THOMPSON, BENNIE G.

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Mississippi · District 2 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH4MS02068

Overview

Raised: $928.2Kvs $1.2M 2023–2024
Spent: $1.3Mvs $1.3M 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $1.3Mvs $1.6M 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Race forecast

Chance of winning: 99%
Rating: Safe D
Predicted margin: D+28.3

VotePredictor gives Bennie Thompson a 99% chance of winning as of November 2, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

Bennie Thompson’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Nov 2, 2026	99%

As VotePredictor published it each day since September 25, 2026, including changes to its model.

Forecast by VotePredictor , updated daily. Its probabilities stay between 1% and 99%; no race is called before it is decided.

Compliance review indicators

4 open

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

0 receipt eligibility · 4 integrity · 0 fundraising patterns

Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $109,635
AMERICAN EXPRESS received 70.2% of positive itemized operating spending in FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Sep 11, 2025
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $69,738
AMERICAN EXPRESS received 55.1% of positive itemized operating spending in FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: May 29, 2026
Operating expenditures concentrated at one payee →Associated amount: $68,409
AMERICAN EXPRESS received 52.6% of positive itemized operating spending in FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON's report. This is a concentration pattern for review.
Evidence date: Dec 5, 2025
Financial integrity review →Associated amount: $0
The FEC issued 1 notice(s) to FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON about reports it had not filed, most recently on 2026-06-28, and no filing covering those periods appears in the loaded archive.
Evidence date: Jun 28, 2026

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

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Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Mississippi · District 2
Reported party: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON (C00279851)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Who's funding Bennie Thompson? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$216.3K
Unitemized individual contributions$8,897
Other committees$696.3K
Party committees$5,500

Top contributors

GRAIN, DAVIDDemocraticDerived from contributions$8,1635 contributions
OF CREEK INDIANS, POARCH BAND28% Democratic / 72% RepublicanDerived from contributions$8,0004 contributions
ARISON, MADELEINE MRS.

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$1.3M
Contribution refunds$2,164
Other disbursements$7,700

Largest operating payments

AMERICAN EXPRESS$104.1KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT · Jul 11, 2025
AMERICAN EXPRESS$58.9KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT · Nov 14, 2025
AMERICAN EXPRESS$57.5KCREDIT CARD PAYMENT · Apr 30, 2026
PATRIOT SIGNAGE, INC.$16.8KSIGNS · Jan 9, 2026
MS. SANDRA MCCALL$15.2KSALARIES, TRANSPORTATION, FOOD: SEE BELOW · Mar 2, 2026
ANDREW CAMPHOR$15KRENT · Jan 16, 2026
THOMPSON, BENNIE G.$14.9KREIMBURSEMENT: FUNDRAISING EXPENSE · Jun 2, 2025
EOI MEDIA$14.9KMEDIA SERVICES · Mar 4, 2026
AMERICAN EXPRESS

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$5,979	$0
Feb 25	$1,499	$0
Mar 25	$2,519	$0
Apr 25	$5,979	$0
May 25	$19,752	$0
Jun 25	$28,300	$0
Jul 25	$2,760	$0
Aug 25	$3,644	$0
Sep 25	$3,500	$0
Oct 25	$17,091	$0
Nov 25	$7,720	$0
Dec 25	$5,520	$0
Jan 26	$12,150	$0
Feb 26	$8,761	$0
Mar 26	$19,970	$0
Apr 26	$25,787	$0
May 26	$14,788	$0
Jun 26	$10,789	$0

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2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Mississippi · District 2
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: 103 L.C. TURNER CIRCLE · BOLTON, Mississippi, 39041-9634
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSONC00279851 Authorized candidateTHOMPSON, BENNIE G.H4MS02068
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
SECURE PACC00411611 Leadership PAC sponsorTHOMPSON, BENNIE G.H4MS02068
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1741628Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $2,164
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash90d03b1cb9fb875fae1673049825f82c01c2155cd0f6e15ab57a830fac1f9e94

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THOMPSON, BENNIE G.

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