Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Trent Kelly

Official portrait of Trent Kelly
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Mississippi’s 1st district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Saltillo, MS
Born
1966
In Congress
House since 2015 · 11 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
KELLY, JOHN TRENT
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 1

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

RepublicanU.S. House · Mississippi District 1IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6MS01131 · Principal campaign committee: KELLY FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Mississippi District 1$1,314,373.36General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Mississippi District 1$1,281,874.14Won the general election (69.8%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Mississippi District 1$1,113,277.81Won the general election (73%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Mississippi District 1$887,644.57Won the general election (68.7%)
Total raised$1,314,373.36
Total spent$1,089,059.25
Cash on hand$834,172.64
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: $631,263.80PACs and other committees: $674,637.67Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $3,909.56Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $4,562.33
  • Individual contributions$631,263.8048%
  • PACs and other committees$674,637.6751%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$3,909.560%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$4,562.330%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$21,405.924%
  • Contributions over $200$474,378.0096%
  • Itemized from inside Mississippi$261,331.0055%
  • Itemized from other states$217,018.3645%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: District of Columbia $43,583.36 · Virginia $38,900.00 · Nebraska $24,600.00 · New York $16,437.00 · Maryland $12,500.00. 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

$1M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $106,549.93APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $144,559.67JULY QUARTERLY: raised $176,207.75JULY QUARTERLY: spent $127,010.95OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $185,161.98OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $128,050.29YEAR-END: raised $107,996.50YEAR-END: spent $102,629.31PRE-PRIMARY: raised $88,038.59PRE-PRIMARY: spent $32,587.11APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $205,534.20APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $116,742.35JULY QUARTERLY: raised $134,715.74JULY QUARTERLY: spent $97,819.04OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $260,218.14OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $114,577.502025-032025-092026-022026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea527
Voted nay142
Did not vote5 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored8
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored118

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
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
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
PassedYea
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
PassedNay
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
PassedYea
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. 5468 Community College Agriculture Advancement Act of 2025
    Introduced Sep 18, 2025 · Latest action Dec 2, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
  • H.R. 3476 Forest Conservation Easement Program Act of 2025
    Introduced May 17, 2025 · Latest action May 17, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
  • H.R. 3397 Pacific Ready Coast Guard Act
    Introduced May 14, 2025 · Latest action May 17, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
  • H.R. 3151 SHIPS for America Act of 2025
    Introduced May 1, 2025 · Latest action May 1, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
  • H.R. 2329 Uzbekistan Normalized Trade Act
    Introduced Mar 25, 2025 · Latest action Mar 25, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  • H.R. 1571 Bureaucratic Labor Adjustment and Downsizing Effort Act
    Introduced Feb 25, 2025 · Latest action Feb 25, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • H.R. 1170 Congressional Access to Military Posts Act of 2025
    Introduced Feb 10, 2025 · Latest action Feb 10, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
  • H.R. 622 To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to increase funding for the conservation stewardship program, and for other purposes.
    Introduced Jan 22, 2025 · Latest action Feb 28, 2025: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.

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

164 committees reported giving $607,294.00 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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The race

Mississippi U.S. House, District 1, 2026 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
John Trent Kelly (R)$1,314,373.36$834,172.642026-10-14
Cliff Johnson (D)$848,648.09$89,247.552026-10-14
Kelvin Oneal Buck (D)$36,245.00−$1,455.052026-03-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

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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: KELLY FOR CONGRESS.
  • 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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