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RaceTracker 2012 Congressional Election Dashboard
2012 House report  ยท 2012 Senate report
House1: 435 seats Senate: 33 seats
GOP Dems Total GOP Dems Total
Confirmed primary challenges 63 32 95 4 4 8
Possible primary challenges 13 5 18 1 0 1
Open seats* 7 15 26 2 6 92
1. Does not include the special election in OR-01.
2. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.
This profile of Mississippi's 02nd Congressional District is part of the RaceTracker project.
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    Contents


    2012 election

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    2012 fundraising data for MS-02
    available when OpenSecrets.org updates for 2012.

    Race status

    Incumbent: Bennie Thompson
    Incumbent running? Yes
    Primary challenge? Incumbent has primary challenger.

    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Bennie Thompson Democratic Confirmed candidate FEC Source July 20, 2011
    Bill Marcy Republican Confirmed candidate Blog Entry Source January 6, 2012 2010 Candidate
    Heather McTeer Hudson Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source July 20, 2011 Greenville Mayor
    Cobby Williams Independent Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source July 28, 2011

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2012 primary winners 2012 general election winner
    TBD TBD

    2010 election

    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Bennie Thompson Democratic Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source March 17, 2009
    Richard Cook Republican Out MS SOS Source July 11, 2010 2008 Candidate

    Lost Primary Runoff

    George Bailey Republican Out MS SOS Source July 11, 2010 Lost primary
    Bill Marcy Republican Confirmed candidate Campaign Website Source July 11, 2010

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2010 primary election winners 2010 general election winner
    Bill Marcy, Bennie Thompson Bennie Thompson

    2008 election

    Incumbent: Bennie Thompson


    Candidates

    Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
    Bennie Thompson Democratic Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 17, 2009
    Richard Cook Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed) March 17, 2009

    (Candidate classification criteria)


    Results

    2008 primary election winners 2008 general election winner
    Bennie Thompson, Richard Cook Bennie Thompson

    2008 Presidential election results

    Republican Democratic
    2000 41% George W. Bush 57% Al Gore
    2004 40% George W. Bush 59% John Kerry
    2008 34% John McCain 66% Barack Obama

    District map and incumbent offices

    Bennie Thompson's district offices
    • 263 East Main Street, PO Box 356, Marks, MS 38646
      662-326-9003 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 3607 Medgar Evers Boulevard, Jackson, MS 39213
      601-946-9003 (Phone) (Fax)
    • Mound Bayou City Hall, Room 134, 106 West Green Street, Mound Bayou, MS 38762
      662-741-9003 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 910 Courthouse Lane, Greenville, MS 38701
      662-335-9003 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 107 West Madison Street, Bolton, MS 39041
      800-355-9003 (Phone) (Fax)
    • 509 Highway 82 West, Greenwood, MS 38930
      662-455-9003 (Phone) (Fax)
    District map layers graciously provided by GovTrack.Us.
    See the incumbent's page for more contact info.


    Articles and resources

    See also

    External articles

    Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "MS-02" (link)

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