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2026 candidates we're tracking in MS-2
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Ron Eller
R
Ron Eller is the Republican candidate for Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District, making a third run for the seat, per WLBT. Eller is a physician assistant with twenty years of active-duty military service and twenty years working in the private healthcare sector, per the campaign site, and has more recently started manufacturing businesses.
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Bennie G. Thompson
D
Incumbent
Bennie G. Thompson is the Democratic incumbent representing Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District, first elected in a special election on April 20, 1993, per Thompson's official House biography. Before Congress, Thompson served as Bolton alderman, Bolton mayor and Hinds County supervisor, and is the ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, which Thompson previously chaired.
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Bennie Foster
I
Bennie Foster is an independent candidate for Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District. Foster is an educator and community organizer, per WLBT, and campaigns under the banner ReIMAGINE Mississippi, per the campaign site.
About this race
Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Mississippi primary is Tuesday, March 10, 2026 (runoff Tuesday, April 7, 2026 if needed), and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.