Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress

Wes Watkins

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · OklahomaHouse 1977–2003 (OK-3)

Wes Watkins was a Republican U.S. representative from Oklahoma, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–107th Congress).

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78Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–107th Congress (excludes amendments)

9Passed a chamberof 78 bills & resolutions sponsored

1Became law1 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 100th–107th 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

H.R. 5639 Texas Band of Kickapoo Act Amendments
Nov 12, 2002 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.
H.Res. 398 Recognizing the devastating impact of fragile X, urging increased funding for research on fragile X, and commending the goals of National Fragile X Research…
Oct 1, 2002 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.R. 5109 To direct the Secretary of Energy to convey a parcel of land at the facility of the Southwestern Power Administration in Tupelo, Oklahoma.
Sep 25, 2002 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
H.R. 2880 Five Nations Indian Land Reform Act
Sep 25, 2002 · Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
H.R. 4828 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for proration of the heavy vehicle use tax between purchasers of the same vehicle.
May 22, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Top bills sponsored

H.R. 4354 (100th) Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation and Wilderness Area Act
Became law
H.R. 3493 (101st) Route 66 Study Act of 1990
Passed a chamber
H.R. 2314 (105th) Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma Federal Indian Services Restoration Act of 1998
Passed a chamber
H.R. 5308 (106th) Five Nations Citizens Land Reform Act of 2000
Passed a chamber
H.Res. 418 (106th) Expressing the condolences of the House on the death of the Honorable Carl B. Albert, former Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Passed a chamber
H.Res. 287 (100th) A resolution electing Representative Robert Lindsay Thomas of Georgia to the Committee on House Appropriations.
Passed a chamber
H.R. 4219 (106th) Home Health Fairness Act of 2000
149 cosponsors

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

Elections Rep. Watkins has won

Rep. Watkins has won 10 U.S. House elections (1976–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.2 to 77.4 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won10 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 6.2 points1996, OK-3

Won an open seat or took one from the other party2 of 10 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Oklahoma’s 3rd districtWinners, most recent three: William Brewster (D) 1990–1994 → Wes Watkins (R) 1996–2000 → Frank D. Lucas (R) 2002–2024. 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.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	19	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	2	See the 2 →
With a committee report listed	2	See the 2 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 107th 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.