Mississippi 2nd District 2026

The money race

Campaign fundraising this cycle, with independent expenditures by outside groups for and against each candidate.

D★Bennie ThompsonIncumbent
$928K
+$980 for
RRon Eller
$71K

Bars: money raised by the campaign this cycle. Thin bars: outside spending by super PACs and other groups, for and against.

Money raised and outside spending by candidate
Candidate	Party	Raised	Outside support	Outside opposition	Small-dollar
Bennie Thompson	D	$928,245	$980	$0	40%
Ron Eller	R	$70,825	$0	$0	2%

$999K

Raised by candidates

$1.34M

Spent by candidates

$980

Outside spending

2 spenders

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Bennie Thompson (D)	$928K^†	$203K	$562K	40%	15%	$1.27M^†	322
Ron Eller (R)	$71K^†	$42K	$150	2%	41%	$65K^†	39

† The FEC's official total. Poliscope's figure disagreed (usually a report it has not loaded yet), so the other columns for that candidate may cover an earlier period.

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC (Schedule E). “Dark money in” is the total of grants the spender received from 501(c) nonprofits, as traced by Poliscope.Provisional

Spender	Target	Stance	Spent	Network	Dark money in
SAVE OUR STATE INC. C00884544	Bennie Thompson	Support	$970 1 filing		—
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION C00483693	Bennie Thompson	Support	$10 1 filing		—

Candidates

Bennie Thompson

D★ Democrat · Incumbent

Raised: $928K
Small-dollar: 40%
In-state: 15%
Outside for / against: $980 / $0

Gambling Union PAC Realtors PAC Mostly out-of-state money

Ron Eller

R Republican

Raised: $71K
Small-dollar: 2%
In-state: 41%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Source: Poliscope (poliscope.org), from FEC filings. Roster curated from FEC candidate registrations. Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.