President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he intends to nominate outgoing Rep. Dan Bishop, R-N.C., to be his deputy budget director, a consolation prize for the departing lawmaker who lost a close race for attorney general of his home state last month.
Bishop, a member of the House Freedom Caucus who was first elected in 2019, did not seek reelection this year after deciding to run for the statewide post back home. Bishop lost that election to a fellow departing House member, Rep. Jeff Jackson, D-N.C., by about 3 percentage points.
Jackson decided not to run for another House term after the GOP-controlled North Carolina legislature approved redrawn district lines that gave him little chance of returning to Congress.
