Dan Bishop

Dan Bishop, born on July first, nineteen sixty-four, is a prominent American attorney and politician. He has made significant contributions to North Carolina's political landscape, serving in various capacities including as the interim United States attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina since November twelfth, twenty twenty-five. A member of the Republican Party, Bishop's career has spanned multiple roles, including U.S. representative from twenty nineteen to twenty twenty-five and North Carolina state senator from twenty seventeen to twenty nineteen.

Before his tenure in Congress, Bishop was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from twenty fifteen to twenty seventeen and served on the Mecklenburg County Commission from two thousand five to two thousand nine. His legislative efforts include being the lead author of North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, often referred to as the bathroom bill, which sparked considerable controversy and backlash, resulting in a notable loss of revenue for the state.

In September of twenty nineteen, Bishop won a special election to the U.S. House of Representatives, securing fifty point seven percent of the vote against Dan McCready. He successfully ran for re-election in twenty twenty-two, achieving a remarkable sixty-nine point nine percent of the vote in North Carolina's eighth congressional district. However, in twenty twenty-four, he chose to retire from Congress to pursue a bid for attorney general, which ultimately did not succeed against Democrat Jeff Jackson.

On December tenth, twenty twenty-four, President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Bishop as the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, a position he was confirmed for on March twenty-six, twenty twenty-five. After serving for nearly eight months, Bishop was appointed by President Trump as the interim United States attorney, marking another chapter in his extensive public service career.