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DemocratSanford D. Bishop, Jr.
U.S. Representative · Georgia
Georgia's 2nd district
U.S. Representative from Georgia
0 tracked promises
How they won their seat
Sanford D Bishop Jr won the 2020 U.S. House election in Georgia (District 2) with 59.1% of the vote (161,397 votes).
- Sanford D Bishop Jr · Democrat59.1%161,397
- Don Cole · Republican40.9%111,620
- 1 Other Candidate0%17
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. has sponsored bills related to agricultural issues, veterans' affairs, and commemorative resolutions. He has sponsored multiple bills related to agriculture, such as the Protecting Our Produce Act and various appropriations acts for agriculture and rural development. Additionally, his involvement in veterans' affairs is evident through bills like the Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act and his committee roles in related areas. Focus areas (from the record): Agriculture · Veterans Affairs · Commemorative Resolutions · Appropriations · Military Housing Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. The absence of declared positions limits the ability to assess alignment with constituents' views. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2019–2021 term. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Bills sponsored
- 12
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$12K1%
- Large individual (itemized)$291K26%
- PAC / committee$817K73%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on AppropriationsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Ranking Member, House Committee on Appropriations — Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related AgenciesOn record since Jan 2025Ranking
- Member, House Committee on Appropriations — Financial Services and General GovernmentOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Appropriations — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related AgenciesOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
137 sponsored bills · finance on fileFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
FEC 2026 cycle — raised $1,004,630, spent $732,805, cash on hand $0.
View the FEC filing ↗Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HRES 1206: Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable David Scott. ↗Apr 22, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1157: Commending the American Chemical Society on the occasion of its 150th anniversary and recognizing its many years of service to the United States. ↗Apr 9, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7762: Protecting Our Produce Act ↗Mar 3, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7761: Heirs Education and Investment to Resolve Succession of Property Act ↗Mar 3, 2026
- Sponsored HR 5422: Military Housing Performance Insight Act ↗Sep 17, 2025
- Sponsored HR 1369: President Jimmy Carter Congressional Gold Medal Act ↗Feb 14, 2025
- Sponsored HR 333: Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act ↗Jan 13, 2025
- Sponsored HR 9647: President Jimmy Carter Congressional Gold Medal Act ↗Sep 18, 2024
- Sponsored HR 9600: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 119 Main Street in Plains, Georgia, as the "Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Post Office". ↗Sep 16, 2024
- Sponsored HR 9240: Protecting Our Produce Act ↗Aug 2, 2024
- Sponsored HR 8198: Heirs Education and Investment to Resolve Succession of Property Act ↗May 1, 2024
- Sponsored HCONRES 104: Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in state of the remains of Ralph Puckett, Jr., the last Medal of Honor recipient for acts performed during the Korean conflict. ↗Apr 16, 2024
Showing the 12 most recent of 137 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 283
- Nay
- 313
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 13
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Yea
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR1181Nay
- HR1181Yea
- HR139Yea
- HRES1423Nay
- HRES1423Nay
- HR8897Yea
- HR3106Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Yea
- HRES1398Nay
- HRES1398Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
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Disclosure
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No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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