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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Bennie G. Thompson

Official portrait of Bennie G. Thompson
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Mississippi’s 2nd district
Party
Democrat
Hometown
Bolton, MS
Born
1948
In Congress
House since 1993 · 33 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
THOMPSON, BENNIE G.
Next election
Primary March 10, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Mississippi with the current district highlighted

Mississippi, District 2

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Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

DemocraticU.S. House · Mississippi District 2IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4MS02068 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Mississippi District 2$928,245.03General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Mississippi District 2$1,245,200.98Won the general election (62.02%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Mississippi District 2$1,515,666.15Won the general election (60.1%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Mississippi District 2$1,379,891.97Won the general election (66%)
Total raised$928,245.03
Total spent$1,272,252.92
Cash on hand$1,282,156.34
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $225,194.66PACs and other committees: $696,291.33Party committees: $5,500.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $1,259.04
  • Individual contributions$225,194.6624%
  • PACs and other committees$696,291.3375%
  • Party committees$5,500.001%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$1,259.040%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$9,988.845%
  • Contributions over $200$195,457.0795%
  • Itemized from inside Mississippi$30,351.0215%
  • Itemized from other states$166,197.7785%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $27,463.62 · Maryland $26,596.86 · Texas $23,050.79 · Virginia $15,615.48 · District of Columbia $15,527.21. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$1.7M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $54,468.36APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $76,238.59JULY QUARTERLY: raised $182,996.35JULY QUARTERLY: spent $67,701.51OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $103,876.49OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $157,367.41YEAR-END: raised $119,155.15YEAR-END: spent $125,499.94PRE-PRIMARY: raised $37,453.63PRE-PRIMARY: spent $152,747.61APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $110,776.10APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $240,071.06JULY QUARTERLY: raised $162,244.65JULY QUARTERLY: spent $127,987.22OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $157,074.30OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $248,117.16PRE-GENERAL: raised $200.00PRE-GENERAL: spent $76,522.422025-032025-092026-022026-062026-10

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea274
Voted nay374
Did not vote26 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored15
Sponsored that became law1
Cosponsored452

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act		PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo		PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act		PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act		PassedNay
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes		PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran		PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse		PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act		PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 9163 Critical Access Hospital RIP Act of 2026
    Introduced Jun 4, 2026 · Latest action Jun 4, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 7382 Nonprofit Security Grant Program Transparency Act
    Introduced Feb 4, 2026 · Latest action Feb 5, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  • H.Res. 1035 Condemning Federal workforce reductions that undermine preparedness, response, and recovery, and expressing concern regarding proposed future staffing cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
    Introduced Feb 3, 2026 · Latest action Feb 4, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
  • H.R. 7124 Realigning Mobile Phone Biometrics for American Privacy Protection Act
    Introduced Jan 15, 2026 · Latest action Jan 16, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
  • H.R. 6548 DHS Suicide Prevention and Resiliency for Law Enforcement Act
    Introduced Dec 10, 2025 · Latest action Dec 11, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
  • H.Res. 698 Recognizing the victims, survivors, and thousands of other Americans impacted by the September 11, 2001, attacks, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Sep 10, 2025 · Latest action Sep 10, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determin…
  • H.R. 4971 Terrorist Watchlist Data Accuracy and Transparency Act
    Introduced Aug 15, 2025 · Latest action Aug 18, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
  • H.R. 4579 FEMA Cybersecurity Improvement Act
    Introduced Jul 21, 2025 · Latest action Jul 22, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
  • H.R. 4467 Public Law 119-132 Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act
    Introduced Jul 16, 2025 · Latest action Oct 20, 2026: Became Public Law No: 119-132.
  • H.Res. 567 Commemorating and honoring the 40-year anniversary of Entergy's Grand Gulf Nuclear Station located in Port Gibson, Mississippi, and recognizing the important role nuclear power plays in energizing life in Mississippi.
    Introduced Jul 2, 2025 · Latest action Jul 2, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

174 committees reported giving $644,100.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Bennie G. Thompson$979.60
  • Independent expenditures opposing Bennie G. Thompson$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Mississippi U.S. House, District 2, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Bennie G. Thompson (D)$928,245.03$1,282,156.342026-10-14
Evan Turnage (D)$474,212.51$563.532026-09-30
Kevin Wilson (R)$280,317.44−$15.582026-09-30
Ron Eller (R)$70,824.97$42,108.882026-10-14

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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