Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Paul D. Wellstone
Paul Wellstone was a Democratic U.S. senator from Minnesota, first elected to Congress in 1991.
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
- S. 3143 Consumer and Shareholder Protection Association Act of 2002Oct 17, 2002 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- S. 3142 State Prescription Drug Discount Act of 2002Oct 17, 2002 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S. 3009 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002Oct 9, 2002 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10137-10139)
- S. 739 Heather French Henry Homeless Veterans Assistance ActOct 1, 2002 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9683)
- S. 2900 A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6101 West Old Shakopee Road in Bloomington, Minnesota, as the "Thomas E.…Sep 20, 2002 · Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services.
Top bills sponsored
- S.Res. 213 (107th) A resolution condemning human rights violations in Chechnya and urging a political solution to the conflict.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 252 (107th) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding human rights violations in Tibet, the Panchen Lama, and the need for dialogue between the Chinese…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 55 (107th) A resolution designating the third week of April as "National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week" for the year 2001 an all future years.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 300 (104th) A resolution to designate the week of November 3, 1996, as "National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week".Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 108 (104th) A resolution designating July 16, 1995, as "National Atomic Veterans Day".Passed a chamber
- S.Con.Res. 138 (106th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a day of peace and sharing should be established at the beginning of each year.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 170 (107th) A resolution honoring the United States Capitol Police for their commitment to security at the United States Capitol, particularly on and since September 11…Passed a chamber
- S.Con.Res. 146 (106th) A concurrent resolution condemning the assassination of Father John Kaiser and others in Kenya, and calling for a thorough investigation to be conducted in…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Wellstone has won
Sen. Wellstone has won 2 U.S. Senate elections (1990, 1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.6 to 9.0 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 55 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 55 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 4 | See the 4 → |
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.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.