Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress
Fred Upton
Fred Upton was a Republican U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 1987, who voted with most Republicans on 94% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 3 bills that became law (113th–117th 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
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 3078 Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness ActJun 10, 2021 · Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- H.R. 3801 SHIELD ActJun 9, 2021 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
- H.R. 3262 GUARD ActMay 17, 2021 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
- H.R. 1525 DIGITAL Applications ActApr 28, 2021 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- H.R. 1717 Protecting Married Seniors from Impoverishment Act of 2021Mar 10, 2021 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 5164 (106th) Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability, and Documentation (TREAD) ActBecame law
- H.R. 2130 (106th) Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 3204 (113th) Drug Quality and Security ActBecame law
- H.R. 5728 (113th) STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014Became law
- H.R. 5944 (114th) To amend title 49, United States Code, with respect to certain grant assurances, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 6433 (112th) FDA User Fee Corrections Act of 2012Became law
- H.R. 5419 (108th) To amend the National Telecommunications and Information Adminstration Organization Act to facilitate the reallocation of spectrum from governmental to…Became law
- H.R. 6 (114th) 21st Century Cures ActPassed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Upton has won
Rep. Upton has won 18 U.S. House elections (1986–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.6 to 47.9 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 Michigan’s 6th district done while Rep. Upton served?
2012 to 2021 in MI-6: typical household income was up 20% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 4.2 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 4.0 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 Michigan’s 6th district during Upton’s time representing it (1993 to 2023). 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. MI-6 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, 2012 to 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1993 to 2023.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 7 | See the 7 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 117th 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.