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Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

U.S. Representative, GA-2

Democratic Georgia since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, GA-2 current
Georgia
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2009 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2007 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2005 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 3, 2001 Jan 3, 2003 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 6, 1999 Jan 3, 2001 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 7, 1997 Jan 3, 1999 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 4, 1995 Jan 3, 1997 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, GA-2
Georgia
Democratic Jan 5, 1993 Jan 3, 1995 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.289, social dim. 0.447. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HR 517 — Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act Yea Mar 31, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1048 — DETERRENT Act Nay Mar 27, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1048 — DETERRENT Act Nay Mar 27, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1048 — DETERRENT Act Nay Mar 27, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1048 — DETERRENT Act Nay Mar 27, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1048 — DETERRENT Act Yea Mar 27, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 75 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Energy… Nay Mar 27, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 24 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy… Nay Mar 27, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 242 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 24) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Mar 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 242 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 24) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Mar 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1534 — IMPACT Act Yea Mar 25, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1326 — DOE and USDA Interagency Research Act Yea Mar 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 359 — Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2025 Yea Mar 24, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HJRES 25 — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue… Nay Mar 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 Nay Mar 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1968 — Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 Yea Mar 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1156 — Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act Yea Mar 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 211 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 25) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Mar 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 211 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 25) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5… Nay Mar 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 993 — Emerging Innovative Border Technologies Act Yea Mar 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 901 — Research Security and Accountability in DHS Act Yea Mar 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 495 — Subterranean Border Defense Act Yea Mar 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 189 — Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas. Nay Mar 6, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
SJRES 11 — A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the… Nay Mar 6, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 189 — Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas. Yea Mar 5, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

1,008 recorded contributions totalling $2,101,090. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 126 of 1008 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 118 $347,381 17%
Super PAC 8 $29,763 1%
Unclassified 882 $1,723,945 82%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$14,340 UNITED WE CAN Super PAC Mar 21, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally funding-type rules
$5,000 HEALTH JOBS JUSTICE SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS unclassified Oct 16, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 22, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 THE NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN & PUBLIC EDUCATION SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 15, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jul 12, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 NC FARM BUREAU PAC SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS unclassified Jul 3, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 BLACK ECONOMIC ALLIANCE PAC SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS unclassified Oct 11, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF USA POL. FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND) SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 15, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES PAC SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS unclassified Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 DEERE & COMPANY PAC (AKA JOHN DEERE PAC) SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS unclassified Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 COCA-COLA COMPANY NONPARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVT SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS unclassified Sep 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC PAC SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 5, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE PAC SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS unclassified Sep 27, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POL. LEAGUE OF THE INT. ASSOC. OF MACHINISTS SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS unclassified Aug 23, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS unclassified Sep 27, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Social media

Recent posts

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  • June 1st marked the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. It lasts through the end of November. I have federal & Georgia information on how to be prepared on my website: bishop.house.gov/resources-se...
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  • Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee debated the Fiscal Year 2027 bill that funds the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security.
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  • On Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee debated funding that affects every American, but the bill on which we ended up voting would make healthcare more expensive as well as education and job training less accessible.
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  • Rep. Bishop calls for oversight during USHR Approp. Cmte. FY27 Homeland Security Funding Bill Markup
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  • Rep. Bishop Supports Job Corps during USHR Approp. Cmte. FY27 LHHS Funding Bill Markup
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  • Rep. Bishop Remarks during USHR Approp. Cmte. FY27 Homeland Security Funding Bill Markup
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  • Congratulations to Narendra Modi on being the longest serving Prime Minister of India! Georgia and India have a thriving economic partnership based on bilateral trade, deep corporate investments, strong diplomatic relations, and a historic commitment to social justice.
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  • Rep. Bishop Remarks during USHR Approp. Cmte. FY27 LHHS Funding Bill Markup
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  • Today, a federal judge issued a ruling that blocks the Administration's $100,000 H-1B visa fee declaring “the substance and application of the $100,000 payment reveal that it is a tax” and that Congress had not delegated that power to the executive branch.
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  • This week, Rep. Diana Harshbarger (TN-01) joined me as co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional Automotive Performance and Motorsports Caucus.
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  • As the appropriations process continues, Democrats & Republicans in the House & Senate must put aside partisanship to craft a better ag, rural development, & FDA funding bill which ensures that Americans can produce the highest quality, safest, most abundant, & affordable, food…
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