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Mississippi · U.S. House

Mississippi 2nd District

Bennie Thompson wins. Called.

99% counted
CandidateVotesShare
Bennie Thompson D won 165,037 67.6%
Ron Eller R 73,005 29.9%
Bennie Foster I 6,058 2.5%
Total244,100

Last vote update Nov 5, 3:11 PM. Polls closed Nov 3, 6:00 PM.

By county

PlaceVotes Margin2024 president ShiftCounted
Hinds 68,339 D +64.5 D +51.1 D +13.4 100%
Warren 14,640 D +10.3 R +4.0 D +14.3 100%
Panola 11,344 D +11.2 R +15.0 D +26.2 100%
Washington 11,188 D +56.6 D +35.4 D +21.3 100%
Bolivar 9,887 D +41.1 D +23.9 D +17.2 100%
Copiah 9,852 D +13.6 R +6.1 D +19.8 100%
Madison 9,741 D +58.9 D +47.5 D +11.3 100%
Adams 9,725 D +28.2 D +14.1 D +14.2 100%
Leflore 8,217 D +51.6 D +38.8 D +12.8 100%
Grenada 7,547 D +1.7 R +16.4 D +18.1 100%
Yazoo 7,537 D +18.8 R +2.4 D +21.2 100%
Sunflower 7,008 D +55.3 D +35.7 D +19.6 100%
Leake 6,424 R +5.4 R +23.6 D +18.2 100%
Holmes 6,363 D +74.2 D +62.7 D +11.5 100%
Coahoma 6,058 D +58.5 D +40.2 D +18.2 100%
Attala 5,893 R +3.0 R +23.4 D +20.4 97%
Amite 5,117 R +18.8 R +33.3 D +14.4 95%
Yalobusha 4,793 D +0.3 R +21.2 D +21.4 95%
Tallahatchie 4,371 D +31.4 D +6.0 D +25.4 100%
Carroll 4,057 R +26.7 R +44.5 D +17.8 94%
Montgomery 3,605 R +0.8 R +21.0 D +20.2 100%
Humphreys 3,366 D +59.1 D +42.3 D +16.8 95%
Claiborne 3,322 D +78.4 D +68.2 D +10.2 100%
Franklin 3,307 R +23.5 R +40.0 D +16.5 100%
Jefferson 3,075 D +77.2 D +66.9 D +10.3 100%

Shift is this race's margin minus the 2024 presidential margin in the same place. Places with votes that look copied or wildly out of line are flagged and left out of the race's overall shift.

Vote updates

TimeUpdateTotal votesMargin
+88 votes244,100D +38.7
+85 votes244,012D +38.7
+7 votes243,927D +38.7
+160 votes243,920D +38.7
+14,640 votes243,760D +38.7
+52 votes229,120D +40.5
+132 votes229,068D +40.5
+52 votes228,936D +40.5
+4,196 votes228,884D +40.5
+6,363 votes224,688D +40.6
+2,700 votes218,325D +39.6
+11,188 votes215,625D +39.3