Sanford D. Bishop
Democrat
· GA-2 · 119th Congress
Rural Development (Chair) · Food and Drug Administration (Chair) · and Related Agencies (Chair) · House Committee on Agriculture · House Committee on Appropriations · Veterans Affairs
Influence Score
68.7
Moderately exposed
↓ -2.1
vs 118th (70.8)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,037,798
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,025 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $140.72M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $281K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | 50.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 48.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 70.8 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 68.7 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$445,950
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
2.5%
Amount from this network
$86,000
Total from all networks
$3,369,753
Networks contributing
458
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Who funds Bishop
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$3,144,838
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
21.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
21.1%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
10
Money that arrived near votes
$19K
Distinct donors
11
Distinct employers
10
Share of their total fundraising
2.44%
Biggest clusters of timed money
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
FULL SAIL UNIVERSITY
$2K
A16Z
$2K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$2K
PEAK WOOTEN MCDANIEL COLWELL LLP
$2K
BUTLER PRATHER LLP
$1K
BUTLER WOOTEN PEAK LLP
$1K
CENTERVIEW
$1K
DEKALB COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
$1K
MICROSOFT
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
AFLAC
$40K
AFLAC
$29K
THOMAS USAF
$15K
THEGROUP
$14K
STONE BANK
$12K
SCHUSTERMAN FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES
$12K
BUTLER PRATHER LLP
$11K
PHOEBE PUTNEY
$11K
THOMAS USAF
$10K
LOTUS LANDS
$10K
ROYAL ENTERTAINMENT
$10K
JORDAN-BLANCHARD CAPITAL
$9K
AEE PRODUCTIONS
$9K
JORDAN-BLANCHARD CAPITAL
$9K
PARTWORKS
$8K
HIDEOKI BESPOKE
$8K
THEGROUP
$8K
PHX
$7K
PEZOLD MANAGEMENT
$7K
THE STONE LAW - TRIAL LAWYERS L
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Sanford D. Bishop comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$787K
Disclosed outside spending
$782K
Dark-money outside spending
$5K
Share that is dark money
0.65%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PAC
$410K
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION WORKING FAMILIES ADVOCACY PROJECT
$205K
DCCC
$162K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$150K
UNITED WE CAN
$88K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$18K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$11K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$5K
1000 WOMEN STRONG PAC
$4K
COMMUNITY CHANGE VOTERS
$2K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
COLOROFCHANGE PAC
$30
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC
$27
Groups that hide their donors
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
22 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $70K to Sanford D. Bishop across 38 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$70K
Shared contributors
22
Contributions
38
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19 | 33 | $33K |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | $1K |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 | $36K |
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Sanford D. Bishop sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required