Former representative · North Carolina's 8th district
Dan Bishop
Dan Bishop served in Congress from 2019 to 2025, last as a Republican representative for North Carolina's 8th district. In the 118th Congress, 1,222 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 86, and cast 780 of 796 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.
- Party
- Republican
- Chamber
- House
- Former
- In Congress since
- Sep 17, 2019
- Last term ended
- Jan 3, 2025
Record by Congress
Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.
| Congress | Roll calls | Missed | Votes with party | Sponsored | Cosponsored across the aisle |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118th CongressHouse of Representatives | 1,222 | 7.0%86 of 1,222 · rank 52 of 442 | 98%780 of 796 · rank 195 of 442 | 120 became law | 3%7 of 232 |
| 117th CongressHouse of Representatives | 997 | 3.1%31 of 997 · rank 71 of 443 | 98%552 of 563 · rank 223 of 443 | 190 became law | 6%15 of 261 |
Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)
Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 118th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.
Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/
Votes against their party
The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.
- Jun 27, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 161–251· Against party
- H.R. 8580: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025YeaJun 4, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 290–116· Against party
- Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 227–193· Against party
- Sep 29, 2023· House· Passage· On Passage· Failed 198–232· Against party
- Jul 25, 2023· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Failed 250–163· Against party
- Jul 19, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 240–195· Against party
- Jul 19, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 211–224· Against party
- Jul 19, 2023· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 243–191· Against party
Recent votes
The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.
- Dec 20, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 366–34· Against party
- Dec 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 174–235
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 381–20
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 404–1
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 369–37
- Dec 18, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 373–33
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 311–96
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 402–12
- Dec 17, 2024· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 210–201
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 348–39· Against party
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 382–12
- Dec 16, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 390–0
Sponsored bills
Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.
31 sponsored · 0 became law
How far they got
- Introduced2477%
- Reported by committee413%
- Passed one chamber39.7%
Policy areas
- Government Operations and Politics6
- Armed Forces and National Security4
- Education4
- Health4
- Labor and Employment4
- Immigration3
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues1
- Commerce1
Latest activity
- H.R. 9749 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to abolish the reorganization authority of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.Reported by committee· Government Operations and Politics· Dec 5, 2024
- H.R. 9191 No Union Time on the Taxpayer's Dime ActIntroduced· Government Operations and Politics· Jul 30, 2024
- H.R. 4848 Censorship Accountability ActReported by committee· Law· Jul 11, 2024
- H.R. 7581 Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data ActPassed one chamber· Crime and Law Enforcement· May 16, 2024
- H.Res. 1211 Condemning the violent, anti-American and anti-Israel protests that are occurring on campuses of institutions of higher education nationwide.Introduced· Education· May 8, 2024
- H.Res. 1188 Expressing support for the month of May as "Fallen Heroes Memorial Month".Introduced· Armed Forces and National Security· May 1, 2024
- H.R. 7322 SUE for Immigration Enforcement Act of 2024Reported by committee· Immigration· Apr 2, 2024
- H.R. 7580 Immigration Detainer Enforcement Act of 2024Introduced· Immigration· Mar 7, 2024
Committees
Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.
No committee seats are listed.
Federal contracts in the district
Contract obligations attributed to North Carolina's 8th district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.
- Obligations · FY2026
- $144.1M
- Per resident
- $187
- Rank in North Carolina
- 9 of 14
- Contract actions
- 1,726
- New awards: 1,385
By fiscal year
- 160.9MFY2017
- 213.1MFY2018
- 123.7MFY2019
- 108.2MFY2020
- 63.2MFY2021
- 105.8MFY2022
- 136MFY2023
- 108.6MFY2024
- 168MFY2025
- 144.1MFY2026
Top buyers
- Department of Veterans Affairs$89.6M62%
- Defense Logistics Agency$35M24%Department of Defense
- Department of the Navy$7.4M5.1%Department of Defense
- Department of the Army$5M3.5%Department of Defense
- U.S. Coast Guard$1.6M1.1%Department of Homeland Security
- Forest Service$1.5M1.1%Department of Agriculture
- Department of Justice
- Federal Acquisition Service$684K0.5%General Services Administration
Top recipients
- VALIANT CONSTRUCTION LLC$43.9M30%3 awards
- MCRAE INDUSTRIES INC$24.1M17%18 awards
- COMMONWEALTH HOME HEALTH CARE, INC.$9.1M6.3%1 award
- SCOTT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$9M6.2%56 awards
- DRI, INC.$5.9M4.1%1 award
- ACCORD FEDERAL SERVICES, LLC$5.3M3.7%2 awards
- MEDEX MEDICAL TRANSPORT SERVICE INC$4.2M2.9%3 awards
- SANDHILLS UTILITY SERVICES, LLC$3.9M2.7%1 award
- CIRCOR PUMPS NORTH AMERICA LLC$3.3M2.3%29 awards
- ELEVATED TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES, LLC$3.3M2.3%2 awards
Campaign money
What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.
2026 cycle
- Raised
- $0
- through Oct 27, 2025
- Cash on hand
- $0
- From committees
- $4,500
- 2 committees
- From contractor PACs
- $0
- 0 PACs · 0% of committee money
By cycle
| Cycle | Raised (FEC summary) | From committees | From contractor PACs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $0 | $4,500 | $00 PACs · 0% of committee money |
| 2024 | $324.6K | $30.3K | -$1,0001 PACs · -3% of committee money |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $246.9K | $25.5K13 PACs · 10% of committee money |
Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.
Terms
Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.
- House · North Carolina's 8th districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
- House · North Carolina's 9th districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
- House · North Carolina's 9th districtSep 17, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
Identifiers
The same member in other public records.
Sources and method
Every figure on this page traces to these records.
- Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
- House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
- Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
- Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
- Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
- Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.