of…Feb 15, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1358 (104th) To require the Secretary of Commerce to convey to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory located on Emerson Avenue…Became law
- H.R. 3251 (103rd) To amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend the provisions which currently suspend payment of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits…61 cosponsors
- H.R. 1029 (104th) To improve the enforcement of child support obligations in both intrastate and interstate cases by requiring the imposition and execution of liens against the…25 cosponsors
- H.Res. 363 (103rd) Providing that all House of Representatives meetings and hearings on health care legislation shall be open to the public, and expressing the sense of the…18 cosponsors
- H.R. 3504 (103rd) Federal Mandates Relief Act of 199313 cosponsors
- H.R. 1686 (103rd) Investment Tax Credit Act of 199312 cosponsors
- H.R. 5283 (103rd) To request the Secretary of the Navy to name an appropriate ship of the United States Navy the U.S.S. Joseph Vittori.11 cosponsors
- H.R. 2447 (104th) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit nonparty multicandidate political committees from making contributions to candidates in…9 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Torkildsen has won
Rep. Torkildsen has won 2 U.S. House elections (1992–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.1 to 10.0 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 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
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.