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Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress

Official portrait of Rep. Peter J. Visclosky

Peter J. Visclosky

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · IndianaHouse 1985–2021 (IN-1)

Peter Visclosky was a Democratic U.S. representative from Indiana, first elected to Congress in 1985, who voted with most Democrats on 90% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–116th Congress).

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12Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–116th Congress (excludes amendments)
2Passed a chamberof 10 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)
1Became law0 substantive + 1 ceremonial · 113th–116th Congress
61Broke with partyof 632 yes/no votes, 112th (9.7%)
25Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (3.8%)
—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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

5 most recent bills

Top bills sponsored

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Visclosky has won

Rep. Visclosky has won 18 U.S. House elections (1984–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 12.9 to 63.0 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)1984, IN-1: won by 41.9 points1984IN-11986, IN-1: won by 47.8 points19861988, IN-1: won by 54.2 points19881990, IN-1: won by 32.1 points19901992, IN-1: won by 38.8 points19921994, IN-1: won by 12.9 points19941996, IN-1: won by 39.9 points19961998, IN-1: won by 46.3 points19982000, IN-1: won by 44.5 points20002002, IN-1: won by 35.9 points20022004, IN-1: won by 36.6 points20042006, IN-1: won by 42.8 points20062008, IN-1: won by 43.7 points20082010, IN-1: won by 19.9 points20102012, IN-1: won by 34.6 points20122014, IN-1: won by 25.0 points20142016, IN-1: won by 63.0 points20162018, IN-1: won by 30.2 points2018
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won18 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 12.9 points1994, IN-1
Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 18 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, Indiana’s 1st districtWinners, most recent three: Katie Hall (D) 1982 → Peter J. Visclosky (D) 1984–2018 → Frank J. Mrvan (D) 2020–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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 Indiana’s 1st district done while Rep. Visclosky served?

2012 to 2019 in IN-1: typical household income was up 8% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 4.9 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 6.0 points.

Typical household income · after inflationU.S. $80.9KIN-1 $75.2KIndiana $70.9K
IN-1: $69.5K in 2012 → $75.2K in 2019
IN-1 up 8%Indiana up 10%U.S. up 15%
Share of people below the poverty lineIN-1 12.9%U.S. 12.3%Indiana 11.9%
IN-1: 17.8% in 2012 → 12.9% in 2019
IN-1 down 4.9 pointsIndiana down 3.7 pointsU.S. down 3.6 points
Share of workers looking for a jobIN-1 5.4%U.S. 4.5%Indiana 4.2%
IN-1: 11.3% in 2012 → 5.4% in 2019
IN-1 down 6.0 pointsIndiana down 4.6 pointsU.S. down 4.9 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 Indiana’s 1st district during Visclosky’s time representing it (1985 to 2021). 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. IN-1 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 2019 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1985 to 2021.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 5 bills sponsored.

RecordBillsSource
Bills sponsored5Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement2See the 2 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed1See the 1 →
With a committee report listed2See the 2 →
Evidence
How counted
Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 116th 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.

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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.