Tim Bishop
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| Assumed office January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Felix Grucci |
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| Born | June 1, 1950 Southampton, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Kathryn Bishop |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Timothy H. "Tim" Bishop (born June 1, 1950) is a politician from New York and the current Congressman for New York's 1st congressional district, which includes most of Central and Eastern Suffolk County, including most of Smithtown, as well as the entirety of the towns of Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton, and Shelter Island. The district of encompasses wealthy enclaves such as the Hamptons, middle class suburban towns such as Selden, Centereach and Lake Grove, working class neighborhoods such as Mastic and Riverhead and rural farming communities such as Mattituck and Jamesport on the North Fork.
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[edit] Early life, career, and family
Bishop was born on in Southampton, New York and graduated with a bachelor's degree from The College of the Holy Cross and a master's degree from Long Island University. Bishop is among the 12th generation of Bishops to live in Southampton. He served as the long-time Provost of Southampton College. Bishop began working at Southampton College in 1973 as an admissions counselor and rose rapidly through the ranks. During his 29 years at the College, he served in administrative positions touching almost every aspect of college life, from institutional research and planning, to financial aid and enrollment services, student activities, personnel, community relations and fundraising.
Bishop is married to Kathryn, founder and director of The Children's School Early Childhood program at Southampton College, and has two daughters, Molly and Meghan.
[edit] Political career
In his first political race in 2002, Bishop ran as a Democrat against Republican Congressman Felix J. Grucci, Jr.. During the campaign, Grucci ran radio ads accusing Bishop of falsifying rape statistics at the 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.[1]
Bishop's victory was one of only two in 2002 that had a non-incumbent Democrat beating an incumbent Republican.
As of 2007, Bishop serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Committee on Education and Labor and Committee on the Budget. He is Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Congressman Bishop gave leadership to the bipartisan coalition of elected officials and community advocates that saved the 106th Air Rescue Wing located at Gabreski Airport from being shut down by the Pentagon’s base closure commission. [2] He also successfully led the opposition to a plan that would have dumped more than twenty million cubic yards of contaminated dredge waste in the Long Island Sound. [3] He has pushed forward the Democratic Party's efforts to increase college affordability.[4][5]
Bishop received an "A" on the Drum Major Institute's 2008 Congressional Scorecard on Middle Class Values[6] on middle-class issues.
In the 2008 election, Bishop will be challenged by the officially-endorsed Republican candidate Lee Zeldin. He has endorsed Senator Hillary Clinton for President [7]
[edit] Committee Assignments
- Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
- Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation
- Committee on Education and Labor
- Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness
- Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
- House Budget Committee
[edit] References
- ^ The 10 Dirtiest Political Races in U.S. History
- ^ Supporters Rally for National Guard Unit
- ^ Two States Agree to Limit Dumping in the Sound
- ^ Majority Leader Hoyer, House Democrats Discuss College Cost Reduction Act
- ^ House approves cut in student loan rate
- ^ drummajorinstitute
- ^ http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html Superdelegate Endorsement List
[edit] External links
- U.S. Congressman Tim Bishop, official House site
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
- Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
- Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
- Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
- Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
- SourceWatch Congresspedia — Tim Bishop profile
| Preceded by Felix Grucci |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district 2003 – present |
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