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Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.

Representative· GADHouse● In officeOn the ballot in 2026
Before officeLawyer
File · Money Read

What the money shows

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. has an estimated net worth of -$26,500. The 2026 campaign raised $1.1M. Outside groups had $5,487 spent for Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. sits on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies.

Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC

Est. net worth
−$27K
−$83K+
Raised (last cycle)
$1.1M
FEC · 2026
Years in role
33
Representative since 1993
Net-worth filings
16
−$362K since 2008
File A — Net Worth

Net worth over time

Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.

Why negative? Financial disclosures require officials to report mortgages and loans as liabilities, but exclude personal residences and other non-income-producing assets. Someone whose main asset is their home can show a negative disclosednet worth in some years — it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re in debt. See methodology.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →

† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.

File C — Service

Term history

  1. RepresentativeGA-2D
    2025 – 2027 · 2 yrs
  2. RepresentativeGA-2D
    2023 – 2025 · 2 yrs
  3. RepresentativeGA-2D
    2021 – 2023 · 2 yrs
  4. RepresentativeGA-2D
    2019 – 2021 · 2 yrs
  5. RepresentativeGA-2D
    2017 – 2019 · 2 yrs
  6. RepresentativeGA-2D
    2015 – 2017 · 2 yrs
  7. RepresentativeGA-2D
    2013 – 2015 · 2 yrs
  8. RepresentativeGA-2D
    2011 – 2013 · 2 yrs
  9. Show 9 earlier terms1993–2011▸
    1. RepresentativeGA-2D
      2009 – 2011 · 2 yrs
    2. RepresentativeGA-2D
      2007 – 2009 · 2 yrs
    3. RepresentativeGA-2D
      2005 – 2007 · 2 yrs
    4. RepresentativeGA-2D
      2003 – 2005 · 2 yrs
    5. RepresentativeGA-2D
      2001 – 2003 · 2 yrs
    6. RepresentativeGA-2D
      1999 – 2001 · 2 yrs
    7. RepresentativeGA-2D
      1997 – 1999 · 2 yrs
    8. RepresentativeGA-2D
      1995 – 1997 · 2 yrs
    9. RepresentativeGA-2D
      1993 – 1995 · 2 yrs
File D — Benchmark

If they'd just invested 20%

A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.

hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary

Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.