Mississippi votes Democrat Bennie Thompson as 2nd District U.S. Representative

JACKSON, Miss. — Democrat Bennie G. Thompson won the 2nd District U.S. House seat in Mississippi.

Thompson went against Republican Ron Eller and independent Bennie Foster for his 2nd District U.S. House seat. With 37% of the vote counted, the Associated Press declared Thompson the winner of that race with 63.3% of the vote.