Political ads · 2026 · GA

Georgia House District 2 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Sanford Bishop won · 60.8% to 39.2% · Called by AP on Nov 3

Sanford Bishop (Democrat) and Matt Day (Republican) are the nominees for Georgia's 2nd congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Sanford Bishop is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Sanford Bishop's campaign had raised $1.4 million (through October 14, 2026) and Matt Day's campaign $218,000 (through October 14, 2026). Semblen has analyzed 4 ads in this race; 3 used at least one rhetorical technique, most often glittering generalities and exaggeration or hyperbole.

Sanford Bishop (DEM, incumbent), Matt Day (REP). 4 ads analyzed, 3 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing. Updated 2026-10-15.

Also on every Georgia ballot: 3 statewide ballot measures → The ballot wording and the official arguments, read for rhetorical techniques.

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Registration Register by Mon, Oct 5 (same deadline online, by mail and in person) (passed)Source: sos.ga.gov ↗Source: sos.ga.gov ↗
Early voting in person Tue, Oct 13 to Fri, Oct 30 (passed)Source: sos.ga.gov ↗
By mail Anyone can vote by mail; request a ballot by Fri, Oct 23 (application must be received 11 days before the election); return it by Tue, Nov 3 (received by the county registrar by close of polls (7 p.m.) Election Day) (passed)Source: sos.ga.gov ↗Source: sos.ga.gov ↗Source: sos.ga.gov ↗
Election Day Tue, Nov 3. Polls: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. (passed)Source: sos.ga.gov ↗
ID at the polls Government-issued photo ID required (driver's license even if expired, free state ID, passport, military ID, public college student ID, government employee ID)Source: sos.ga.gov ↗
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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Sanford Bishop (DEM, incumbent)

Raised
$1.4M through 2026-10-14 individuals $470K · PACs $878K · from the candidate's other committees $7,000 · cash on hand $432K
Outside spending
none reported
Bundled through PACs
$500 through 1 PAC · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) — $500 from 1 gift Lobbyist/registrant PAC
187 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
  • ABBVIE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • ACADEMY OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS POLLICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • AFLAC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AFLAC PAC) $15K
  • AGRICULTURAL RETAILERS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
  • AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
  • ALABAMA PEANUT PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION, PEANUTPAC OF ALABAMA $10K
  • ALLIANCE FOR PHARMACY COMPOUNDING PAC (COMP PAC) $2,500
  • ALTRIA GROUP, INC. PAC $10K
  • AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY PAC $1,000
  • AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. $5,000
  • AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PAC $6,500
  • AMERICAN ACADEMY FOR SLEEP MEDICINE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
  • AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CROP INSURERS PAC $5,000
  • AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $1,500
  • AMERICAN BEVERAGE ASSOCIATION PAC $1,500
  • AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
  • AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC $5,000
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES PEOPLE (AFSCME) $7,500
  • AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS COPE $10K
  • AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOC. PAC (AF&PA PAC) $2,500
  • AMERICAN FRUIT & VEGETABLE PAC $10K
  • AMERICAN PEANUT SHELLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $10K
  • AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE PAC (API PAC) $1,000
  • AMERICAN PISTACHIO GROWERS PISTACHIO PAC $10K
  • AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PAC $2,500
  • AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION PAC (SOYPAC) $5,000
  • AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC PAC $6,000
  • AMERICAN SUGARBEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
  • AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION PAC (AVMA PAC) $5,000
  • ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PAC $1,000
  • ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY - ADM PAC $3,000
  • AT&T INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC $5,000
  • AUTO CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
  • BAKERY CONFECTIONERY & TOBACCO PAC $2,000
  • BASF CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • BAYER US LLC EMPLOYEE PAC $1,000
  • BEATTY FOR CONGRESS $2,000
  • BLUE DOG PAC $10K
  • BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC. PAC (BOOZ ALLEN PAC) $3,000
  • BUILD PAC OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS $3,000
  • BUNGE NORTH AMERICA INC. PAC $1,000
  • CARGILL INC PAC $1,500
  • CENTENE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CENTENE PAC) $1,000
  • CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC. PAC $6,000
  • CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. PAC $1,000
  • CME GROUP INC. PAC $5,000
  • COCA-COLA COMPANY NONPARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVT $6,000
  • COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURE $1,000
  • COMMITTEE ORGANIZED FOR THE TRADING OF COTTON PAC (COTCO PAC) $2,500
  • COMMITTEE TO ELECT JARED GOLDEN $4,000
  • COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $10K
  • CONAGRA BRANDS, INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION $2,500
  • CONCORDIA PAC $10K
  • CONOCOPHILLIPS SPIRT PAC $1,000
  • CORTEVA, INC. EMPLOYEES PAC (CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE PAC) $3,000
  • COX ENTERPRISES PAC, INC. $10K
  • CROP INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATION PAC-CIPA PAC $10K
  • CROP INSURANCE REINSURANCE BUREAU (CIRB)-PAC $1,000
  • D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION $9,000
  • DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC. PAC; AKA DFA-PAC $5,000
  • DAVITA INC. PAC (DAPAC) $1,000
  • DEERE & COMPANY PAC (AKA JOHN DEERE PAC) $1,500
  • DELTA AIR LINES PAC $10K
  • ELANCO US INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('ELANCO PAC') $1,000
  • ELECT - THE PAC OF ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION $2,500
  • EMPLOYEES OF NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION PAC $5,000
  • EMPLOYEES OF RTX CORPORATION PAC $6,500
  • ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS, INC. PAC $5,500
  • EQUIFAX INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • FEDEX CORPORATION PAC $1,500
  • FLORIDA SUGAR CANE PAC $1,000
  • GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION PAC $6,500
  • GENERAL MILLS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY PAC (GM PAC) $1,000
  • GEORGIA POWER COMPANY FEDERAL PAC $5,000
  • GLOBAL PAYMENTS, INC. PAC $7,500
  • GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL LLC, PAC $2,500
  • GREEN DIAMOND RESOURCE COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $750
  • HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $1,500
  • HUMANE WORLD ACTION FUND PAC $1,500
  • HY-VEE INC EMPLOYEES PAC $1,000
  • IHG SIX CONTINENTS HOTELS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IHG PAC) $2,500
  • INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE STRUCTURAL ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS $1,000
  • INTERCONTINENTAL EXCHANGE, INC. PAC $8,500
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS PAC $2,500
  • INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL, AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS PAL $10K
  • INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS PAC $6,000
  • INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION (IDFA) PAC $2,000
  • INTERNATIONAL FOODSERVICE DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
  • INTERNATIONAL FRESH PRODUCE ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
  • INTERNATIONAL PAPER PAC (IP-PAC) $2,500
  • INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • INTL UNION OF PAINTERS & ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER $2,500
  • ITG HOLDINGS USA INC. PAC (AKA ITG PAC) $5,000
  • JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. PAC $1,500
  • LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $5,000
  • LEIDOS INC. PAC $1,500
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN EMPLOYEES PAC $2,000
  • MACHINIST'S NON PARTISAN POL. LEAGUE OF THE INT. ASSOC. OF MACHINISTS $5,000
  • MAXIMUS INC PAC $1,000
  • MCDONALD'S CORPORATION PAC $1,000
  • MCGUIRE WOODS PAC $1,500
  • MICROSOFT CORPORATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC $2,500
  • MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC) $2,500
  • MISSISSIPPI FARM BUREAU FEDERATION FURTHERING AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL MISSISSIPPIANS FUND PAC $5,000
  • MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE COMPANY USA LLC PAC $2,000
  • MOTORSPORTS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION SPEED PAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS PAC $10K
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS PAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES PAC $5,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS INC. PAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF USA POL. FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND) $5,000
  • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
  • NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • NATIONAL CATTLEMEN'S BEEF ASSOCIATION PAC (NCBA-PAC) $10K
  • NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION - PAC $1,500
  • NATIONAL CORN GROWERS ASSOCIATION (CORN PAC) $5,000
  • NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTON $10K
  • NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION GROCERS PAC $2,000
  • NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL PAC (NMHC PAC) $2,500
  • NATIONAL PEANUT BUYING POINTS ASSOCIATION PEANUT BUYING POINT PAC $10K
  • NATIONAL PECAN FEDERATION INC. PAC (PECAN PAC) $10K
  • NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL PORK PAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION RETAILPAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
  • NATIONAL SORGHUM PRODUCERS PAC $1,000
  • NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION PAC $10K
  • NATIONAL TURKEY FEDERATION PAC $7,500
  • NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,000
  • NUTRIEN AG SOLUTIONS EMPLOYEE CITIZENSHIP FUND PAC $1,500
  • ONERD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS $4,000
  • PHILIPS 66 PAC $1,000
  • POTLATCHDELTIC CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • PRIMERICA INC. PAC $5,000
  • PROFESSIONAL COMPOUNDING CENTERS OF AMERICA PAC $1,000
  • PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC. ASSOCIATES PAC $2,500
  • RAIN AND HAIL INSURANCE SOCIETY PAC $1,000
  • RAYONIER INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT PAC $4,000
  • REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC $1,000
  • REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
  • SEED FIRST POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • SEIU COPE $2,500
  • SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS PAC $2,500
  • SOUTHEAST COTTON COMMITTEE (SECC) $10K
  • SOUTHEASTERN LUMBER MANUFACTURERS ASSOC. PAC $3,000
  • SOUTHERN COMPANY GAS PAC, INC. $5,000
  • SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOCIATION PAC $2,500
  • SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • SUGAR CANE GROWERS COOPERATIVE OF FLORIDA PAC $500
  • SYLVAMO CORPORATION PAC $1,000
  • SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP. FUND FOR EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP $5,000
  • T-MOBILE PAC (TPAC) $1,000
  • TD BANK, N.A. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
  • TEXAS CORN PAC OF THE TEXAS CORN PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION $1,000
  • TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND $5,000
  • TEXTRON INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
  • THE BOEING COMPANY PAC $1,000
  • THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL PAC $5,000
  • THE HOME DEPOT PAC $5,000
  • THE KROGER CO. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • THE NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN & PUBLIC EDUCATION $2,000
  • THE PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $1,000
  • THE SCHWAN COMPANY PAC (SCHWAN PAC) $5,000
  • THE WESTERVELT COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $4,000
  • THREE RIVERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, INC. $10K
  • TRUCKING PAC OF THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC. $1,500
  • TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC (FORMERLY SUNTRUST BANKS, INC. PAC) $5,000
  • TYSON FOODS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TYPAC) $6,000
  • UNITED EGG ASSOCIATION EGGPAC $2,500
  • UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB $3,500
  • UNITED PARCEL SERVCIES INC. PAC (UPSPAC) $5,000
  • UNITED STATES PEANUT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (US PEANUT PAC) $10K
  • USA RICE FEDERATION PAC $5,000
  • VALLEY PAC $1,000
  • VEN-PAC $1,500
  • VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PAC $2,500
  • WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE (WALPAC) $7,000
  • WATERPAC - NATIONAL RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION POLITICAL COMMITTEE $10K
  • WESTERN PEANUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
  • WEYERHAEUSER PAC $10K
  • WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. PAC $5,000
  • WITH HONOR PAC $5,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

Matt Day (REP)

Raised
$218K through 2026-10-14 individuals $11K · PACs $0 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $191K · from the candidate's other committees $15K · cash on hand $0
Outside spending
none reported
Bundled through PACs
none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

The ads

4 ads, newest first.

Paid for by SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESSfrom 2026-10-142 variantsspend $0–19811,000–12,998 impressions
Congressman Sanford Bishop has always put Middle and Southwest Georgia first – from cutting costs to supporting our farmers and strengthening the economy. Vote to keep a proven leader working for you!
Glittering GeneralitiesExaggeration/Hyperbole100.0% of sentences flagged

Glittering Generalities: Vague, positive praise without specifics about what was done, relying on feel-good phrases. Flagged: “has always put Middle and Southwest Georgia first”.

Exaggeration/Hyperbole: The absolute claim 'always' overstates what can be supported.

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Paid for by SANFORD BISHOP FOR CONGRESSfrom 2026-10-142 variantsspend $400–59880,000–94,998 impressions
Congressman Sanford Bishop is focused on lowering everyday costs, making healthcare affordable, supporting small businesses and creating better-paying jobs for our district. Vote to keep a proven leader working for you!
Glittering Generalities50.0% of sentences flagged

Glittering Generalities: Uses vague, positive phrases like 'proven leader' and 'working for you' that sound appealing but give no concrete achievements or policies.

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Paid for by Matt Day for Congressfrom 2026-08-31spend $2,500–2,999200,000–249,999 impressions
My fundraising team told me to get on camera and get emotional. I'd rather just tell you the truth. We have the right message. What we don't have is the money to get it in front of enough people. I'm running for Congress for two reasons. Every family in South Georgia deserves a real shot at the American dream. And our kids deserve a future that isn't being raised by a computer — or paved over by data centers, solar farms, and Flock cameras eating up thousands of acres of Georgia. I've fought all of it. I've fought the UN coming into Georgia. I've fought the extremes in both parties, equally, for you. Chip in $25 and it goes straight to reaching the neighbors who haven't heard this yet. If you can't give, I'll gladly take your prayers instead.
Glittering GeneralitiesAppeal to FearExaggeration/HyperboleLoaded Language25.0% of sentences flagged

Quotes language that uses False Equivalence. · not counted

Glittering Generalities: Uses a vague, emotionally positive ideal with no specific policy content. Flagged: “a real shot at the American dream”.

Appeal to Fear: Evokes anxiety about children's future being controlled by technology and the land being consumed by infrastructure. Flagged: “a future that isn't being raised by a computer”.

Exaggeration/Hyperbole: Overstates the impact of data centers, solar farms and cameras as devouring and paving over the land. Flagged: “paved over by data centers, solar farms, and Flock cameras eating up thousands of acres of Georgia”.

Loaded Language: Uses emotionally charged verbs to frame development negatively rather than state facts. Flagged: “paved over”.

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Paid for by Matt Day for Congressfrom 2026-08-07 to 2026-09-024 variantsspend $2,000–2,796115,100–135,996 impressions
🚨 Georgia’s land, privacy, and local communities are under pressure. Matt Day is standing up against the expansion of Flock cameras, massive data centers, and industrial solar developments that could permanently change Georgia communities. But he cannot take on these fights alone. Your donation will help Matt Day reach more Georgians, build public support, and continue fighting for responsible growth, private property, and individual freedom. ✍️ Sign the petition and make a contribution today to stand with Matt Day.
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