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Sanford Bishop

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 4, 1947 in Mobile, AL

Education:

  • Morehouse College, B.A., 1968
  • Emory University, J.D., 1971

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1968-1971

Career:

  • Lawyer, 1972-1992

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1977-1991
  • GA Senate, 1991-1993


Election Results for Sanford Bishop


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 45 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 21,692 21.1%
1992 45 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary Runoff 1 41,593 53.1%
1992 45 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 95,789 63.7%
1994 47 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 33,862 66.9%
1994 47 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 65,383 66.2%
1996 49 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 56,660 59.4%
1996 49 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 88,256 54.0%
1998 51 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 47,616 100.0%
1998 51 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 77,953 56.8%
2000 53 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 79,617 100.0%
2000 53 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 96,430 53.5%
2002 55 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 47,567 100.0%
2002 55 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 102,925 100.0%
2004 57 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 67,126 100.0%
2004 57 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 129,984 66.8%
2006 59 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 46,059 100.0%
2006 59 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 88,662 67.9%
2008 61 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 59,384 100.0%
2008 61 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 158,435 68.9%
2010 63 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 31,255 100.0%
2010 63 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 86,520 51.4%
2012 65 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 68,981 100.0%
2012 65 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 162,751 63.8%
2014 67 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 39,941 100.0%
2014 67 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 96,363 59.2%
2016 69 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 55,880 100.0%
2016 69 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 148,543 61.2%
2018 71 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 42,855 100.0%
2018 71 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 136,699 59.6%
2020 73 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 82,964 100.0%
2020 73 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 161,397 59.1%
2022 75 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 54,991 93.5%
2022 75 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 132,675 55.0%
2022 75 NY D State House District 002 General 1 46,379 83.5%
2024 77 GA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 46,379 100.0%
2024 77 GA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 176,028 56.3%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Sanford Bishop


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1993 46 House 59 41 89 7 D 88 12 96 75 13
1994 47 House 58 25 87 7 D 88 10 95 74 25
1995 48 House 50 38 78 15 D 71 23 94 100 13
1996 49 House 90 10 75 25 D 71 27 98 60 30
1997 50 House 73 27 75 23 D 57 41 99 75 29
1998 51 House 83 17 70 29 D 57 41 99 70 44
1999 52 House 74 25 D 61 37 97 65 28
2000 53 House 61 32 D 50 48 94 53 43
2001 54 House 68 28 R 49 49 95 78 39
2002 55 House 79 19 R 57 43 97 74 40
2003 56 House 79 20 R 44 56 99 75 48
2004 57 House 73 21 R 45 36 95 61 35
2005 58 House 74 22 R 39 48 95 84 45
2006 59 House 70 28 R 63 37 97 65 64
2007 60 House 93 5 R 8 90 96 90 4
2008 61 House 94 2 R 22 76 95 90 4
2009 62 House 95 4 D 93 6 97 95 8
2010 63 House 91 4 D 90 10 94 75 4
2011 64 House 72 21 D 69 26 94 58 17
2012 65 House 73 25 D 51 44 98 45 32
2013 66 House 79 18 D 72 22 93 67 21
2014 67 House 79 17 D 59 36 95 37 8
2015 68 House 85 13 D 64 35 98 65 17
2016 69 House 81 17 D 70 26 98 90 4
2017 70 House 91 7 R 25 75 97 65 4
2018 71 House 83 13 R 67 30 95 45 21
2019 72 House 95 2 R 4 94 97 90 3
2020 73 House 97 2 R 6 92 98 84 4
2021 74 House 97 2 D 100 0 99 85 10
2022 75 House 97 3 D 100 0 99 3
2023 76 House 91 8 D 99 4
2024 77 House 89 9 D 98 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   19%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.