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Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) speaks during a hearing with the heads of the FBI, Homeland Security, and the National Counterterrorism Center, in Washington on Nov. 15, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) defeated challengers Evan Turnage and Pertis Williams III in the March 10 Democratic primary election to run for Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District.
Thompson received 86 percent of the vote, as of 12:20 a.m. ET Wednesday.
Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
