Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past 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, 2020 · (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Mississippi with the current district highlighted

Mississippi, District 2

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

DemocraticU.S. House · Mississippi District 2IncumbentWon the general election (66%)

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$1,379,891.97
Total spent$1,099,404.11
Cash on hand$1,523,548.27
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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: $380,901.28PACs and other committees: $998,263.00Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $727.69
  • Individual contributions$380,901.2828%
  • PACs and other committees$998,263.0072%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$727.690%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

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

PAC and committee contributors

259 committees reported giving $975,812.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. 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$69.76
  • Independent expenditures opposing Bennie G. Thompson$183.75

FEC totals for the 2020 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, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Bennie G. Thompson (D)$1,379,891.97$1,523,548.272020-12-31
Brian Wesley Flowers (R)$18,341.36$450.652020-12-31
B.c. Hammond (R)$675.00$175.002020-02-20

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe DJuly 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe DJune 2, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DJuly 2, 2020
  • PoliticoSafe DApril 19, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe DJune 3, 2020
  • RCPSafe DJune 9, 2020
  • NiskanenSafe DJune 7, 2020

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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