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Former member of Congress · last served 119th Congress

Official portrait of Sen. J. D. Vance

J. D. Vance

REPUBLICAN U.S. Senator · OhioSenate 2023–2025

J. Vance was a Republican U.S. senator from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 2023.

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36Bills & resolutions sponsored118th–119th Congress (excludes amendments)
0Passed a chamberof 34 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)
0Became law118th–119th Congress
—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)
—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)
$0Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: none on record

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

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Sen. Vance has won

Sen. Vance has won 1 U.S. Senate election (2022). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.1 to 6.1 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)2022, OH Senate: won by 6.1 points2022OH Senate
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 6.1 points2022, OH Senate
Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, Ohio Senate (class 3)Winners in regular elections, most recent three: George Voinovich (R) 1998–2004 → Rob Portman (R) 2010–2016 → J.D. Vance (R) 2022. The seat is next on the ballot in 2028.

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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 Ohio done while Sen. Vance served?

2023 to 2024 in Ohio: typical household income was up 4% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 0.6 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.

Typical household income · after inflationU.S. $81.6KOhio $72.2K
Ohio: $69.8K in 2023 → $72.2K in 2024
Ohio up 4%U.S. up 2%
Share of people below the poverty lineOhio 12.7%U.S. 12.1%
Ohio: 13.3% in 2023 → 12.7% in 2024
Ohio down 0.6 pointsU.S. down 0.3 points
Share of workers looking for a jobU.S. 4.6%Ohio 4.0%
Ohio: 4.0% in 2023 → 4.0% in 2024
Ohio about the sameU.S. up 0.3 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. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.

While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Ohio during Vance’s time representing it (2023 to 2025). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Ohio’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.