Rep. Sanford D. Bishop

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 02/04/1947 Birthplace: Mobile, AL District: represents GA-02 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Baptist Education: JD, Emory University, 1971 BA, Political Science, Morehouse College, 1968. Last elected in 2006 receiving 88,662 (68.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $529,020 (#380) Spent 70% (#298) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 35% (#437) From PACs 62% (#86) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 69 (#83) Total cost $84,873,993 (#155) Received 68 (#78) Total cost $75,141,000 (#133) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 22% left-wing (#221) Predictable 96% (#188) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 2 times (#407) Avg. length 543 words (#467) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,240 (#57) Introduced 49 (#313) Debated 5 (#328) Enacted 5 (#142) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes) American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 40% (2/5 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle Saft America $2,500 $1400000 2008 Amethyst Technologies Llc $2,000 $800000 2008
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Atty. William Stone $8,700 from August 24, 2004 to August 14, 2007 2 Alphonso Mr. Wofford $6,600 from December 27, 2005 to August 9, 2007 3 Martin Mr. Mclendon $6,500 from July 19, 2004 to June 14, 2007 4 Frank Mr. White $6,500 from September 1, 2004 to August 23, 2007 5 Joe Mr. Tanner $6,500 from September 15, 2005 to September 18, 2007 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $191,750 2 Retired $43,730 3 Cornerstone Govt Affairs Llc $21,250 4 Butler Wooten Overby Cheeley P $19,950 5 Phoebe Putney Mem Hosp $17,150 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Nick Kirkhorn - Honeywell International $5,000 2 Mr. Raymond Bracy - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc $5,000 3 Mr. Raymond Bracy - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc $5,000 4 Sam Wai - American Crystal Sugar Company $3,000 5 Mr. Patroski Lawson - Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. $3,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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