Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
Ed Whitfield
Edward Whitfield was a Republican U.S. representative from Kentucky, first elected to Congress in 1995, who voted with most Republicans on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
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
- NayOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- Not VotingOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 2042 Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015Jul 14, 2016 · Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 569.
- H.J.Res. 72 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to…Nov 19, 2015 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 267.
- H.J.Res. 71 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to…Nov 19, 2015 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 266.
- H.R. 1725 National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2015Sep 9, 2015 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- H.R. 906 To modify the efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters.Jun 9, 2015 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 102.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1132 (109th) National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005Became law
- H.R. 624 (105th) Armored Car Reciprocity Amendments of 1998Became law
- H.R. 2869 (104th) To extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Kentucky.Became law
- H.R. 3826 (113th) Electricity Security and Affordability ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3015 (108th) National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2004Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4250 (113th) Sunscreen Innovation ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 5710 (111th) National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Reauthorization Act of 2010Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3431 (104th) Armored Car Industry Reciprocity Improvement Act of 1996Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Whitfield has won
Rep. Whitfield has won 11 U.S. House elections (1994–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.9 to 46.2 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.
How has Kentucky’s 1st district done while Rep. Whitfield served?
2005 to 2011 in KY-1: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 3.3 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 2.5 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 Kentucky’s 1st district during Whitfield’s time representing it (1995 to 2016). 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. KY-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, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1995 to 2016.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 9 | See the 9 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 5 | See the 5 → |
| With a committee report listed | 5 | See the 5 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 114th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.