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Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress

Official portrait of Rep. James T. Walsh

James T. Walsh

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · New YorkHouse 1989–2009 (NY-27, NY-25)

James Walsh was a Republican U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1989, who sponsored 11 bills that became law (101st–110th Congress).

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81Bills & resolutions sponsored101st–110th Congress (excludes amendments)
21Passed a chamberof 81 bills & resolutions sponsored
11Became law11 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 101st–110th 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)
—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.

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 Rep. Walsh has won

Rep. Walsh has won 10 U.S. House elections (1988–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.5 to 42.1 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)1988, NY-27: won by 15.7 points1988NY-271990, NY-27: won by 26.3 points19901992, NY-25: won by 10.4 points1992NY-251994, NY-25: won by 14.3 points19941996, NY-25: won by 9.7 points19961998, NY-25: won by 35.7 points19982000, NY-25: won by 34.4 points20002002, NY-25: won by 42.1 points20022004, NY-25: won by 26.1 points20042006, NY-25: won by 1.5 points2006
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won10 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 1.5 points2006, NY-25
Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 10 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, New York’s 25th districtWinners, most recent three: Ann Marie Buerkle (R) 2010 → Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D) 2012–2016 → Joseph D. Morelle (D) 2018–2024. 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 New York’s 25th district done while Rep. Walsh served?

2005 to 2008 in NY-25: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 2.0 points.

Typical household income · after inflationNew York $82.1KNY-25 $78.2KU.S. $76.2K
NY-25: $77.3K in 2005 → $78.2K in 2008
NY-25 about the sameNew York up 3%U.S. up 2%
Share of people below the poverty lineNew York 13.6%U.S. 13.2%NY-25 10.6%
NY-25: 11.4% in 2005 → 10.6% in 2008
NY-25 about the sameNew York about the sameU.S. about the same
Share of workers looking for a jobU.S. 6.4%New York 6.3%NY-25 4.6%
NY-25: 6.6% in 2005 → 4.6% in 2008
NY-25 down 2.0 pointsNew York down 0.8 pointsU.S. down 0.5 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 New York’s 25th district during Walsh’s time representing it (1993 to 2009). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

One set of district lines. NY-25 was redrawn in 2012, 2022 and again in 2024 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Walsh’s term so far (2005 to 2008) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. 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.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.

RecordBillsSource
Bills sponsored8Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement0None listed
With a CBO cost estimate listed0None listed
With a committee report listed0None listed
Evidence
How counted
Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 110th 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.