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U.S. Representative · Mississippi 2nd District
Bennie G. Thompson
DemocratDistrict D+11119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score33#257 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Bennie G. Thompson’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office2466 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-2402
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 8 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 8 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: H.R. 842, H.R. 909, H.R. 979, H.R. 1262, H.R. 2189 and 3 more.
Keeps them with Democrats · 1 signal
- MediumVotes with House DemocratsNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Republicans: DW-NOMINATE -0.520 (party median -0.393; rank 190 of 212 by distance toward the Republicans); Heritage Action 0 (avg 1); LCV 97 (avg 96).
Bill-specific inputsVotes on similar past bills and committee seats vary by bill, so they appear in the swing-v3 scores below rather than here.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 33.5 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Homeland SecurityRanking MemberMinority · 1st in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Thompson← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.520 is 0.13 to the left of the House Democratic median (-0.393).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Democratic average- 119th Congress0House Democratic average: 1 (n=210)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3, directional · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 4986Parents Opt-in Protection ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 39
| Middle |
| H.R. 9642Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology ActSummary on Congress.gov |