Sanford D. Bishop

DemocratDistrict D+4119th CongressOn the ballot 2026

Typical swing score64#71 of 433 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 · 5 signals

Strong
Backs 13 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 13 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1107, H.R. 1262 and 8 more.
Medium
On the ballot Nov 3, 2026 in a competitive district (D+4)Term ends Jan 3, 2027; next general election Nov 3, 2026. GA-2 has a partisan lean of D+4. Members facing voters in a seat near even or leaning against their party have a reason to show independence.
Weak
Competitive district: GA-2 is D+4GA-2 has a partisan lean of D+4 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). That is within 5 points of even.
Weak
47th most moderate of 212 House DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.289 vs. the House Democratic median of -0.393: 0.104 toward the Republicans (rank 47 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans).

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

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House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)

Swing score by bill

swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to it

Showing 51–100 of 858 tracked bills, best swing first

Swing score for Sanford D. Bishop on each tracked bill
Bill	Their role	Swing score ·
H.Con.Res. 96Expressing support for law enforcement officers.Summary on Congress.gov	No position yetNow in the Senate	70 Broke with party on 30% of 47 similar votes	Swing
H.R. 5107Common-Sense Law Enforcement and Accountability Now in DC Act of 2025