Dan Bishop

Senator
Dan Bishop
Portrait of Dan Bishop
Member of the North Carolina Senate
from the 39th district
Assumed office
2017
Preceded by Bob Rucho
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 104th district
In office
2015–2017
Preceded by Ruth Samuelson
Succeeded by Andy Dulin
Personal details
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Jo
Alma mater University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation lawyer

J. Daniel Bishop is a Republican member of the North Carolina State Senate.[1] He represents the 39th district, in south-central Mecklenburg County. He previously served one term in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2015 to 2017, representing the 104th district, and two terms on the Mecklenburg County Commission from the 5th district.

Education

Bishop received his bachelor of science degree in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986. Four years later he received his Juris Doctor degree from the same institution.[1]

Political career

Bishop was elected to serve as Mecklenburg County Commissioner, from January, 2004 - November 2008. He later re-entered politics in 2014 to run for North Carolina House of Representatives District 104 to succeed retiring Ruth Samuelson. He defeated Libertarian Eric Cable by a factor of 18,576 to 6,266.[2]

Bishop ran for his current North Carolina State Senate District 39 seat in November 2016 to succeed Bob Rucho who was not seeking re-election. He defeated Democrat Lloyd Scher by a fator of 58,278 to 44,330.[3]

Committees

During the 2017-2018 legislative session Bishop co-chairs the Senate Select Committee on Judicial Reform and Redistricting and currently is a member of the following Senate Committees: Appropriations on Health and Human Services, Commerce and Insurance, Finance, Health Care, Judiciary, Pensions and Retirement and Aging, Redistricting, Select Committee on North Carolina River Water.[4]

Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act

Bishop was a sponsor in 2016"[5][6] of the Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, or House Bill 2. This controversial House Bill 2 restricts transgender individuals from using gender-segregated public facilities, other than those identified for use by their biological sex as defined on their birth certificates. Bishop used his sponsorship of HB2 in fundraising emails, stating that he is standing up to the "radical transgender agenda" [7] and following release of video showing HB2 protesters shouting "shame" at former North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory during protests in Washington D.C., Bishop stated that he supported legislation that would criminalize such political behavior. Critics have called the proposed action antithetical to First Amendment principles.[8]

Honors

In 2018, Bishop was listed as a Champion of the Family in the NC Values Coalition Scorecard.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/92423/j-bishop#.VWvX6GTBzGc
  2. ↑ https://ballotpedia.org/Dan_Bishop
  3. ↑ "11/08/2016 General Election Results". Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Board of Elections. 8 November 2016.
  4. ↑ https://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/members/reports/committeeAssignments.pl?nUserid=398&Chamber=S
  5. ↑ https://ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015E2&BillID=hb+2
  6. ↑ Campbell, Colin (23 April 2016). "Rep. Dan Bishop: Leader of House Bill 2". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina: McClatchy.
  7. ↑ http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article73581522.html
  8. ↑ http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article128185274.html
  9. ↑ "NC Values Coalition Legislative Scorecard". Retrieved April 23, 2018.


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