WALB is working to produce a video for this story. In the meantime, we encourage you to watch our livestream. ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — With Election Day just days away, Republican challenger Matt Day is intensifying his bid to unseat longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop in Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District, centering his campaign on business recruitment, economic revitalization, and sharp allegations against local leaders. Day, who has not served in a political seat, pointed to his background managing large-scale commercial construction projects. He says he shifted the strategy in the closing weeks of early voting to directly challenge Rep. Bishop’s three-decade tenure and what he called political ‘corruption’ in Southwest Georgia. “I’ve come to showcase what [Rep. Bishop’s] policies have done to a district,” Day said. “I have never seen policies hurt more people than his policies has hurt right here.” Rep. Bishop, who has represented the district since 1993, serves as the ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, overseeing subcommittees that influence funding for agriculture, rural development, and military infrastructure. Day argued that despite that federal influence, the district continues to suffer economically. “This man controls the pocketbook to the greatest country on Earth. Could you imagine controlling three different appropriation committees?” Day said “But that man has not got the same qualifications that I have…I know what it’s like to run…
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