Tim Bishop



Timothy H. Bishop, a Democrat, has represented the First Congressional District of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2002. (map)

Environmental record
For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal

Bio
Bishop was born June 1, 1950 in Southampton, New York and graduated from The College of the Holy Cross. He served as the long-time Provost of Southampton College.

Congressional career
In his first political race in 2002, Bishop ran against Republican Congressman Felix Grucci. During the campaign, Grucci ran radio ads accusing Bishop of falsifying rape statistics at Southampton College, but his claims were based on articles from a college newspaper that contained numerous inaccuracies. Grucci refused to repudiate the ads, and Bishop won the election by under 3,000 votes.

Bishop's victory was one of only three turnovers of a Republican House seat to the Democrats in the 2002 midterm elections; the other two winners were Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Rodney Alexander of Louisiana (who has since changed his party affiliation to Republican).

2006 elections
In 2006, the Republicans nominated Italo Andres Zanzi to face Bishop in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) Bishop retained his seat.

2008 elections
In the 2008 election, Congressman Tim Bishop will be challenged by the endorsed Republican candidate and military veteran Lee Zeldin.

Money in politics
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Committees

 * House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
 * Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
 * Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines
 * Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment
 * House Committee on Education and Labor
 * Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness
 * Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
 * House Committee on Budget

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

 * House Committee on Education and the Workforce
 * House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

More Background Data

 * 2006 New York CD 1 Candidate List from VIS

Contact
DC Office: 1133 Longworth House Office Building:''' Washington, DC 20515 Phone: 202-225-3826 Fax: 202-225-3143 Web Email Website

District Office- Coram: 3680 Route 112, Suite C Coram, NY 11727 Phone: 631-696-6500 Fax: 631-696-4520

District Office- Southampton: 33 Flying Point Road, Suite 104A Southampton, NY 11968 Phone: 631-259-8450 Fax:

External resources

 * Official website
 * Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database

Local blogs and discussion sites

 * Simply Left Behind

External articles

 * All in the political family by J. Jioni Palmer, Newsday, 4/15/05.
 * O Congress Person, Where Art Thou? by Gur, Room Eight, 5/09/06.
 * The Phattest Bubble You've Ever Seen? by Gur, Room Eight, 5/12/06.
 * The Hamptons Jipped-Me by Gur, Room Eight, 6/20/06.
 * What Part Of "You Will Pimp My Pay to $168K" Did You Not Understand? by Gur, Room Eight, 6/30/06.
 * Congressional Wire, "Earth to Congress - Come In!", Room Eight, July 11, 2006.
 * Gur, "Why Bother?", Room Eight, July 12, 2006.
 * Gur, "A NY Dem's Ocracy in Iraq", Room Eight, August 7, 2006.