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U.S. Representative · MS · District 2

Bennie G. Thompson

DemocratTerm through January 2027

Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle

2% of the money Thompson raised came from small donors.

More grassroots-funded than 26% of the House.

Thompson raised $1.2M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $1.6M cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

2%from small donors
Small donors
2%$0.0M
Large donors
33%$0.4M
Bundled
0%$0.0M
PACs
65%$0.8M
Other
0%$0.0M

Against the house

How Thompson compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
2%vs 5% house median
PAC share
65%vs 37% house median

Who has a stake in Thompson

The organizations behind the money.

Thompson's largest organized backing comes from American Federation Of Government Employees PAC. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.

Money organized for Thompson

American Federation Of Government Employees PAC

$14K

Who it funds, across Congress

94% Democrats · 5% Republicans · $572K to 131 members

Delta Airlines PAC$10K

Who it funds, across Congress

38% Democrats · 62% Republicans · $989K to 195 members

Epec International Union Of Operating Engineers$10K

The Operating Engineers' political education committee, representing heavy-equipment operators.

Who it funds, across Congress

81% Democrats · 18% Republicans · $1.6M to 233 members

Outside spending, by party

Spent $309K to elect Democrats.

Committee On Letter Carriers Political Education Action Fund$10K

The National Association of Letter Carriers' political fund, representing postal workers.

Who it funds, across Congress

82% Democrats · 18% Republicans · $1.5M to 253 members

National Association Of Realtors$10K

Who it funds, across Congress

43% Democrats · 57% Republicans · $4.9M to 452 members

Outside spending, by party

Spent $18.9M to elect Republicans.

The same money, by industry

Which industries have a stake.

The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Thompson's backing, not just the individual groups.

$151KLabor
$82KTech
$71KFinance
$63KAg & Food
$38KEnergy

Plus $256K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.

FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 187 organizations with a stake

About this data

FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.

Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.

PAC figures are contributions to Thompson's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.

84%want dark money disclosed

Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.

Where Thompson stands