Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Timothy J. Walz
Timothy Walz was a Democratic U.S. representative from Minnesota, first elected to Congress in 2007, who voted with most Democrats on 88% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 4 bills that became law (113th–115th Congress).
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
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn 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. 7072 Reserve Component Employer Incentive, Compensation, and Relief Act of 2018Oct 16, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 6500 VET-2-FARM Act of 2018Jul 24, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
- H.R. 6383 Small Town and Regional Vitality Investment ActJul 19, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
- H.R. 6341 Protect Medicare for Seniors Act of 2018Jul 13, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 4245 Veterans' Electronic Health Record Modernization Oversight Act of 2017May 22, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 203 (114th) Clay Hunt SAV ActBecame law
- H.R. 3670 (112th) To require the Transportation Security Administration to comply with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.Became law
- H.R. 1725 (115th) To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit certain reports relating to medical evidence submitted in support of claims for benefits under the laws…Became law
- H.R. 2519 (115th) The American Legion 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin ActBecame law
- H.R. 3682 (113th) To designate the community based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 1961 Premier Drive in Mankato, Minnesota, as the "Lyle C.…Became law
- H.R. 1384 (114th) Honor America's Guard-Reserve Retirees ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1025 (112th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3787 (111th) To amend title 38, United States Code, to recognize the service in the reserve components of certain persons by honoring them with status as veterans under law.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Walz has won
Rep. Walz has won 6 U.S. House elections (2006–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.8 to 29.6 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 Minnesota’s 1st district done while Rep. Walz served?
2012 to 2018 in MN-1: typical household income was up 4% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 1.6 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.8 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 Minnesota’s 1st district during Walz’s time representing it (2007 to 2019). 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. MN-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, 2012 to 2018 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2007 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 11 | See the 11 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th 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.