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Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress

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David Wu

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · OregonHouse 1999–2011 (OR-1)

David Wu was a Democratic U.S. representative from Oregon, first elected to Congress in 1999, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (106th–112th Congress).

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144Bills & resolutions sponsored106th–112th Congress (excludes amendments)
13Passed a chamberof 144 bills & resolutions sponsored
2Became law1 substantive + 1 ceremonial · 106th–112th 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. Wu has won

Rep. Wu has won 7 U.S. House elections (1998–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.0 to 54.6 points.

010204060Margin of victory, points (axis starts at 0)1998, OR-1: won by 3.0 points1998OR-12000, OR-1: won by 20.3 points20002002, OR-1: won by 28.7 points20022004, OR-1: won by 19.4 points20042006, OR-1: won by 29.2 points20062008, OR-1: won by 54.6 points20082010, OR-1: won by 12.8 points2010
Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed
Elections won7 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed
Closest win: 3.0 points1998, OR-1
Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 7 elections (open seat or changed party)
Seat history, Oregon’s 1st districtWinners, most recent three: Elizabeth Furse (D) 1992–1996 → David Wu (D) 1998–2010 → Suzanne Bonamici (D) 2012–2024. 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 Oregon’s 1st district done while Rep. Wu served?

2005 to 2010 in OR-1: 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 up 4.6 points.

Typical household income · after inflationOR-1 $79.3KU.S. $72.4KOregon $67.3K
OR-1: $81.9K in 2005 → $79.3K in 2010
OR-1 about the sameOregon down 3%U.S. down 3%
Share of people below the poverty lineOregon 15.8%U.S. 15.3%OR-1 11.2%
OR-1: 11.2% in 2005 → 11.2% in 2010
OR-1 about the sameOregon up 1.7 pointsU.S. up 2.0 points
Share of workers looking for a jobOregon 12.7%OR-1 11.5%U.S. 10.8%
OR-1: 6.8% in 2005 → 11.5% in 2010
OR-1 up 4.6 pointsOregon up 5.2 pointsU.S. up 3.9 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 Oregon’s 1st district during Wu’s time representing it (1999 to 2011). 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. OR-1 was redrawn in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Wu’s term so far (2005 to 2010) 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

112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 4 bills sponsored.

RecordBillsSource
Bills sponsored4Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement4See the 4 →
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 112th 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.