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April 202611,806
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  • Budget/Spending1

    100% of 1 stories · 31% across all outlets

  • Ethics/Corruption1

    100% of 1 stories · 58% across all outlets

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    100% of 1 stories · 19% across all outlets

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  • Republican67% · 2 pairs
  • Party not recorded33% · 1 pair

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  1. 1Bennie G. Thompson–1 story · 100%
  2. 2Cindy Hyde-SmithR1 story · 100%
  3. 3Trent KellyR1 story · 100%

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Vote for me! Profiles of candidates in the upcoming federal election

U.S. Senate Candidates Sen. Cindy-Hyde Smith Party: Republican Hometown: Brookhaven Number of Terms in Office: 1 special 2-year term appointed by Gov. XXXX. Elected to a full six-year term in 2018 Legislative Committees: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Rules and Administration Joint Committee of Congress on the Library. Of the 64 bills Hyde-Smith has sponsored, none have been passed into law. Political Background: Mississippi State Senator for 39th District, 2000-2012; chairman of Mississippi Senate Agricultural Committee, 2004-2012; Commissioner for Agriculture and Commerce of Mississippi, 2012-2018; Personal Background: Hyde-Smith was born in Brookhaven, Miss., and received an Associate of Arts degree from Copiah-Lincoln Community College, before attending the University of Southern Mississippi, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in both political science and criminal justice. She is the first woman to have ever represented Mississippi in Congress. Before her political career, Hyde-Smith worked as a lobbyist for the Southern Coalition for Safer Highways as well as the National Coalition for Healthcare. Hyde-Smith also helps raise cattle with her husband Michael Smith on their farm in Brookhaven. They have one daughter.   Mississippi’s First Congressional District The First Congressional District of Mississippi includes the counties of Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Clay, DeSoto, Grenada, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Montgomery, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, Yalobusha and a part of Oktibbeha.             Congressional candiates Rep. Trent Kelly  Party: Republican Hometown: Union, Mississippi  Numbers of terms in office: Currently in his 7th term  Legislative Committees: U.S. House Committee on Armed Service (House Armed Services Committee); Chairman, Seapowers and and Project Force Subcommittee, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture, House Agriculture Committee  Bills Sponsored: Kelly has sponsored (authored) 67 bills and has co-sponsored 1,038 bills. Out of the 67 bills Kelly has sponsored and introduced to Congress, two have been approved by the House and the Senate: dedicating the Oxford, Miss., post office to Army First Lt. Donald C. Carwile and the Tupelo, Miss., post office to Col. Carlyle Smitty Harris.  Political Background:  Kelly was district attorney for the 1st Circuit Judicial District (Counties of Lee, Pontotoc, Alcorn, Monroe, Itawamba, Prentiss, and Tishomingo), managing all felony cases  from 2012-2015.  Personal Background  Kelly was born in Union, Miss., and is a resident of Saltillo in Lee County. After graduating from high school, Kelly joined the Mississippi Army National Guard, then received his associate’s degree from East Central Mississippi Community College before earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi. Kelly received a law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law, working in private practice until 1999 when he became a prosecutor for the city of Tupelo. In 2010, Kelly received his Master’s in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Kelly served 35 years in the Mississippi Army National Guard as a combat engineer, rising to Major General before retiring in 2025. He participated in Operation Desert Storm in 1990 as a second lieutenant engineer officer. In 2005, he deployed to Iraq as a major and later commanded Task Force Knight of the 155th Brigade Combat Team from 2009-2010.  Kelly received many awards during his military career, including the Soldier’s Medal, two Bronze Stars, the Combat Action Badge.  Kelly resides in Saltillo, Miss., in Lee County with his wife, Sheila Kelly, and their three children.    Cliff Johnson  Democrat Personal background: Johnson is a civil rights attorney. He resides in Lafayette County, Miss., where he is a clinical instructor of law instruction at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He is director of the MacArthur Justice Center. Johnson served as assistant United States attorney during the Clinton Administration, from 1996-2001. He was a Fullbright Scholar at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund, Sweden, from 2025-2026, and a partner in the Jackson law firm Pigott and Johnson from 2001-2014. Johnson and his wife, Leigh Johnson, have two children.  Education: Mississippi College, B.A. in Political Science (1989); Columbia University School of Law, J.D. (1992)  Achievements:  Inspector General’s Integrity Award, Mississippi Bar Foundation Fellow (2017-2018), Best Lawyers in America Award  Involvement: Habitat for Humanity (volunteer coordinator),The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (served on the National Board of Directors) working to keep the separation between church and state, Mississippi Bar Association Minority Involvement Committee (past chairmen), Stewpot Community Services (served on Board of Directors)  Issues of Interest:  Combat inflation and tariffs for Mississippians  Protect and expand affordable healthcare  Protect Federal funding for North Mississippi’s economic development, infrastructure, and education system Voting Rights  Johnson previously testified in 2023 against a Mississippi law banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in public schools.  Johnson is against school choice.

Apr 16, 202615 votes

Vote for me! Profiles of candidates in the upcoming federal election

U.S. Senate Candidates Sen. Cindy-Hyde Smith Party: Republican Hometown: Brookhaven Number of Terms in Office: 1 special 2-year term appointed by Gov. XXXX. Elected to a full six-year term in 2018 Legislative Committees: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Rules and Administration Joint Committee of Congress on the Library. Of the 64 bills Hyde-Smith has sponsored, none have been passed into law. Political Background: Mississippi State Senator for 39th District, 2000-2012; chairman of Mississippi Senate Agricultural Committee, 2004-2012; Commissioner for Agriculture and Commerce of Mississippi, 2012-2018; Personal Background: Hyde-Smith was born in Brookhaven, Miss., and received an Associate of Arts degree from Copiah-Lincoln Community College, before attending the University of Southern Mississippi, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in both political science and criminal justice. She is the first woman to have ever represented Mississippi in Congress. Before her political career, Hyde-Smith worked as a lobbyist for the Southern Coalition for Safer Highways as well as the National Coalition for Healthcare. Hyde-Smith also helps raise cattle with her husband Michael Smith on their farm in Brookhaven. They have one daughter.   Mississippi’s First Congressional District The First Congressional District of Mississippi includes the counties of Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Clay, DeSoto, Grenada, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Montgomery, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, Yalobusha and a part of Oktibbeha.             Congressional candiates Rep. Trent Kelly  Party: Republican Hometown: Union, Mississippi  Numbers of terms in office: Currently in his 7th term  Legislative Committees: U.S. House Committee on Armed Service (House Armed Services Committee); Chairman, Seapowers and and Project Force Subcommittee, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture, House Agriculture Committee  Bills Sponsored: Kelly has sponsored (authored) 67 bills and has co-sponsored 1,038 bills. Out of the 67 bills Kelly has sponsored and introduced to Congress, two have been approved by the House and the Senate: dedicating the Oxford, Miss., post office to Army First Lt. Donald C. Carwile and the Tupelo, Miss., post office to Col. Carlyle Smitty Harris.  Political Background:  Kelly was district attorney for the 1st Circuit Judicial District (Counties of Lee, Pontotoc, Alcorn, Monroe, Itawamba, Prentiss, and Tishomingo), managing all felony cases  from 2012-2015.  Personal Background  Kelly was born in Union, Miss., and is a resident of Saltillo in Lee County. After graduating from high school, Kelly joined the Mississippi Army National Guard, then received his associate’s degree from East Central Mississippi Community College before earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi. Kelly received a law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law, working in private practice until 1999 when he became a prosecutor for the city of Tupelo. In 2010, Kelly received his Master’s in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Kelly served 35 years in the Mississippi Army National Guard as a combat engineer, rising to Major General before retiring in 2025. He participated in Operation Desert Storm in 1990 as a second lieutenant engineer officer. In 2005, he deployed to Iraq as a major and later commanded Task Force Knight of the 155th Brigade Combat Team from 2009-2010.  Kelly received many awards during his military career, including the Soldier’s Medal, two Bronze Stars, the Combat Action Badge.  Kelly resides in Saltillo, Miss., in Lee County with his wife, Sheila Kelly, and their three children.    Cliff Johnson  Democrat Personal background: Johnson is a civil rights attorney. He resides in Lafayette County, Miss., where he is a clinical instructor of law instruction at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He is director of the MacArthur Justice Center. Johnson served as assistant United States attorney during the Clinton Administration, from 1996-2001. He was a Fullbright Scholar at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund, Sweden, from 2025-2026, and a partner in the Jackson law firm Pigott and Johnson from 2001-2014. Johnson and his wife, Leigh Johnson, have two children.  Education: Mississippi College, B.A. in Political Science (1989); Columbia University School of Law, J.D. (1992)  Achievements:  Inspector General’s Integrity Award, Mississippi Bar Foundation Fellow (2017-2018), Best Lawyers in America Award  Involvement: Habitat for Humanity (volunteer coordinator),The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (served on the National Board of Directors) working to keep the separation between church and state, Mississippi Bar Association Minority Involvement Committee (past chairmen), Stewpot Community Services (served on Board of Directors)  Issues of Interest:  Combat inflation and tariffs for Mississippians  Protect and expand affordable healthcare  Protect Federal funding for North Mississippi’s economic development, infrastructure, and education system Voting Rights  Johnson previously testified in 2023 against a Mississippi law banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in public schools.  Johnson is against school choice.

Apr 16, 202614 votes

Vote for me! Profiles of candidates in the upcoming federal election

U.S. Senate Candidates Sen. Cindy-Hyde Smith Party: Republican Hometown: Brookhaven Number of Terms in Office: 1 special 2-year term appointed by Gov. XXXX. Elected to a full six-year term in 2018 Legislative Committees: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee on Appropriations, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Rules and Administration Joint Committee of Congress on the Library. Of the 64 bills Hyde-Smith has sponsored, none have been passed into law. Political Background: Mississippi State Senator for 39th District, 2000-2012; chairman of Mississippi Senate Agricultural Committee, 2004-2012; Commissioner for Agriculture and Commerce of Mississippi, 2012-2018; Personal Background: Hyde-Smith was born in Brookhaven, Miss., and received an Associate of Arts degree from Copiah-Lincoln Community College, before attending the University of Southern Mississippi, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in both political science and criminal justice. She is the first woman to have ever represented Mississippi in Congress. Before her political career, Hyde-Smith worked as a lobbyist for the Southern Coalition for Safer Highways as well as the National Coalition for Healthcare. Hyde-Smith also helps raise cattle with her husband Michael Smith on their farm in Brookhaven. They have one daughter.   Mississippi’s First Congressional District The First Congressional District of Mississippi includes the counties of Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Clay, DeSoto, Grenada, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Montgomery, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, Yalobusha and a part of Oktibbeha.             Congressional candiates Rep. Trent Kelly  Party: Republican Hometown: Union, Mississippi  Numbers of terms in office: Currently in his 7th term  Legislative Committees: U.S. House Committee on Armed Service (House Armed Services Committee); Chairman, Seapowers and and Project Force Subcommittee, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Chairman, Subcommittee on Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture, House Agriculture Committee  Bills Sponsored: Kelly has sponsored (authored) 67 bills and has co-sponsored 1,038 bills. Out of the 67 bills Kelly has sponsored and introduced to Congress, two have been approved by the House and the Senate: dedicating the Oxford, Miss., post office to Army First Lt. Donald C. Carwile and the Tupelo, Miss., post office to Col. Carlyle Smitty Harris.  Political Background:  Kelly was district attorney for the 1st Circuit Judicial District (Counties of Lee, Pontotoc, Alcorn, Monroe, Itawamba, Prentiss, and Tishomingo), managing all felony cases  from 2012-2015.  Personal Background  Kelly was born in Union, Miss., and is a resident of Saltillo in Lee County. After graduating from high school, Kelly joined the Mississippi Army National Guard, then received his associate’s degree from East Central Mississippi Community College before earning his bachelor’s degree from the University of Mississippi. Kelly received a law degree from the University of Mississippi School of Law, working in private practice until 1999 when he became a prosecutor for the city of Tupelo. In 2010, Kelly received his Master’s in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Kelly served 35 years in the Mississippi Army National Guard as a combat engineer, rising to Major General before retiring in 2025. He participated in Operation Desert Storm in 1990 as a second lieutenant engineer officer. In 2005, he deployed to Iraq as a major and later commanded Task Force Knight of the 155th Brigade Combat Team from 2009-2010.  Kelly received many awards during his military career, including the Soldier’s Medal, two Bronze Stars, the Combat Action Badge.  Kelly resides in Saltillo, Miss., in Lee County with his wife, Sheila Kelly, and their three children.    Cliff Johnson  Democrat Personal background: Johnson is a civil rights attorney. He resides in Lafayette County, Miss., where he is a clinical instructor of law instruction at the University of Mississippi School of Law. He is director of the MacArthur Justice Center. Johnson served as assistant United States attorney during the Clinton Administration, from 1996-2001. He was a Fullbright Scholar at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Lund, Sweden, from 2025-2026, and a partner in the Jackson law firm Pigott and Johnson from 2001-2014. Johnson and his wife, Leigh Johnson, have two children.  Education: Mississippi College, B.A. in Political Science (1989); Columbia University School of Law, J.D. (1992)  Achievements:  Inspector General’s Integrity Award, Mississippi Bar Foundation Fellow (2017-2018), Best Lawyers in America Award  Involvement: Habitat for Humanity (volunteer coordinator),The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (served on the National Board of Directors) working to keep the separation between church and state, Mississippi Bar Association Minority Involvement Committee (past chairmen), Stewpot Community Services (served on Board of Directors)  Issues of Interest:  Combat inflation and tariffs for Mississippians  Protect and expand affordable healthcare  Protect Federal funding for North Mississippi’s economic development, infrastructure, and education system Voting Rights  Johnson previously testified in 2023 against a Mississippi law banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in public schools.  Johnson is against school choice.

Apr 16, 202611 votes