Federal candidate · 2021–2022 cycle · past cycle

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

Official portrait of Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Georgia’s 2nd district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Albany, GA
Born
1947
In Congress
House since 1993 · 33 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
BISHOP, SANFORD
Next election
General November 8, 2022 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Georgia with the current district highlighted

Georgia, District 2

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Georgia District 2IncumbentWon the general election (55%)

FEC candidate ID H2GA02031 · Principal campaign committee: SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Georgia District 2$1,309,237.48General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Georgia District 2$1,913,894.21Won the general election (56.3%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Georgia District 2$3,042,832.27Won the general election (55%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Georgia District 2$1,556,370.74Won the general election (59.1%)
Total raised$3,042,832.27
Total spent$3,181,143.31
Cash on hand$54,216.67
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2021–2022 cycle totals through December 31, 2022, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,324,782.05PACs and other committees: $1,693,990.00Party committees: $10,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $13,500.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $560.22
  • Individual contributions$1,324,782.0544%
  • PACs and other committees$1,693,990.0056%
  • Party committees$10,000.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$13,500.000%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$560.220%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

  • House Committee on Appropriations
    • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ranking Member
    • Financial Services and General Government
    • Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

427 committees reported giving $1,673,881.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Sanford Bishop$519,015.59
  • Independent expenditures opposing Sanford Bishop$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Sanford Bishop$229,543.22

FEC totals for the 2022 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Georgia U.S. House, District 2, 2022 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Sanford Bishop (D)$3,042,832.27$54,216.672022-12-31
Christopher Chris West (R)$1,020,600.40$20,839.962022-12-31
Jeremy Hunt (R)$994,675.63$3,577.572022-12-31
Arthur Wayne Johnson (R)$594,691.12$560.242022-12-31
Richard M Robertson (R)$21,878.62$0.002022-06-30
Vivian Louise Childs (R)$16,769.27$158.992022-12-31
Joseph O'Hara (D)$5,232.48$12.482022-12-31
Tracy Taylor (R)$1,846.00$0.002021-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLikely DDecember 30, 2021
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DOctober 21, 2022
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLikely DJuly 28, 2022
  • PoliticoLean DNovember 7, 2022
  • Fox NewsLean DAugust 22, 2022
  • DDHQLikely DJuly 20, 2022
  • 538Likely DOctober 18, 2022
  • The EconomistLean DNovember 1, 2022

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
InsiderAdvantage (R)October 17, 2022550 (LV)± 4.2%Sanford Bishop 47% · Chris West 44%
The Trafalgar Group (R)October 14–16, 2022515 (LV)± 4.2%Sanford Bishop 50% · Chris West 46%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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