Dan Bishop

Representative
Dan Bishop
Portrait of Dan Bishop
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
Assumed office
2015
Preceded by Ruth Samuelson
Succeeded by Andy Dulin (in January 2017)
Constituency District 104 (South Central Charlotte)
Personal details
Political party Republican
Alma mater University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation lawyer

J. Daniel Bishop is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly.[1] He represents the 104th district.

In March 2016 He was the sponsor of North Carolina's controversial Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act also known as "HB2" and "House Bill 2."[2] On April 22, 2016, Time Warner Cable News North Carolina estimated that House Bill 2 had to date cost North Carolina more than 1750 jobs and more than $77 million of investments and visitor spending, including: $14.3 million in Buncombe County, $46.2 million and 500 jobs in Charlotte, $5 million in Greensboro, and $3.2 million in the Triangle area of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill.[3]

Bishop ran for the North Carolina State Senate District 39 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.[4]

References

  1. http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/92423/j-bishop#.VWvX6GTBzGc
  2. Campbell, Colin (23 April 2016). "Rep. Dan Bishop: Leader of House Bill 2". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina: McClatchy.
  3. Sorensen, Andrew. "HB2 Has Cost NC 1750 Jobs, $77 Million". Time Warner Cable News. Time Warner Cable News. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  4. "11/08/2016 General Election Results". Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina State Board of Elections. 8 November 2016.
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