Dan Bishop

Dan Bishop (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing North Carolina's 9th Congressional District. He assumed office on September 17, 2019. His current term ends on January 3, 2023.

Bishop (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina's 9th Congressional District. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Bishop was a Republican member of the North Carolina State Senate, representing District 39. He was elected to the office on November 8, 2016.

Bishop previously served in the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing District 104.

Elections

2020

North Carolina's 9th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

North Carolina's 9th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House North Carolina District 9

Incumbent Dan Bishop defeated Cynthia Wallace in the general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 9 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Dan Bishop (R)	55.6	224,661
	Cynthia Wallace (D)	44.4	179,463

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 404,124
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9

Cynthia Wallace defeated Harry Southerland, Clayton Brooks III, and Marcus Williams in the Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9 on March 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cynthia Wallace	56.0	45,359
	Harry Southerland	16.3	13,163
	Clayton Brooks III	14.7	11,913
	Marcus Williams	13.0	10,527

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 80,962
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Dan Bishop advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2019

General election

Special general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 9

Dan Bishop defeated Dan McCready, Jeff Scott, and Allen Smith in the special general election for U.S. House North Carolina District 9 on September 10, 2019.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Dan Bishop (R)	50.7	96,573
	Dan McCready (D)	48.7	92,785
	Jeff Scott (L)	0.4	773
	Allen Smith (G)	0.2	375

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 190,506 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Dan McCready advanced from the special Democratic primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9.

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9

The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9 on May 14, 2019.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Dan Bishop	47.7	14,178
	Stony Rushing	19.6	5,820
	Matthew Ridenhour	17.0	5,065
	Leigh Thomas Brown	8.8	2,624
	Stevie Rivenbark	3.0	892
	Fern Shubert	1.5	433
	Chris Anglin	1.3	376
	Kathie Day	0.6	190
	Gary M. Dunn	0.4	105
	Albert Wiley Jr.	0.2	59

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 29,742
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Green primary election

The Green primary election was canceled. Allen Smith advanced from the special Green primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Jeff Scott advanced from the special Libertarian primary for U.S. House North Carolina District 9.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

David Blackwelder (R)

2018

See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for North Carolina State Senate District 39

Incumbent Dan Bishop defeated Chad Stachowicz in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 39 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Dan Bishop (R)	52.9	49,698
	Chad Stachowicz (D)	47.1	44,273

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 93,971
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 39

Chad Stachowicz defeated Ann Harlan in the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 39 on May 8, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Chad Stachowicz	50.1	5,239
	Ann Harlan	49.9	5,222

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 10,461
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 39

Incumbent Dan Bishop defeated Beth Monaghan in the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 39 on May 8, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Dan Bishop	71.3	8,778
	Beth Monaghan	28.7	3,537

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 12,315
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2016

See also: North Carolina State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the North Carolina State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016.^[1] The candidate filing deadline was December 21, 2015.^[2] Incumbent Bob Rucho (R) did not seek re-election.

Dan Bishop defeated Lloyd Scher in the North Carolina State Senate District 39 general election.^[3]^[4]

North Carolina State Senate, District 39 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dan Bishop	56.81%	58,739
	Democratic	Lloyd Scher	43.19%	44,655
Total Votes				103,394
Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections

Lloyd Scher ran unopposed in the North Carolina State Senate District 39 Democratic primary.^[5]^[6]

North Carolina State Senate, District 39 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Lloyd Scher (unopposed)

Dan Bishop ran unopposed in the North Carolina State Senate District 39 Republican primary.^[7]^[8]

North Carolina State Senate, District 39 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Dan Bishop (unopposed)

2014

See also: North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 28, 2014. Incumbent Dan Bishop was unopposed in the Republican primary. Eric Cable ran as a Libertarian candidate. Bishop defeated Cable in the general election.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

North Carolina House of Representatives, District 104 General Election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dan Bishop	74.8%	18,576
	Libertarian	Eric Cable	25.2%	6,266
Total Votes				24,842

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Campaign website

“

Illegal Immigration

Dan fully supports President Trump’s border wall.

Second Amendment

Dan is a gun owner who has been A rated and endorsed by the NRA.

Life

Dan is pro-life and will fight extremist Democrats’ to stop infanticide and late-term abortion on demand.

Voter ID

Dan believes requiring a photo ID to vote is common sense. He led the fight to put the successful Voter ID Constitutional Amendment on the ballot last November.

Taxes

Dan believes lower taxes and smaller government are better for families and better for our economy.

Freedom and Faith

Dan believes Christian values and the freedoms granted by our Constitution made America great.

Supporting Our Military and National Defense

We owe and immeasurable debt to our active duty military who stand in harms way to protect our freedoms, and all the veterans who have honorably served our nation. That means keeping the promises we make to them when they sign up to serve. In the State Senate, Dan took action to help North Carolinians who served our country in uniform. Among other reforms, he voted to protect Medicaid, ensure in-state tuition, and create job opportunities for our veterans, increase access to health care, exempt military retirement from the state income tax, and fund programs to help veterans in crisis.

There’s always more that can be done for those who put themselves in harms way to protect our freedom. And Dan will do even more in Congress. Maintaining a strong national defense is a Constitutional mandate that must be upheld and, I believe, a moral obligation that must be met by Congress. Our elected leaders must follow the counsel of military leaders and make sure they have the resources and tools they need to protect our shining city on a hill and uphold the freedom and liberty that has made the United States the great hope of mankind.^[13]

”

—Dan Bishop^[14]

2014

Bishop's website highlighted the following campaign themes:^[15]

Economic Growth

Excerpt: "As my first legislative priority, I will support additional measures to improve the business climate and help North Carolina’s economy grow. In general, I favor broad-based tax and regulatory reforms and tax incentives that do not involve government picking winners and losers, one transaction at a time. I will be vigilant about regulatory overreach, but also work to prevent regulators from becoming captive to either industry or activists."

Education

Excerpt: "Under our State Constitution, the responsibility to provide 'for a general and uniform system of free public schools' is divided between state and local government. This is an important sharing, as it allows for meaningful local control over public education. The main responsibility to provide uniformly adequate teacher pay, however, belongs to the General Assembly."

Healthcare

Excerpt: "Ultimately, the mechanism to both improve healthcare and control its cost is patient-centered market competition. The General Assembly should seek every opportunity to introduce it. For this reason, I support repeal of NC’s CON (Certificate of Need) law. We also should reexamine the consolidation of ever more healthcare in a few, massive nonprofits and governmental entities."

Courts

Excerpt: "The judicial branch receives slightly more than 2% of the state general fund budget. Although very lean, this is comparable to other states. With such limited resources, our court system must innovate and leverage resources with technology. Implementing electronic civil trial court record filing would yield efficiencies for the courts and benefit civil litigants. Pilot e-filing programs have been attempted, but stalled. I propose to explore essentially copying for our state trial courts the civil filing system in effect throughout the federal trial courts."

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2021-2022

Bishop was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

2019-2020

Bishop was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

North Carolina committee assignments, 2017
• Appropriations on Health and Human Services
• Commerce and Insurance
• Finance
• Health Care
• Judiciary

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Bishop served on the following committees:

North Carolina committee assignments, 2015
• Banking, Vice-Chairman
• Finance
• Health
• Judiciary IV
• Pensions and Retirement
• Public Utilities
• Regulatory Reform

Key votes

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Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2020

Noteworthy events

Electoral vote certification on January 6-7, 2021

See also: Counting of electoral votes (January 6-7, 2021)

Congress convened a joint session on January 6-7, 2021, to count electoral votes by state and confirm the results of the 2020 presidential election. Bishop voted against certifying the electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania. The House rejected both objections by a vote of 121-303 for Arizona and 138-282 for Pennsylvania.

Campaign donors

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Dan Bishop campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Result	Contributions
2019	U.S. House North Carolina District 9	✔	$3,564,455
2018	North Carolina State Senate District 39	✔	$616,107
2016	North Carolina State Senate, District 39	✔	$387,938
2014	North Carolina House of Representatives, District 104	✔	$95,345
Grand total raised			$4,663,845
Source: Follow the Money

2019

U.S. House North Carolina District 9 2019 election - Campaign Contributions
Top individual contributors to Dan Bishop's campaign in 2019
BISHOP, JAMES DANIEL (DAN)	$50,000.00
UIHLEIN, RICHARD ELLIS (DICK)	$16,800.00
HAYDEN, MARILYN J	$14,400.00
GRIM, CYNTHIA	$11,800.00
HILLMAN, TATNALL LEA	$11,580.00
Total Raised in 2019	$3,564,454.50
Source: Follow the Money

2018

North Carolina State Senate District 39 2018 election - Campaign Contributions
Top individual contributors to Dan Bishop's campaign in 2018
GLEASON, STEFAN H	$10,400.00
BISHOP, JAMES DANIEL (DAN)	$10,000.00
BEULEY, KENNETH R	$9,200.00
LARGEN, MARYANN	$5,200.00
HENSEN, SANDRA	$5,100.00
Total Raised in 2018	$616,107.03
Source: Follow the Money

2016

Bishop won election to the North Carolina State Senate in 2016. During that election cycle, Bishop raised a total of $387,938.

North Carolina State Senate 2016 election - campaign contributions
Top contributors to Dan Bishop's campaign in 2016
North Carolina Republican Senate Caucus	$120,535
Gleason, Stefan H	$10,200
Gleason, Tanya	$10,200
Federal Express	$10,100
Edmiston Jr., George	$5,500
Total raised in 2016	$387,938
Source: Follow the Money

2014

Bishop won election to the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2014. During that election cycle, Bishop raised a total of $95,345.

North Carolina House of Representatives 2014 election - Campaign Contributions
Top contributors to Dan Bishop's campaign in 2014
Bishop, James Daniel (Dan)	$50,000
Largen, Maryann	$5,000
Conn, William	$5,000
Fennebresque, John C	$4,000
Kahn, Michael Alan	$3,500
Total Raised in 2014	$95,345
Source: Follow the Money

Scorecards

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