Georgia — 2nd District

Sanford Bishop Jr.

Supports federal farm programs and rural relief

Sanford Bishop Jr., ranking member of the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, prioritizes robust federal support for Georgia farmers, including disaster assistance, peanut industry protections, and rural broadband expansion. He helped craft the Farm Bill and advocates for expanding market access while opposing budget cuts to crop storage costs.

• Led passage of the FY19 Disaster Assistance Package for rural communities recovering from Hurricane Michael.
• Helped craft the Farm Bill to expand food security programs and reform commodity programs.
• Fought proposed Department of Transportation bans on peanuts on airplanes and opposed cuts to cotton and peanut storage cost compensation.
• Supported $7.2 billion in ARRA funds to expand high-speed broadband in underserved rural communities across Southwest Georgia.

“Agriculture puts food on our tables and clothes on our back. Our prosperity depends on agriculture.”

“balancing the budget should not come at the expense of our farmers.”

Matt Day

Advocates timber protections and domestic cattle

Matt Day focuses his agricultural platform on protecting local timber mills and expanding domestic beef production. He calls for keeping European Union regulations out of Georgia's timber industry and reducing foreign beef imports.

• Proposes increasing American beef cattle production while reducing foreign beef imports.
• Calls for stopping European Union interference in Georgia's timber industry to keep local pulp mills operational.
• Pledges to prioritize agricultural prosperity as a core local issue for Southwest and Middle Georgia.

“Our Timber Industry needs the European Union to stop dictating and Pulp Mills to stay open.”

“Our Nation needs more Beef Cattle and less Beef Imports.”

Sanford Bishop Jr.

Promotes small business lending and local investments

Sanford Bishop Jr. emphasizes rebuilding the local economy through small business capital access, infrastructure funding, and federal tax incentives. He supported major legislation such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and protected domestic manufacturing jobs from unfair foreign trade practices.

• Supported a $30 billion Small Business Lending Fund and increased SBA loan guarantee limits for 7(a) and 504/CDC loans.
• Voted for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), delivering over $566 million to the 2nd District.
• Backed legislation protecting American manufacturing jobs by allowing countervailing duties against non-market economies like China and Vietnam.
• Voted Nay on H.R.1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act) and H.R.2811 (Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023).

“Rebuilding the economy of Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District and the nation is Congressman Bishop’s top priority.”

“In order to create American jobs and build a sustainable economy, it is essential that Congress continues to pass measures that seek to protect our nation’s businesses and workers from unfair global trade practices.”

Matt Day

Opposes government waste and inflation

Matt Day centers his economic platform on decreasing inflation, reducing the cost of living, and curbing generational poverty. He aims to shrink government size and waste while supporting local fatherhood programs as a community strategy.

• Identifies decreasing inflation and cost of living as a top national campaign priority.
• Lists ending generational poverty and supporting fathers who show up to lead as core local priorities.
• Pledges to fight government waste, corruption, and overall federal spending to protect economic stability.

“My mission is to fight corruption, government waste and government size by standing on Common Sense and Unshakable Truths.”

Sanford Bishop Jr.

Supports Affordable Care Act and Medicare protections

Sanford Bishop Jr. advocates for accessible health care by supporting the Affordable Care Act, expanding community health centers, and safeguarding Medicare access. He also favors funding for COVID-19 relief, medical research at the NIH, and electronic medical record adoption.

• Strongly supports the Affordable Care Act to expand healthcare access in Middle and Southwest Georgia.
• Advocates for protecting Medicare beneficiaries' access to physicians and increasing community health center funding.
• Supports increased federal funding for National Institutes of Health (NIH) research and preventive care initiatives.

“He strongly supports the Affordable Care Act because it makes significant strides toward improving the health and well-being of the citizens of Georgia’s 2nd District.”

Matt Day

Prioritizes stabilizing Medicare, Social Security, and independent pharmacies

Matt Day lists stabilizing entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security among his key national priorities. At the local level, he advocates for supporting independent community pharmacies.

• Lists stabilizing Social Security as a primary national campaign priority.
• Designates stabilizing Medicare as a main national objective.
• Identifies support for independent pharmacies as a key local healthcare priority.

“Stabilize Social Security”

“Stabilize Medicare”

Sanford Bishop Jr.

Supports conservation and clean energy investment

Sanford Bishop Jr. favors energy efficiency, alternative energy development, and local water management projects while protecting consumers from high energy costs. He supported local infrastructure such as Grady County's Tired Creek Project lake, though he voted against Republican natural gas and permitting bills.

• Supported local flood protection, water security projects, and the Tired Creek Project lake in Grady County.
• Advocates for conservation, alternative energy development, and advanced battery research.
• Voted Nay on H.R.1 (Lower Energy Costs Act of 2023).

“Congressman Bishop believes that as part of a strong national defense and a healthy economy, we must give greater attention to our energy and environmental policies.”

Matt Day

Protects Okefenokee Refuge from international oversight

Matt Day focuses his environmental policy on protecting the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge by increasing federal investment in National Wildlife Refuges and ending United Nations oversight.

• Advocates for investing in National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs).
• Proposes stopping United Nations oversight over the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

“We need to Invest in our NWRs and stop the United Nations over- seeing the Okefenokee.”

Sanford Bishop Jr.

Supports targeted enforcement while protecting voting rights

Sanford Bishop Jr. takes a selective approach to immigration enforcement, supporting mandatory detention for certain noncitizens accused of theft crimes while opposing broader restrictions on voting or noncitizen DUI deportations. He champions voting rights and civil rights as central campaign principles.

• Voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S.5) requiring DHS to detain noncitizens arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.
• Voted Nay on the SAVE Act (H.R.22) requiring proof of citizenship to register for federal elections.
• Voted Nay on H.R.875 regarding deportation for driving while intoxicated or impaired.

“This campaign is a movement for the people — for voting rights and civil rights”

Matt Day

Opposes woke agenda and conservative persecution

Matt Day frames his platform around resisting liberal cultural agendas and government overreach. He campaigns to defend conservative freedoms and traditional values against federal encroachment.

• Pledges to fight the woke, liberal agenda forced on America.
• Campaigns to defend conservative freedoms, Christianity, and common-sense values.

“I am going Washington to fight the Woke, Liberal Agenda forced on America”

Sanford Bishop Jr.

Secures federal funding for local infrastructure and airports

Sanford Bishop Jr. prioritizes upgrading transportation networks across Middle and Southwest Georgia to drive economic growth. He has secured funding for regional airports and road construction across multiple municipal hubs.

• Voted for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund transportation and infrastructure upgrades.
• Secured transportation appropriations for the Southwest Georgia Regional Airport.
• Delivered federal infrastructure improvements for Albany, Leesburg, Columbus, Macon, and surrounding counties.

“Critical to economic growth is a quality transportation infrastructure.”

Matt Day

Promotes regional economic growth through Georgia's ports

Matt Day highlights Georgia's ports as a critical regional driver, arguing that district ports can usher in significant economic prosperity for the Southeast.

• Designates Georgia's Ports as a key local policy priority.
• Claims district ports can lead Georgia and the Southeast U.S. to a golden age of prosperity.

“Our District's Ports can lead Georgia and the Southeast U.S. to a Golden Age of Prosperity.”

Sanford Bishop Jr.

Supports bipartisan tax relief and balanced spending

Sanford Bishop Jr. presents himself as a moderating voice willing to support bipartisan tax cuts for working families and farmers. He supported the extension of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts and advocates reducing or eliminating the estate tax for small business owners.

• Supported extensions of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts across the board.
• Advocates for reducing or eliminating the estate tax to give farmers and small business owners stability.
• Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.14 (FY2025 Budget Resolution) and H.R.5371 (Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026).

“Congressman Bishop believes that tax relief is a bi-partisan issue and has routinely crossed the aisle to do what is best for American families.”

Matt Day

Pledges to curb government spending and waste

Matt Day campaigns on shrinking the federal government and curbing government waste. He describes his candidacy as a mission to eliminate corruption and enforce common-sense limits on federal power.

• Pledges to cut government size, waste, and corruption.
• Frames campaign as a mission for common sense and unshakable truths against federal overreach.

“My mission is to fight corruption, government waste and government size by standing on Common Sense and Unshakable Truths.”

Sanford Bishop Jr.

Supports military installations, personnel, and veterans' care

Sanford Bishop Jr. uses his position on the Appropriations Subcommittees for Defense, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs to secure funding for local bases like Fort Moore (Benning) and the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany. He co-chairs the Military Family Caucus and has secured tens of billions for veterans' healthcare and traumatic brain injury research.

• Secured $333.4 million for the Fort Benning Maneuver Center of Excellence BRAC construction projects and helped prevent the closure of the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany.
• Serves as Co-Chair of the Military Family Caucus and provided over $50.2 billion for veterans' medical care as an Appropriations Committee member.
• Helped secure $1.6 million for the GEMS Institute at Fort Benning for defense modeling and simulation technology.
• Voted Yea on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R.2670).

“Congressman Bishop fights to make sure our military’s men and women have the best weapons, equipment, materials, and support for their families”

Sanford Bishop Jr.

Expands student aid, school funding, and HBCU support

Sanford Bishop Jr. views education as critical to economic recovery, supporting major legislation to lower higher education costs and preserve teaching jobs. He helped pass the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act and secured funding for early education and historically Black colleges.

• Supported the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, expanding Pell Grants and investing $2.5 billion in HBCUs and Minority-Serving Institutions.
• Backed the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act, providing $10 billion to prevent elementary and secondary teacher layoffs.
• Supported the $2,500 American Opportunity Tax Credit and expanded Head Start funding.
• Voted Nay on H.R.28 (Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025).

“Congressman Bishop believes that education goes hand-in hand with America’s economic recovery.”

Sanford Bishop Jr.

Funds first responders and youth intervention programs

Sanford Bishop Jr. supports providing law enforcement and first responders with adequate resources while emphasizing youth crime prevention. He advocates for federal hate crime protections and rehabilitation programs for released inmates.

• Supports funding first responders, police officers, and prevention-based youth gang deterrence strategies.
• Advocates expanding federal hate crimes to cover offenses based on gender, sexual orientation, and disability.
• Supports vocational training, job placement, and addiction treatment programs for incarcerated individuals.
• Voted Yea on the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R.4405) and Nay on the Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act (H.R.875).

“Research has consistently shown that investment in prevention-based strategies that reach at-risk youth before they ever become involved in criminal activity are the most effective way to reduce crime in the long-term.”