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Bennie Thompson

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 28, 1948 in Bolton, MS

Education:

  • Tougaloo College, B.A., 1968
  • Jackson State University, M.S., 1972

Career:

  • Volunteer firefighter
  • Activist
  • Labor organizer

Elected Office:

  • Bolton Board of Aldermen, 1969-1973
  • Mayor of Bolton, 1973-1979
  • Hinds County supervisor, 1980-1993


Election Results for Bennie Thompson


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1993 45 MS D U.S. House District 02 Special Open Primary 2 29,041 28.5%
1993 45 MS D U.S. House District 02 Special 1 72,561 55.2%
1994 46 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 15,429 100.0%
1994 46 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 68,014 53.7%
1996 48 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 18,127 100.0%
1996 48 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 102,503 59.6%
1998 50 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 80,507 71.2%
2000 52 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 21,177 100.0%
2000 52 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 112,777 61.5%
2002 54 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 47,893 73.5%
2002 54 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 89,913 55.1%
2004 56 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,316 100.0%
2004 56 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 154,626 58.4%
2006 58 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 58,941 64.4%
2006 58 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 100,160 64.3%
2008 60 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 111,077 86.2%
2008 60 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 201,606 69.1%
2010 62 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 105,327 61.5%
2012 64 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 49,083 87.5%
2012 64 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 214,978 67.1%
2014 66 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 41,618 95.7%
2014 66 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 100,688 67.7%
2016 68 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 192,343 66.6%
2018 70 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 31,203 100.0%
2018 70 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 158,921 71.8%
2020 72 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 97,921 94.0%
2020 72 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 196,224 66.0%
2022 74 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 49,907 96.3%
2022 74 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 108,285 60.1%
2024 76 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 44,295 100.0%
2024 76 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 177,885 62.0%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Bennie Thompson


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1993 45 House 14 81 87 3 D 71 22 88 100 6
1994 46 House 36 61 88 3 D 86 12 94 83 20
1995 47 House 26 74 94 5 D 82 16 98 95 8
1996 48 House 59 33 88 9 D 80 19 96 95 5
1997 49 House 56 44 87 11 D 68 29 97 80 16
1998 50 House 31 60 89 5 D 77 17 94 100 13
1999 51 House 93 5 D 74 19 97 100 0
2000 52 House 85 7 D 70 24 91 90 8
2001 53 House 85 13 R 28 70 96 85 12
2002 54 House 88 6 R 21 71 96 90 8
2003 55 House 93 6 R 25 75 99 90 16
2004 56 House 91 7 R 27 70 97 85 8
2005 57 House 93 7 R 17 83 99 95 12
2006 58 House 86 10 R 37 61 97 90 30
2007 59 House 98 2 R 4 96 99 100 0
2008 60 House 93 1 R 14 82 93 100 8
2009 61 House 95 1 D 96 3 97 100 0
2010 62 House 98 2 D 83 17 98 95 4
2011 63 House 90 8 D 76 23 97 90 8
2012 64 House 86 8 D 78 12 94 94 8
2013 65 House 91 7 D 85 11 97 90 17
2014 66 House 93 2 D 82 14 94 89 5
2015 67 House 93 4 D 85 9 96 100 8
2016 68 House 93 2 D 94 2 96 100 4
2017 69 House 96 2 R 11 83 97 95 4
2018 70 House 88 1 R 26 67 82 92 0
2019 71 House 95 0 R 4 90 95 90 0
2020 72 House 99 1 R 8 92 98 90 4
2021 73 House 98 2 D 94 6 99 80 10
2022 74 House 99 1 D 100 0 99 3
2023 75 House 94 5 D 98 0
2024 76 House 89 8 D 96 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.