As a civil rights attorney, I handled a lawsuit against the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville on behalf of 6,000 inmates who were experiencing constitutional violations of their rights. A federal judge decided the state must improve conditions and rectify the conditions occurring, but every time we received updates, we were told the legislature hadn’t appropriated the money to improve conditions.
After hearing that for three and a half years, I was beyond frustrated and decided to run for the Georgia legislature to help deliver real justice.
Since winning that first election, I’ve taken action to make progress. In Congress, I’ve spearheaded rural broadband access because in 2023, access to the internet isn’t a luxury — it’s a necessity. I’ve worked to improve access to quality, affordable health care because for too many Americans, health care is too expensive and too far from home.
But in 2022, all of that hard work and hard-fought progress was put at risk: I was designated a Frontline race, FiveThirtyEight said my race was the most competitive House race in Georgia, and the NRCC told me to “retire or lose.”
Congressman Sanford Bishop is serving his sixteenth term in the United States House of Representatives, representing the constituents of the Second Congressional District of Georgia. A consensus builder that works with members on both sides of the aisle, Congressman Bishop is uniquely dedicated to his constituents and has demonstrated himself as a leader inside of Congress.
