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Official portrait of Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

17th term · 33.8 years in office: 16 full terms completed, 1 in progress.

Representative · GA-2 · Democrat · since Jan 1993

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

Bills authored 4Missed votes 10 of 524Party unity 52% derived, how we compute this

Counted from 524 roll calls and 141 sponsorship records on file.

Provisionalunreviewed: stated positions
Stray indexpending review

Who they are

We don't publish a biography until a person has checked every sentence against its source. There isn't a reviewed one for this member yet. That is a gap in our review queue, and it says nothing about them.

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

33.8YRS

In office · 17th term · since Jan 1993

39,555VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 12.66%

Certified result

98.09%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

 

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

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House Committee on AppropriationsHouse Committee on Appropriations · Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies subcommittee ranking memberHouse Committee on Appropriations · Financial Services and General Government subcommitteeHouse Committee on Appropriations · Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies subcommittee4 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

○ marks what they campaigned on; ▪ marks how they voted

The dashed shape is what they campaigned on. The solid shape is how they voted. Where the shapes separate, the record differs from the platform. The distance is measured. What it means is up to you.

SaysDoes
  • Economy & taxes: not yet stated. Voted 10 of 100 toward public spending.
  • Safety & enforcement: not yet stated. Voted 6 of 100 toward reform sentencing.
  • Immigration: not yet stated. Voted 22 of 100 toward broader admission.
  • Rights & liberty: not yet stated. Voted 4 of 100 toward individual liberty.
  • Environment & energy: not yet stated. Voted 13 of 100 toward conserve & protect.
  • Governance & oversight: not yet stated. Voted 13 of 100 toward disclosure & audit.
Rim = strongest position on each cluster’s named pole · Same scale for every member · How we score ▸

pending review

The stats, cluster by cluster

6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

Each rail runs between two positions real bills take. Select a cluster to open its issues.

StatedRecordGapSorted by gap size · How we score ▸

Chips place the record relative to the middle. The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Issue pages

Votes by issue.

72 issues · 11 with both halves · 53 with one · 8 with neither

Sort
Regulation (cross-sector)No statements48 counted votesNot yet statedSpending vs. restraint1 statement26 counted votesAnalysisMarket protections1 statement25 counted votesAnalysisRole of governmentNo statements25 counted votesNot yet statedBanking/financial rulesNo statements22 counted votesNot yet statedTrade & tariffsNo statements19 counted votesNot yet statedAid & alliances1 statement14 counted votesAnalysisFarm policy & subsidiesNo statements13 counted votesNot yet statedMilitary budget1 statement10 counted votesAnalysisPublic works1 statement10 counted votesAnalysis

The number is the distance to the stated position, in points.

Receipts · recent votes on passage

How Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. voted.

Money & ties

Who funds Sanford D. Bishop, Jr..

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

  • Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Lagged · 34%
  • Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
  • Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
  • Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Quarterly FEC filings; totals cover the period ending on the date shown.

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

A gap in the disclosure system, not a statement about this member — lobbyist meetings are not federally disclosed for any member of Congress.

Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$1.1MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $30.0K · 38 units, rounded up

  • PAC contributions$738.8K · 65.6%
  • Itemized individual$357.8K · 31.8%
  • Small-dollar (≤$200)$19.9K · 1.8%
  • All other$10.1K · 0.9%
FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)-0.289
Social (dim 2)0.445

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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Civic Herald. “Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.: voting record, stated positions, funding.” https://civicherald.app/politicians/sanford-d-bishop-jr-B000490.

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