Bennie G. Thompson

Service history

34 years in the U.S. Congress · since 1993

Representative MS-2 1993–present

Background

background Born January 28, 1948
background American educator
role U.S. representative for Mississippi's 2nd district since 1993
role Chair of Committee on Homeland Security 2007-2011 and 2019-2023
achievement First Democrat and first African American to chair Homeland Security Committee
achievement Only Democrat in Mississippi's congressional delegation since 2011

Campaign finance

1998 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House MS-02 · 2026 General Election

$371,402 raised
$281,858 spent
$182,824 cash on hand

Total receipts	$371.40K
	$281.86K
Operating expenditures	$280.66K
Cash on hand	$182.82K
Debts owed by committee	$0.00

Through December 31, 1998 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 1998)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Bennie G. Thompson campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
1994	$966,218	$940,357	$25,861
1996	$428,872	$361,452	$93,281
1998	$371,402	$281,858	$182,824
2000	$536,455	$409,852	$309,426
2002	$542,804	$647,652	$204,578
2004	$756,396	$724,660	$236,313
2006	$1,375,706	$1,393,501	$218,518
2008	$2,147,398	$1,081,790	$1,284,126
2010	$1,808,681	$1,343,456	$1,749,352
2012	$1,208,368	$1,765,172	$1,192,548
2014	$1,202,666	$1,138,674	$1,256,540
2016	$1,029,909	$1,029,507	$1,256,942
2018	$1,020,602	$1,034,484	$1,243,060
2020	$1,379,892	$1,099,404	$1,523,548
2022	$1,515,666	$1,308,305	$1,730,910
2024	$1,245,201	$1,349,946	$1,626,164
2026	$770,971	$947,613	$1,449,522

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

100.0%
Roll-call participation →
voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.
15
Bills sponsored →
plus 429 cosponsored

A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.
0
Sponsored bills enacted →
of 15 bills sponsored

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0
Documented positions →
no positions documented yet

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1
Committee assignments →
committees and subcommittees

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Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%

of House roll calls voted House median 100.0%

0Yea 3Nay 0Present 0Not voting

Full voting record (3 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 3 of 645 recorded roll calls

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Committee assignments (1)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member

Issue positions (1)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Economy & TaxesOppose from votes

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Thompson, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Thompson most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Connections network

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How Thompson connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.