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Who represents Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District?

Bennie G. Thompson (Democrat) represents the 2nd district of Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives. This page tracks every roll-call vote, every bill they’ve sponsored, and every news article we’ve matched to their record.

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Bennie G. Thompson

Bennie G. Thompson

Representative — Mississippi, District 2.0

Democrat (since 2025)

Incumbent
2731 Total Votes
1166 Nay
48 Not Voting
8 Present
1509 Yea

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BiographyBennie Gordon Thompson is an American politician and educator serving as the U.S.Read more →

Bennie Gordon Thompson is an American politician and educator serving as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Thompson served as the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023.

He was both the first Democrat and the first African American to chair the committee.

Since 2011, he has been the only Democrat in Mississippi's congressional delegation, and since 2018 he has been the dean of the delegation after Thad Cochran left Congress.

Source: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

Committees

Committee Assignments — 119th Congress

Committee data not yet ingested for this member.

Money & Influence

Top Funders — 2026 Cycle

CommitteeTypeReceiptsFiled
TOTAL — APRIL QUARTERLYTOTAL$609K2026-03-31
PAC contributionsPAC$453K2026-03-31
Individual contributionsIND$150K2026-03-31
Party committee contributionsPARTY$5K2026-03-31

Source: openFEC


Recent Stock Trades

No STOCK Act disclosures on file in the past 180 days.


Lobbying Exposure

No lobbying disclosures linked to this member's recent votes yet. Database is updated quarterly per Senate LDA filings.

Legislative Activity

Recent Voting Record (100 shown)

Date Bill Question Vote Result
2026-04-30 Recorded Vote Nay Failed
2026-04-30 Recorded Vote Yea Agreed to
2026-04-30 Recorded Vote Yea Agreed to
2026-04-30 Recorded Vote Nay Agreed to
2026-04-30 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-04-30 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-04-30 Recorded Vote Nay Failed
2026-04-30 Recorded Vote Nay Failed
2026-04-30 Recorded Vote Yea Agreed to
2026-04-30 Recorded Vote Yea Agreed to
2026-04-30 Recorded Vote Nay Failed
2026-04-30 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-04-29 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-04-29 Recorded Vote Nay Passed
2026-04-29 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-04-29 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-04-27 HR7959 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-04-27 HR227 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-04-23 HR5587 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-04-22 HR4690 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-04-22 HR6387 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-04-22 HRES1189 Recorded Vote Nay Passed
2026-04-22 HR4690 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-04-22 HR6387 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-04-22 HRES1189 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-04-22 HRES1182 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-04-21 HR5201 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-04-21 S1020 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-04-21 HR2493 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-04-20 HR5200 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-04-20 HR1681 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-04-17 HRES1175 Recorded Vote Nay Failed
2026-04-17 Yea-and-Nay Nay Failed
2026-04-17 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-04-16 HCONRES40 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-04-16 HR6398 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-04-16 HRES965 Yea-and-Nay Yea Passed
2026-04-16 HR6409 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-04-16 HR6398 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-04-16 HR6409 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-04-16 HRES1156 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-04-16 HR1689 Yea-and-Nay Yea Passed
2026-04-15 HRES1174 Recorded Vote Nay Passed
2026-04-15 HRES965 Yea-and-Nay Yea Passed
2026-04-15 HRES1174 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-04-14 HR7613 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-04-14 HR1011 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-03-27 HRES1142 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-03-27 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-03-27 HR7084 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-03-27 HRES1142 Recorded Vote Nay Passed
2026-03-26 HR8029 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-03-26 HRES1128 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-03-26 HR8029 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-03-25 HR5103 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-03-25 HR5103 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-03-25 HRES1131 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-03-25 HRES1131 Recorded Vote Nay Passed
2026-03-24 HR6422 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-03-19 HR4638 Yea-and-Nay Not Voting Passed
2026-03-18 HR556 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-03-18 HR556 Recorded Vote Nay Passed
2026-03-18 HR1958 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-03-18 HJRES139 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Nay Failed
2026-03-17 HR4294 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-03-17 S3971 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-03-17 HRES1115 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-03-17 HRES1115 Recorded Vote Nay Passed
2026-03-05 HCONRES38 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-03-05 HRES1099 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-03-05 HR7744 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-03-05 HR7744 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-03-04 S723 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-03-04 HRES1095 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-03-04 HRES1100 Yea-and-Nay Yea Passed
2026-03-04 HRES1095 Recorded Vote Nay Passed
2026-03-04 HR6472 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-02-25 HR4758 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-02-25 HR4758 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-02-24 HRES1075 Recorded Vote Nay Passed
2026-02-24 S2503 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Failed
2026-02-24 HR6329 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-02-24 HRES1075 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-02-24 HR4626 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-02-24 HR4626 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-02-12 HR2189 Yea-and-Nay Yea Passed
2026-02-11 HR3617 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-02-11 S1383 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-02-11 S1383 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-02-11 HRES1057 Recorded Vote Nay Passed
2026-02-11 HR3617 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-02-11 HJRES72 Yea-and-Nay Yea Passed
2026-02-11 HR261 Yea-and-Nay Yea Failed
2026-02-11 HR261 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-02-11 HRES1057 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-02-10 HRES1042 Recorded Vote Nay Failed
2026-02-10 HRES1042 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed
2026-02-09 HR1531 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-02-09 HR6644 2/3 Yea-And-Nay Yea Passed
2026-02-04 HJRES142 Yea-and-Nay Nay Passed

Bills Sponsored (6 bills introduced)

Bill Title Latest Action Date
HR6825 Nonprofit Security Grant Program Improvement Act of 2022 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 507. 2022-09-27
HR903 Rights for the TSA Workforce Act of 2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 2022-05-16
HRES1037 Recommending that the House of Representatives find Peter K. Navarro and Daniel Scavino, Jr., in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas duly issued by the Select Committee to invest Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 2022-04-06
HRES851 Recommending that the House of Representatives find Mark Randall Meadows in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6t Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 2021-12-14
HRES730 Recommending that the House of Representatives find Stephen K. Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th A Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. 2021-10-21
HR3233 National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex Act Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 35. Record Vote Number: 218. 2021-05-28

Coverage


In the News (1)


Recent Videos (6)

C-SPAN House Homeland Security Cmte. Dems on Homeland Security Gov't Contracts : CSPAN : March 30, 2026 1:44am-3:34am EDT

C-SPAN House Homeland Security Cmte. Dems on Homeland Security Gov't Contracts : CSPAN : March 28, 2026 9:24pm-11:16pm EDT

C-SPAN Reps. Bennie Thompson & Others Hold Press Briefing on ICE-Involved Shooting : CSPAN : January 15, 2026 12:55am-1:46am EST

C-SPAN Reps. Bennie Thompson, Ilhan Omar & Others Hold Pres Briefing on ICE-Involved Shooting : CSPAN : January 14, 2026 1:00pm-1:31pm EST

C-SPAN Reps. Ocasio-Cortez & Thompson Speak to Reporters : CSPAN : January 10, 2026 12:09am-12:23am EST

C-SPAN Reps. Ocasio-Cortez & Thompson Speak to Reporters : CSPAN : January 9, 2026 6:49pm-7:01pm EST