27 Facts About Dan Bishop

James Daniel Bishop was born on July 1,1964 and is an American attorney and politician who has served as the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget since 2025.

Dan Bishop previously served as a US representative from North Carolina from 2019 to 2025.

Dan Bishop served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2015 to 2017 and the Mecklenburg County Commission from 2005 to 2009.

Dan Bishop served in the North Carolina State Senate from 2017 to 2019.

Dan Bishop ran for re-election in 2022 in North Carolina's 8th congressional district, following the 2020 census and subsequent litigation contesting the maps drawn by the General Assembly.

Dan Bishop retired to run unsuccessfully for attorney general in 2024 losing to Democrat Jeff Jackson.

Dan Bishop was confirmed by the Senate on March 26,2025.

Dan Bishop was a member of the Mecklenburg County Commission from 2004 to 2008.

Dan Bishop succeeded Ruth Samuelson, who retired from the House.

Dan Bishop won his North Carolina State Senate District 39 seat in November 2016 to succeed Bob Rucho, who was not seeking reelection.

Dan Bishop received 58,739 votes, defeating Democrat Lloyd Scher, who received 44,655.

Dan Bishop has attracted attention for statements attacking journalists, which have been likened to statements by Donald Trump.

Dan Bishop used his sponsorship of HB2 in fundraising emails, stating that he stood up to the "radical transgender agenda".

Dan Bishop was the sole senator to make a floor speech against HB2's revocation, calling it a "betrayal of principle".

In emails from Dan Bishop subsequently made public under North Carolina's public-records law, Dan Bishop compared LGBT rights activists to the Taliban.

On March 14,2019, Dan Bishop entered the 9th congressional district special election.

Dan Bishop won mainly by dominating the more rural areas of the district, as well as Union County, the district's largest whole county.

Dan Bishop was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.

In December 2020, Bishop was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Biden defeated Trump.

On January 6,2021, Dan Bishop was one of 147 Republican lawmakers who objected to the certification of electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol and forced an emergency recess of Congress.

In June 2021, Dan Bishop was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.

Dan Bishop voted to provide Israel with support following 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.

Dan Bishop was among 19 House Republicans to vote against the final passage of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.

In July 2022, Dan Bishop was the only House Republican to vote for an amendment that would have cut the proposed defense budget by $100 billion.

Dan Bishop voted against the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.

Dan Bishop said he made the contribution in response to what he called a California "tech giants' Big Brother routine", referring to companies such as PayPal and Facebook canceling accounts used by organizers and funders of the Unite the Right rally, in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Dan Bishop was the Republican candidate for the office of attorney general in North Carolina in 2024.