Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
DDemocratGA-2 · Representative
62
/ 100
Average
Attendance97
Avg: 96
Independence6
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone9
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency100
Avg: 57
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
DemocratGA-2 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Moderate (-0.289)
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. is a Democrat Representative from GA, District 2. He has served 33 years in Congress across 17 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as moderate, voting with his party 94.5% of the time. This member has 1 misconduct entry in our database.
33
Years in Office
17
Terms Served
119
Current Congress
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Report Card
Performance metrics for the current Congress
94.5%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
30 votes against party
2.5%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
5
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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1
Misconduct Entriesⓘ
How Sanford Compares
vs. the average House member
Party Loyalty-1.4% vs avg
94.5%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes-1.1% vs avg
2.5%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored-8.0 vs avg
5
Avg: 13.0
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2026-04-29
$454,686
Cash on Handⓘ
$1,004,630
Total Receiptsⓘ
$732,805
Disbursementsⓘ
$353,818
Individual Donors
$644,250
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ
Service History
1993–2027House · GA-2 · DemocratCurrent
District Demographics
GA-2 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.
757,600
Population
$50,799
Median Income
37.0
Median Age
21.4%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 40.9%Black 50.0%Hispanic 6.0%Asian 1.4%