Running forU.S. House, District 2

Sanford Bishop

DemocratHas the job now

Overview

U.S. representative for this district since 1993.

Georgia state representative, 1977–1990, and state senator, 1992–1993

Committee work: federal spending

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How to reach them: Office phone: 202-225-3631
Office: 2407 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1002
Official accounts: X (Twitter), Facebook, YouTube
Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators

Offices held: U.S. House, Georgia's 2nd District · 1993–now
Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators
Leadership roles: Top Democrat on the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies subcommittee (part of the House Committee on Appropriations)
Source: unitedstates/congress-legislators

Campaign money

Raised $1.3 million and spent $1.1 million since Jan 2025.
Of the money donors gave, 34% came from individual people and 66% from PACs (groups that collect money to give to candidates).
Since 2025, 185 PACs gave $732,250 to their campaign.

Source and every donor: FEC

PACs that gave to their campaign since 2025185 PACs · $732,250

Aflac Political Action Committee (Aflac PAC) $15,000
National Cattlemen's Beef Association PAC (Ncba-PAC) $10,000
National Telecommunications Cooperative Association PAC $10,000
U.s. Peanut PAC $10,000
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP Political Action Committee, Inc. $10,000
Southeast Cotton Committee (Secc) $10,000
National Pecan Federation Inc. PAC (Pecan PAC) $10,000
National Peanut Buying Points Association Peanut Buying Point PAC $10,000
National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee $10,000
International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers Pal $10,000
Concordia PAC $10,000
Communications Workers of America - Cope Political Contributions Committee $10,000
American Pistachio Growers Pistachio PAC $10,000
American Peanut Shellers Association PAC $10,000
American Fruit & Vegetable PAC $10,000
Alabama Peanut Producers Association, PEANUTPAC of Alabama $10,000
National Cotton Council of America Committee for the Advancement of Cotton $10,000
Blue Dog PAC $10,000
American Federation of Teachers Cope $10,000
Delta Air Lines PAC $10,000
Weyerhaeuser PAC $10,000
Altria Group, Inc. PAC $10,000
WATERPAC - National Rural Water Association Political Committee $10,000
National Alliance of Forest Owners PAC $10,000
Crop Insurance Professionals Association PAC-Cipa PAC $10,000
Cox Enterprises PAC, Inc. $10,000
D.r.i.v.e. - Democrat, Republican, Independent Voter Education $9,000
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. PAC $8,500
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees People (Afscme) $7,500
National Turkey Federation PAC $7,500
Global Payments, Inc. PAC $7,500
Walmart Inc. PAC for Responsible $7,000
Employees of RTX Corporation PAC $6,500
America's Electric Cooperatives PAC $6,500
General Dynamics Corporation PAC $6,500
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC $6,000
American Sugar Cane League of USA Inc PAC $6,000
Coca-Cola Company Nonpartisan Committee for Good Govt $6,000
Charter Communications Inc. PAC $6,000
Tyson Foods Inc Political Action Committee (TYPAC) $6,000
Engineering and Software Systems Solutions, Inc. PAC $5,500
Truist Financial Corporation Federal PAC (Formerly Suntrust Banks, Inc. PAC) $5,000
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc. PAC $5,000
American Association of Crop Insurers PAC $5,000
The Farm Credit Council PAC $5,000
Texas Farm Bureau Agfund $5,000
National Association of Letter Carriers of USA Pol. Fund (Letter Carrier Political Fund) $5,000
Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) PAC $5,000
Machinist's Non Partisan Pol. League of the Int. Assoc. of Machinists $5,000
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Pac; Aka Dfa-PAC $5,000
Cme Group Inc. PAC $5,000
USA Rice Federation PAC $5,000
National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee $5,000
Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PAC $5,000
The Schwan Company PAC (Schwan PAC) $5,000
American Crystal Sugar Company PAC $5,000
United Parcel Servcies Inc. PAC (UPSPAC) $5,000
Itg Holdings USA Inc. PAC (Aka Itg PAC) $5,000
The Home Depot PAC $5,000
AT&T Inc. Employee Federal PAC $5,000
Independent Community Bankers of America Political Action Committee $5,000
American Veterinary Medical Association PAC (Avma PAC) $5,000
With Honor PAC $5,000
Reynolds American Inc. Political Action Committee $5,000
National Rural Letter Carriers' Association PAC $5,000
National Corn Growers Association (Corn PAC) $5,000
National Association of Convenience Stores PAC $5,000
Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Furthering Agriculture for Rural Mississippians Fund PAC $5,000
American Soybean Association PAC (SOYPAC) $5,000
America's Credit Unions PAC of Credit Union National Association, Inc. $5,000
Southern Company Gas PAC, Inc. $5,000
Primerica Inc. PAC $5,000
National Beer Wholesalers Association Political Action Committee $5,000
International Union of Operating Engineers Engineers Political Education Committee $5,000
Georgia Power Company Federal PAC $5,000
Synovus Financial Corp. Fund for Effective Leadership $5,000
Rayonier Inc. Good Government PAC $4,000
The Westervelt Company Political Action Committee $4,000
Pete Aguilar for Congress $4,000
American Federation of Govt. Empl. Political Action Committee $3,500
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club $3,500
Build PAC of the National Association of Home Builders $3,000
Corteva, Inc. Employees PAC (Corteva Agriscience PAC) $3,000
Archer Daniels Midland Company - Adm PAC $3,000
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. PAC (Booz Allen PAC) $3,000
Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assoc. PAC $3,000
National Multifamily Housing Council PAC (NMHC PAC) $2,500
General Mills, Inc. Political Action Committee $2,500
International Association of Fire Fighters PAC $2,500
TD Bank, N.a. Political Action Committee $2,500
Verizon Communications, Inc. PAC $2,500
United Egg Association EGGPAC $2,500
Publix Super Markets, Inc. Associates PAC $2,500
Microsoft Corporation Stakeholders Voluntary PAC $2,500
International Foodservice Distributors Association PAC $2,500
Ihg Six Continents Hotels Inc. Political Action Committee (Ihg PAC) $2,500
Graphic Packaging International LLC, PAC $2,500
American Forest & Paper Assoc. PAC (Af&pa PAC) $2,500
Society of American Florists PAC $2,500
Onerd Political Action Committee $2,500
Intl Union of Painters & Allied Trades Political Action Together $2,500
International Fresh Produce Association PAC $2,500
Elect - the PAC of Alabama Farmers Federation $2,500
American Society of Anesthesiologists PAC $2,500
Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding PAC (Comp PAC) $2,500
SEIU Cope $2,500
Potlatchdeltic Corporation Political Action Committee $2,500
International Paper PAC (Ip-PAC) $2,500
Conagra Brands, Inc. Good Government Association $2,500
Committee Organized for the Trading of Cotton PAC (Cotco PAC) $2,500
Specialty Equipment Market Association PAC $2,500
Basf Corporation Employees Political Action Committee $2,500
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Sugar PAC (MDSPAC) $2,500
Air Line Pilots Association PAC $2,500
Molson Coors Beverage Company USA LLC PAC $2,000
Bakery Confectionery & Tobacco PAC $2,000
Beatty for Congress $2,000
The NEA Fund for Children & Public Education $2,000
National Grocers Association Grocers PAC $2,000
Lockheed Martin Employees PAC $2,000
International Dairy Foods Association (Idfa) PAC $2,000
Auto Care Association Political Action Committee $1,500
Leidos Inc. PAC $1,500
American Chemistry Council Political Action Committee $1,500
Deere & Company PAC (Aka John Deere PAC) $1,500
Textron Inc. Political Action Committee $1,500
Fedex Corporation PAC $1,500
Ven-PAC $1,500
Trucking PAC of the American Trucking Associations Inc. $1,500
National Community Pharmacists Association - PAC $1,500
Jpmorgan Chase & Co. PAC $1,500
Humane World Action Fund PAC $1,500
American Beverage Association PAC $1,500
American Bankers Association PAC (BANKPAC) $1,500
American Academy for Sleep Medicine Political Action Committee $1,500
Nutrien Ag Solutions Employee Citizenship Fund PAC $1,500
Holland & Knight Committee for Effective Government $1,500
Cargill Inc PAC $1,500
Mcguire Woods PAC $1,500
Texas Corn PAC of the Texas Corn Producers Association $1,000
Professional Compounding Centers of America PAC $1,000
National Association of Landscape Professionals Inc. PAC $1,000
General Motors Company PAC (GM PAC) $1,000
Davita Inc. PAC (DAPAC) $1,000
Centene Corporation Political Action Committee (Centene PAC) $1,000
T-Mobile PAC (TPAC) $1,000
Elanco Us Inc. Political Action Committee ('Elanco Pac') $1,000
Equifax Inc. Political Action Committee $1,000
American Sugarbeet Growers Association PAC $1,000
Cheniere Energy, Inc. PAC $1,000
Amalgamated Sugar Company PAC $1,000
Agricultural Retailers Association PAC $1,000
The Procter and Gamble Company Good Government Fund $1,000
Conocophillips Spirt PAC $1,000
Florida Sugar Cane PAC $1,000
The Kroger Co. Political Action Committee $1,000
Sylvamo Corporation PAC $1,000
Philips 66 PAC $1,000
Norfolk Southern Corporation Good Government Fund $1,000
National Retail Federation RETAILPAC $1,000
National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals PAC $1,000
Motorsports Acceptance Corporation Speed PAC $1,000
National Sorghum Producers PAC $1,000
National Pork Producers Council Pork PAC $1,000
The Boeing Company PAC $1,000
Seed First Political Action Committee $1,000
Valley PAC $1,000
Squire Patton Boggs Political Action Committee $1,000
Mcdonald's Corporation PAC $1,000
Maximus Inc PAC $1,000
Int'l Association of Bridge Structural Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers $1,000
Animal Wellness Action PAC $1,000
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Pollical Action Committee $1,000
Western Peanut Growers Association, Inc. Political Action Committee $1,000
Three Rivers Political Action Committee $1,000
Regions Financial Corporation Federal PAC $1,000
Rain and Hail Insurance Society PAC $1,000
Hy-Vee Inc Employees PAC $1,000
Crop Insurance Reinsurance Bureau (Cirb)-PAC $1,000
Committee for a Democratic Future $1,000
Bunge North America Inc. PAC $1,000
Bayer Us LLC Employee PAC $1,000
American Petroleum Institute PAC (Api PAC) $1,000
Green Diamond Resource Company Political Action Committee $750
Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida PAC $500

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

11 bills

Became law

1 became law.

Introduced Sep 16, 2024H.R. 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".
Became law
Introduced Mar 3, 2026H.R. 7761: Heirs Education and Investment to Resolve Succession of Property Act
Introduced
Introduced Mar 3, 2026H.R. 7762: Protecting Our Produce Act
Introduced
Introduced Sep 17, 2025H.R. 5422: Military Housing Performance Insight Act
Introduced
Introduced Feb 14, 2025H.R. 1369: President Jimmy Carter Congressional Gold Medal Act
Introduced
Introduced Jan 13, 2025H.R. 333: Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
Introduced
Introduced Sep 18, 2024H.R. 9647: President Jimmy Carter Congressional Gold Medal Act
Introduced
Introduced Aug 2, 2024H.R. 9240: Protecting Our Produce Act
Introduced
Introduced May 1, 2024H.R. 8198: Heirs Education and Investment to Resolve Succession of Property Act
Introduced
Introduced Mar 9, 2023H.R. 1480: Beagle Brigade Act of 2023
Introduced
Introduced Jan 12, 2023H.R. 333: Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act
Introduced

Source: Congress.gov

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed the U.S. House or Senate, since 2023. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out.

Votes shown

671 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 28 of 1,909 votes (1%).

By topic

Agriculture and Food6 votes

Animals6 votes

Armed Forces and National Security46 votes

Arts, Culture, Religion3 votes

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues4 votes

Commerce38 votes

Congress5 votes

Crime and Law Enforcement43 votes

Economics and Public Finance44 votes

Education22 votes

Emergency Management10 votes

Energy48 votes

Environmental Protection37 votes

Families5 votes

Finance and Financial Sector38 votes

Foreign Trade and International Finance10 votes

Government Operations and Politics58 votes

Health22 votes

Housing and Community Development3 votes

Immigration26 votes

International Affairs58 votes

Labor and Employment12 votes

Law9 votes

Native Americans10 votes

Public Lands and Natural Resources39 votes

Science, Technology, Communications27 votes

Social Welfare4 votes

Taxation15 votes

Transportation and Public Works18 votes

Water Resources Development5 votes

Source: Congress.gov, Voteview (UCLA). Topics from Congress.gov.