Dan Bishop
Dan Bishop | |
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Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget | |
| Assumed office March 27, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Nani A. Coloretti |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina | |
| In office September 17, 2019 – January 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Pittenger |
| Succeeded by | Mark Harris |
| Constituency | 9th district (2019–2023) 8th district (2023–2025) |
| Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 39th district | |
| In office January 1, 2017 – September 17, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Rucho |
| Succeeded by | Rob Bryan |
| Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 104th district | |
| In office January 1, 2015 – January 1, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Ruth Samuelson |
| Succeeded by | Andy Dulin |
| Member of the Mecklenburg County Commission from the 5th district | |
| In office January 2005 – December 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Ruth Samuelson |
| Succeeded by | Neil Cooksey |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Daniel Bishop July 1, 1964 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Jo Bishop |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BS, JD) |
| Website | House website Campaign website |
James Daniel Bishop (born July 1, 1964) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget since 2025. He previously served as a U.S. representative from North Carolina from 2019 to 2025. He is a member of the Republican Party. He served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2015 to 2017 and the Mecklenburg County Commission from 2005 to 2009. He served in the North Carolina State Senate from 2017 to 2019.
Bishop was the lead author of North Carolina's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, commonly called the bathroom bill, which prohibited transgender people from using public restrooms other than those of their biological sex as defined on their birth certificates. As a result of backlash, North Carolina lost a significant amount of revenue from companies and other organizations who chose to withdraw their investments in the state.
On September 10, 2019, Bishop won the special election to the U.S. House of Representatives with 50.7% of the vote to Dan McCready's 48.7%.
Bishop ran for re-election in 2022 in North Carolina's 8th congressional district, following the 2020 census and subsequent litigation contesting the maps drawn by the General Assembly. In the 2022 U.S. congressional election, Bishop won reelection to his seat with 69.9% of the vote. He retired to run unsuccessfully for attorney general in 2024 losing to Democrat Jeff Jackson.
On December 10, 2024, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he would nominate Bishop as the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. He was confirmed by the Senate on March 26, 2025.