Bennie G. Thompson

U.S. Representative, Mississippi District 2 · Democrat. Member of the House in the 119th Congress, from the House Clerk's member list.

2026 race: Mississippi U.S. House District 2 · Official website

How to contact Bennie G. Thompson

Official website (its contact page takes messages from constituents)

Washington office: 2466 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2402 · 202-225-5876

District offices:

Official accounts: X · Facebook · Instagram · YouTube

The member's official government offices and accounts, from Congress's member data (congress-legislators, public domain). Calls and messages from constituents usually go to staff, who log them by issue; say you're a constituent and give your town or ZIP.

Where Bennie G. Thompson falls, left to right

Moderately left, from their votes in Congress (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview) · Voteview. 22nd from the left of 431

Voting record, 119th Congress

674roll-call votes held while a memberVoteview.
3.9%of those votes missedTypical House member: 1.9%. Absences have many causes; the count doesn't say why.
98.9%of 459 party-line votes cast with their partyTypical House member: 98.3%.

Rankings: 137th of 431 (1st = votes with their party most often) · 98th of 430 (1st = most votes missed)

Legislation, 119th Congress

Sponsored 15 bills and resolutions; 1 passed a chamber; 1 became law. Most often about emergency management, government operations and politics and immigration. 347th of 433 (1st = most bills sponsored)

Became law

Most recent

From Congress.gov. Counts bills where they're the primary sponsor.

Committees

  • House Committee on Homeland Security (Ranking Member)

Service

  • In the House since 1993
  • Current term ends January 3, 2027
  • Born 1948

From Congress's member data (congress-legislators, public domain).

Who gives money to Bennie G. Thompson

The political action committees that gave to Bennie G. Thompson's campaign, and the groups that forwarded bundled gifts, January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports.

$2.2 millionraised by the campaignJanuary 2023 through the latest 2026 reports.
$1.5 milliondirectly from 244 PACs68% of the total. 7th of 432 (1st = largest share from PACs).

Largest direct PAC givers

  1. International Longshoremen's Association Committee on Political Education (FEC) · $20,000
  2. Deloitte Political Action Committee · $20,000
  3. National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee · $20,000
  4. International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Political Action League · $20,000
  5. Transport Workers Union of America Political Contributions Committee (FEC) · $20,000
  6. American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E · $20,000
  7. American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee · $20,000
  8. Osi Systems Inc PAC Osi PAC (FEC) · $20,000
  9. Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PAC · $17,500
  10. Aflac Political Action Committee (AFLAC PAC) · $17,500

From reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Two kinds of money are counted, separately: direct contributions from a PAC's own account to a member's campaign, and bundled (earmarked) gifts: donations from individuals, each earmarked for a particular candidate, that a group collected and forwarded to the campaign. "Received" means the campaign got the money; it doesn't mean the group controls how the member votes. Super PAC spending isn't counted, since it isn't given to a campaign. What's a PAC? · How we count.

Quick answers

Who gives money to Bennie G. Thompson?
Bennie G. Thompson's campaign raised $2.2 million from January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports. $1.5 million (68%) came directly from 244 PACs; the largest were International Longshoremen's Association Committee on Political Education ($20,000), Deloitte ($20,000) and the National Association of Realtors ($20,000). From FEC filings.
How do I contact Bennie G. Thompson?
Call the Washington office at 202-225-5876 or one of 6 district offices (Bolton 601-866-9003, Greenville 662-335-9003 and Jackson 601-946-9003), or write through the official website, https://benniethompson.house.gov.
Is Bennie G. Thompson liberal or conservative?
By voting record, Bennie G. Thompson is moderately left: a DW-NOMINATE score of -0.52 on a scale from −1 (left) to +1 (right), from every roll-call vote in the 119th Congress (Voteview, UCLA); 22nd from the left of 431 representatives.
How often does Bennie G. Thompson vote with their party, and miss votes?
Bennie G. Thompson voted with their party on 98.9% of 459 party-line votes and missed 3.9% of 674 roll-call votes in the 119th Congress (Voteview).
What bills has Bennie G. Thompson passed?
Bennie G. Thompson sponsored 15 bills and resolutions in the 119th Congress; 1 became law: Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act (Congress.gov).
How much PAC money has Bennie G. Thompson received?
$1.5 million directly from 244 PACs since January 2023.
What is a PAC?
A political action committee: a group registered with the Federal Election Commission that raises money and spends it on elections, including by giving to candidates. Corporations, labor unions, trade associations and membership groups can sponsor one, which may raise money only from people tied to the sponsor (its employees, members or shareholders, for example). Independent (nonconnected) PACs can raise from the public, and many politicians have a leadership PAC to give to other candidates. In 2025–26 a PAC that gives to several candidates can give each one up to $5,000 per election.
What is a super PAC?
A committee that can raise unlimited sums from individuals, corporations, unions and other PACs, but only to spend independently: ads and other activity not coordinated with a campaign. It doesn't give to campaigns, so super PAC money isn't in the PAC totals here.
What is a bundled (earmarked) donation?
A donation from an individual that a group collects and passes on to the candidate it's earmarked for. Under federal rules it counts as that individual's own contribution (up to $3,500 per election in 2025–26), and the campaign reports it as earmarked through the group. It's separate from the PAC's own direct contributions.

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