Elections · U.S. House · Mississippi
2026 Mississippi House race,
Bennie Thompson (Democrat), Ron Eller (Republican) and Bennie Foster (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Mississippi District 2, as recorded September 21, 2026.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Bennie Foster (Independent).
Official candidate list: Mississippi Secretary of State. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Bennie Thompson
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 1993 · Age 78
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Mississippi
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 30 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 74,500 votes
- Bennie Thompson Won: 86.4% 64,334
- Evan Turnage: 12.4% 9,249
- Pertis Herman Williams III: 1.2% 917
Primary source: Mississippi Secretary of State official Democratic primary recapitulation.
The primary · 25,218 votes
- Ron Eller Won: 51.1% 12,881
- Kevin Wilson: 48.9% 12,337
Primary source: Mississippi Secretary of State official Republican primary recapitulation.
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $1.6M
- Outside money
- $980
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
3 filedPrimary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
D+24 in 2024
- Bennie Thompson Won: 62%
- Ron Eller: 38%
286,841 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
The district
Census context- People
- 713K
- Median household income
- $45K
- Unemployment
- 7.6%
- Living below the poverty line
- 25.8%
- Without health insurance
- 12.3%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.