[CAPTURE PORTAL] 119TH CONGRESS

// Legislative Integrity Monitor

Goblin House Intelligence

Sanford D. Bishop

Democratic · Representative, GA ·2

Score Components

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Connection Density 20%

0 → 0

Donor Influence 10%

0 → 0

Silence Risk 25%

10 → 3

Contradiction Risk 25%

46 → 12

Intelligence Volume 10%

47 → 5

Constituency Deviation 5%

0 → 0

Voting Misalignment 5%

0 → 0

% = weight in composite score · Raw component 0–100 × weight = weighted contribution (→) · Sum of contributions = overall score. Hover a row for details.

[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+), 2022: 17.1%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population White alone, not Hispanic or Latino (2022): 39.9%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Population Black or African American alone (2022): 51.6%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Poverty rate (2022): 24.5%

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[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Median household income (2022): $41,500

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Georgia Amendment 2 (2022) - Authorize local-option homestead property tax exemptions for unimproved real property (2022) — passed, margin 62% yes - 38% no

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[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Georgia Amendment 1 (2022) - Suspension of compensation for officials indicted for a felony (2022) — passed, margin 87% yes - 13% no

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 - Retail Trade (share 0.12)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 - Health Care and Social Assistance (share 0.17)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 92 - Public Administration (share 0.18)

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[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting (share 0.14)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: MillerCoors (Albany brewery) (500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Tyson Foods (processing) (1500 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Dougherty County School System (2800 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital (3000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Fort Moore (U.S. Army) (37000 employees)

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[constituency_baseline] District summary: Georgia's 2nd Congressional District spans southwestern Georgia, including Albany, Americus, and parts of Columbus and Macon. It is a majority-minority district with a large African American population and a significant agricultural base centered on peanuts, cotton, and pecans. Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) anch

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Voted yea on H.R.3755 (Women's Health Protection Act of 2021) on 2021-09-24: This vote reverses Bishop's 2009 vote for the Stupak Amendment (roll call 884), which restricted federal abortion funding. The shift from supporting abortion funding restrictions to voting for broad abortion-rights legislation represents a high-profile reversal.

primary · 2021-09-24

Voted yea on H.R.1314 (Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (Trade Promotion Authority)) on 2015-06-12: Bishop sided with corporate donors who pushed for fast-track trade authority, while labor unions and many local advocates argued the measure would harm workers in his high-poverty, manufacturing-reliant district — placin

primary · 2015-06-12

Voted yea on H.Res.76 (Removing Ilhan Omar from Committee on Foreign Affairs) on 2023-02-02: Bishop joined only a handful of Democrats breaking with party leadership; the Democratic majority voted overwhelmingly against the resolution, making this a clear party defection.

primary · 2023-02-02

No connections mapped

Bill	Vote	Date	Alignment
Removing Ilhan Omar from Committee on Foreign Affairs	yea	2023-02-02	deviating
Women's Health Protection Act of 2021	yea	2021-09-24	misaligned
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (Trade	yea	2015-06-12	mixed

Last contradiction analysis: Never

reversal 90/100

Platform: "Bishop voted in favor of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment to H.R.3962, which prohibited federal funding for abortion services in health insurance plans unde"

Vote: on "Bishop voted in favor of the Women's Health Protection Act (H.R.3755), which would prohibit governme"

Bishop supported a strict federal abortion funding ban in 2009, then twelve years later voted to codify abortion rights and effectively nullify such bans. This is a direct policy reversal on the same question of federal restriction of abortion.

Last silence detection: Never

Gaza ceasefire / Israel-Hamas war (October 2023–April 2024)

196d silent

Expected position: As a senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus and a Democrat representing a district with a historically significant African American population, Bishop would be expected to

No donor interests mapped

No constituency baseline modelled

No platform commitments archived

No committee memberships recorded

Scoring Methodology

The Capture Risk Score is a composite 0–100 index measuring potential regulatory capture of elected officials. It is computed from seven weighted components:

Component	Weight	Signal
Silence Risk	25%	Topics where donors have interests but the official is silent
Contradiction Risk	25%	Stated positions contradicted by voting record (recent findings boosted)
Connection Density	20%	Mapped relationships to lobbyists, contractors, interest groups
Intelligence Volume	10%	Documented facts from verified sources (logarithmic scale)
Donor Influence	10%	Distinct donors with interests overlapping committee jurisdiction
Constituency Deviation	5%	Gap between district priorities and legislative focus
Voting Misalignment	5%	Floor votes contradicting stated platform positions

Each component produces a raw score 0–100. The weighted sum yields the overall score. Tier thresholds: Critical ≥ 45, High ≥ 36, Elevated ≥ 22, Moderate ≥ 10, Low < 10.

Officials without at least 2 documented facts, 1 contradiction analysis, 1 voting record, or 1 constituency baseline are marked Insufficient Evidence and excluded from numeric ranking.

Contradiction findings from the last 180 days receive a recency boost. High-severity contradictions (score ≥ 70) receive additional weight.

Full methodology: /congress/methodology

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