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Bennie G. Thompson

U.S. Representative, MS-2

Democratic Mississippi since Jan 3, 2025

Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Representative, MS-2 current
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 3, 2025 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 3, 2023 Jan 3, 2025 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2023 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 3, 2019 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 3, 2017 Jan 3, 2019 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2017 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 3, 2013 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 5, 2011 Jan 3, 2013 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2011 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2009 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2007 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 7, 2003 Jan 3, 2005 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 3, 2001 Jan 3, 2003 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 6, 1999 Jan 3, 2001 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 7, 1997 Jan 3, 1999 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Jan 4, 1995 Jan 3, 1997 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Representative, MS-2
Mississippi
Democratic Apr 13, 1993 Jan 3, 1995 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. -0.519, social dim. 0.391. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (583 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
HR 3668 — Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act Nay Dec 12, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3668 — Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act Yea Dec 12, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2550 — Protect America's Workforce Act Yea Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 432 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management… Yea Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3898 — PERMIT Act Nay Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3898 — PERMIT Act Yea Dec 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 Nay Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 Yea Dec 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 Yea Dec 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3383 — Incentivizing New Ventures and Economic Strength Through Capital Formation Act of 2025 Nay Dec 11, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3638 — Electric Supply Chain Act Nay Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 3628 — State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act Nay Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 939 — Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States for high crimes and misdemeanors. Nay Dec 11, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 432 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2550) to nullify the Executive order relating to Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management… Yea Dec 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Yea Dec 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 1071 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 Yea Dec 10, 2025 Failed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 936 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3898) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms with respect… Nay Dec 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HRES 936 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3898) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to make targeted reforms with respect… Nay Dec 10, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1676 — Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025 Yea Dec 9, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
S 356 — Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 Yea Dec 9, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1049 — Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education Act Nay Dec 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1069 — PROTECT Our Kids Act Nay Dec 4, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1005 — Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act Nay Dec 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 4305 — DUMP Red Tape Act Nay Dec 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 2965 — Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act of 2025 Nay Dec 3, 2025 Passed U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

877 recorded contributions totalling $1,225,144. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 86 of 877 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Big donor 60 $178,468 15%
Small-dollar 21 $1,479 0%
Super PAC 5 $1,410 0%
Unclassified 791 $1,043,787 85%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$5,000 MAX PAC FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Aug 14, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Sep 29, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Aug 7, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Oct 4, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Oct 4, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 DELTA AIRLINES PAC FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Oct 4, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 BUILD PAC FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Oct 11, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 EPEC INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Sep 17, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 COMMITTEE ON LETTER CARRIERS POLITICAL EDUCATION ACTION FUND FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Aug 16, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 SAVE OUR STATE, INC. PAC FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Sep 9, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PAC FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Aug 22, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 AMERICA'S CREDIT UNION PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Sep 17, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 UAW V CAP FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Jul 18, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Jul 5, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD
$5,000 AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY PAC FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON unclassified Sep 29, 2023 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (1 as lead sponsor)

Social media

Recent posts

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