Dan Bishop | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Official portrait, 2025 | |
| Deputy Director of theOffice of Management and Budget | |
| Assumed office March 27, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Nani A. Coloretti |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina | |
| In office September 17, 2019 – January 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Pittenger |
| Succeeded by | Mark Harris |
| Constituency | 9th district (2019–2023) 8th district (2023–2025) |
| Member of theNorth Carolina Senate from the39th district | |
| In office January 1, 2017 – September 17, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Rucho |
| Succeeded by | Rob Bryan |
| Member of theNorth Carolina House of Representatives from the104th district | |
| In office January 1, 2015 – January 1, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Ruth Samuelson |
| Succeeded by | Andy Dulin |
| Member of theMecklenburg County Commission from the 5th district | |
| In office January 2005 – December 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Ruth Samuelson |
| Succeeded by | Neil Cooksey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Daniel Bishop (1964-07-01)July 1, 1964 (age 61) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Jo Bishop |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BS,JD) |
| Website | House website Campaign website |
James Daniel Bishop (born July 1, 1964)[1][2] is an American attorney and politician who has served as the Deputy Director of theOffice of Management and Budget since 2025. A member of theRepublican Party, he previously served as aU.S. representative fromNorth Carolina from 2019 to 2025, as aNorth Carolina state senator from 2017 to 2019, as a member of theNorth Carolina House of Representatives from 2015 to 2017, and as a member of theMecklenburg County Commission from 2005 to 2009.[3][4]
Bishop was the lead author of North Carolina'sPublic Facilities Privacy & Security Act, commonly called thebathroom bill, which prohibited transgender people from using public restrooms other than those of their biological sex as defined on their birth certificates.[5][6] As a result of backlash, North Carolina lost a significant amount of revenue from companies and other organizations who chose to withdraw their investments in the state.[7]
On September 10, 2019, Bishop won thespecial election to theU.S. House of Representatives with 50.7% of the vote toDan McCready's 48.7%.[8][9] Bishop ran for re-election in 2022 inNorth Carolina's 8th congressional district, following the 2020 census and subsequent litigation contesting the maps drawn by theGeneral Assembly.[10] In the2022 U.S. congressional election, Bishop won reelection to his seat with 69.9% of the vote. In2024, Bishop retired from Congress to run unsuccessfully forattorney general, losing to DemocratJeff Jackson.[11]
On December 10, 2024, President-electDonald Trump announced his intention to nominate Bishop as theDeputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.[12] He was confirmed by theSenate on March 26, 2025.[13]
Bishop received aB.S. in business administration from theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986 and aJ.D. from theUniversity of North Carolina School of Law in 1990.[14]
Bishop was a member of theMecklenburg County Commission from 2004 to 2008. After a six-year absence from politics, he was elected to theNorth Carolina House of Representatives from a south Charlotte seat for a single term (2015–17), running against a Libertarian opponent, Eric Cable, but without a Democratic one.[15] Bishop's district was House District 104.[14] He succeededRuth Samuelson, who retired from the House.[15]
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Bishop won hisNorth Carolina State Senate District 39 seat in November 2016 to succeedBob Rucho, who was not seeking reelection. He received 58,739 votes (52.81%), defeating Democrat Lloyd Scher, who received 44,655 (47.19%).[16]
During the 2017–18 legislative session, Bishop co-chaired the Select Committee on Judicial Reform and Redistricting, was vice-chair of the Select Committee on Elections, and a member of several other committees.[17]
Bishop has attracted attention for statements attacking journalists, which have been likened to statements byDonald Trump.[18] On one occasion, he criticized theRaleigh press corps over coverage of the state budget, calling them the "jihad media."[19]
Bishop was the architect of thePublic Facilities Privacy & Security Act, or House Bill 2.[20][21][6] This controversial "bathroom bill" restrictedtransgender people from using gender-segregated public facilities other than those identified for use by their biological sex as defined on their birth certificates.[20] The bill, signed into law by GovernorPat McCrory, also invalidated a local nondiscrimination law passed by theCharlotte City Council and prohibited any local government in North Carolina from enacting new protections for gay, lesbian, or transgender people.[21] Bishop used his sponsorship of HB 2 in fundraising emails, stating that he stood up to the "radical transgender agenda".[20] His role in promoting HB 2 raised his profile.[20]
In 2017, after a public backlash against the legislation and economic harms of $3.7 billion, HB 2 was repealed and replaced with new compromise legislation brokered between GovernorRoy Cooper and the leadership of the state legislature.[6] Bishop was the sole senator to make a floor speech against HB 2's revocation, calling it a "betrayal of principle".[22] In emails from Bishop subsequently made public under North Carolina's public-records law, Bishop compared LGBT rights activists to theTaliban.[23]
After the release of a video showing a group of people following McCrory, shouting "shame" and calling him a bigot, Bishop said he would introduce legislation "to make it a crime to threaten, intimidate, or retaliate against a present or former North Carolina official in the course of, or on account of, the performance of his or her duties."[24]
On March 14, 2019, Bishop entered the9th congressional district special election.[25] He won the May 14 Republican primary with 47% of the vote.[26][27] The election had been called after the results of the regular election were thrown out due to irregularities with absentee ballots in the district's eastern portion. The Republican nominee in that contest,Mark Harris, had defeated DemocratDan McCready by 905 votes, the closest race in the district in decades. Much of the district's share of Mecklenburg County had not been represented by a Democrat since 1953, and the 9th has been in Republican hands without interruption since it was configured as a Charlotte-based district in 1963.
In the September 10 general election, Bishop defeated McCready, 50.7% to 48.7%. He won mainly by dominating the more rural areas of the district, as well asUnion County, the district's largest whole county. The closeness of the race was remarkable given the 9th's heavy Republican bent on paper; it had aCook Partisan Voting Index of R+8.
Bishop took office on September 17, 2019.
Bishop, along with all other Senate and House Republicans, voted against theAmerican Rescue Plan Act of 2021.[28]
On January 6, 2021, Bishop was one of 147 Republican lawmakers who objected to thecertification of electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election after a mob of Trump supportersstormed the U.S. Capitol and forced an emergency recess of Congress.[29][30] Later that month, he voted against afailed attempt to impeach Trump for his alleged role in inciting the mob to storm the Capitol.[31]
In June 2021, Bishop was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal theAUMF against Iraq.[32][33]
Bishop voted to provide Israel with support following2023 Hamas attack on Israel.[34][35]
In July 2022, Bishop was the only House Republican to vote for an amendment that would have cut the proposed defense budget by $100 billion.[36] On the same day, Bishop was one of 14 Republicans to vote for a separate amendment that would have removed a proposed $37 billion spending increase in the defense budget.[37]
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In August 2017, Bishop contributed $500 toward the establishment of the social networkGab, a website criticized for itswhite supremacist and far-right content.[41] He said he made the contribution in response to what he called a California "tech giants'Big Brother routine", referring to companies such asPayPal andFacebook canceling accounts used by organizers and funders of theUnite the Right rally, inCharlottesville, Virginia.[18] Bishop'scrowdfunding contribution attracted attention the next year, after thePittsburgh synagogue shooting.[41] He responded that he was being "smeared", saying, "I don't use Gab, but if its management allows its users to promote violence, anti-Semitism, and racism on the platform they have misled investors and they will be gone quickly, and rightfully so."[41] The contribution came up again a week after the2019 El Paso shooting and a month before Bishop's House election. A group calledStand Up Republic aired criticism of his contribution to Gab as part of a $500,000 advertising campaign. Bishop criticized the advertising, calling it "defamatory".[42]
Bishop was the Republican candidate for the office of attorney general in North Carolina in 2024. Despite Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's statewide victory in North Carolina, Bishop was defeated by Democratic candidate and fellow congressmanJeff Jackson 51% to 49%.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Bishop | 42,452 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 42,452 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Bishop (incumbent) | 23,925 | 100.0 | |
| Total votes | 23,925 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Bishop | 18,576 | 74.78 | |
| Libertarian | Eric Cable | 6,266 | 25.22 | |
| Total votes | 24,842 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Bishop | 58,739 | 56.81 | |
| Democratic | Lloyd Scher | 44,655 | 43.19 | |
| Total votes | 103,394 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Bishop (incumbent) | 8,778 | 71.28 | |
| Republican | Beth Monaghan | 3,537 | 28.72 | |
| Total votes | 12,315 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Bishop (incumbent) | 49,698 | 52.89 | |
| Democratic | Chad Stachowicz | 44,273 | 47.11 | |
| Total votes | 93,971 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Bishop | 14,405 | 47.68 | |
| Republican | Stony Rushing | 5,882 | 19.47 | |
| Republican | Matthew Ridenhour | 5,166 | 17.10 | |
| Republican | Leigh Brown | 2,672 | 8.84 | |
| Republican | Stevie Rivenbark Hull | 906 | 3.00 | |
| Republican | Fern Shubert | 438 | 1.45 | |
| Republican | Chris Anglin | 382 | 1.26 | |
| Republican | Kathie Day | 193 | 0.64 | |
| Republican | Gary Dunn | 105 | 0.35 | |
| Republican | Albert Lee Wiley Jr. | 62 | 0.21 | |
| Total votes | 30,211 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Bishop | 96,573 | 50.69 | +1.44 | |
| Democratic | Dan McCready | 92,785 | 48.70 | −0.23 | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Scott | 773 | 0.41 | −1.40 | |
| Green | Allen Smith | 375 | 0.20 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 190,506 | 100.0 | N/A | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Bishop | 224,661 | 55.59 | +4.9 | |
| Democratic | Cynthia Wallace | 179,463 | 44.41 | −4.29 | |
| Total votes | 404,124 | 100.0 | +12.13 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dan Bishop | 183,998 | 69.91 | |
| Democratic | Scott Huffman | 79,192 | 30.09 | |
| Total votes | 263,190 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jeff Jackson | 2,874,960 | 51.43 | |
| Republican | Dan Bishop | 2,715,411 | 48.57 | |
| Total votes | 5,590,371 | 100.00 | ||
In May, Republican voters chose Bishop, an attorney best known for sponsoring North Carolina's so-called "bathroom bill," as their new nominee.
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| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's 9th congressional district 2019–2023 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Richard Hudson | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's 8th congressional district 2023–2025 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by Jim O'Neill | Republican nominee forAttorney General of North Carolina 2024 | Most recent |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Deputy Director of theOffice of Management and Budget 2025–present | Incumbent |
| U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) | ||
| Preceded byas Former U.S. Representative | Order of precedence of the United States as Former U.S. Representative | Succeeded byas Former U.S. Representative |
