Sanford D. Bishop

DemocratDistrict D+4119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score64#56 of 431 representatives across tracked bills

Contact Sanford D. Bishop’s office

Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators dataset

Call office 202-225-3631 Contact via website

Washington, D.C. office

2407 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1002

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

Signals to watch

What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.

Could pull them toward Republicans · 6 signals

Strong
Backs 44 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 44 of the 2093 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.Con.Res. 12, H.R. 516, H.R. 539, H.R. 649, H.R. 703 and 39 more.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.Con.Res. 12 Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 516 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the railroad track maintenance credit.
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 539 Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2025
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- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 649 Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
- Sponsored or cosponsored: H.R. 703 Main Street Tax Certainty Act

Term and election

From the congress-legislators dataset

On the ballot 2026

Current term: January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
Next election: November 3, 2026
Years in office: 33.8 years

Committees

Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3

House Committee on Appropriations
Minority · 5th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related AgenciesRanking Member
- Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government

Voting ideology

first dimension, from Voteview

D median

R median

Bishop

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Their score of -0.289 is 0.10 to the right of the House Democratic median (-0.393).

Advocacy scorecards

Their rating vs. the House Democratic average

119th Congress0
House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

swing-v2 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 1851–1900 of 1965 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Sanford D. Bishop on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role		Swing score ·
S.J.Res. 138A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval of the proposed foreign military sale to the Government of Israel of certain defense articles and services.Summary on Congress.gov	No position yetNow in the Senate	No recorded vote	64	Middle
S.J.Res. 139