Trent Kelly MS-01

Current Position: US Representative of MS 1st District since 2015
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: District Attorney for Mississippi’s 1st Judicial District from 2012 – 2015
Other Positions:   Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee – House Armed Services Committee
District: northeast corner of the state. It includes much of the northern portion of the state including Columbus, Oxford, Southaven, Tupelo, and West Point. The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) is in the district.  
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After law school, Kelly worked in private practice until 1999, when he became a city prosecutor in Tupelo. He was elected district attorney in 2011, defeating a nine-term Democratic incumbent.

In 1990, Kelly mobilized for Operation Desert Storm as a second lieutenant engineer officer. In 2005, Kelly deployed as a major during the Iraq War with the 155th Brigade as the Operations Officer of the 150th Engineer Battalion. From 2009 to 2010, he deployed as a lieutenant colonel to Iraq as the Battalion Commander of Task Force Knight of the 155th Brigade Combat Team and commanded over 670 troops from Mississippi, Ohio, and Kentucky.

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I support the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act discharge petition led by @SteveScalise, @RepAnnWagner, and @RepKatCammack. Time to bring H.R. 619 to the floor for a vote. #MS01

U.S. Congressman Trent Kelly on why he trusts Uzbekistan

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Bennie Thompson MS-02

Current Position: US Representative of MS 2nd District since 1993
Affiliation: Democrat
Other Positions:  Committee on Homeland Security; Select Committee on the January 6 Attack
District: Western Mississippi. It includes most of Jackson, the riverfront cities of Greenville and Vicksburg and the interior market cities of Clarksdale, Greenwood and Clinton.   
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Thompson was a schoolteacher in Madison, Mississippi.[2] He served as an alderman (1969–1973) and then mayor of Bolton (1973–1980) before being elected to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors, on which he served from 1980 to 1993.

He is a founding member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. His legislative platform focuses mainly on homeland security, civil rights, agriculture and rural issues, equal education, and health care reform. In 1975, he became one of the original plaintiffs in the Ayers Case, which concerned the adequate funding of predominantly black educational institutes in Mississippi.

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Today, the bipartisan @January6thCmte will begin its work investigating the #January6th attack on the Capitol by hearing powerful testimony from the brave law enforcement heroes who defended the Capitol that day.

Rep. Bennie Thompson’s full opening statement in House investigation of Jan. 6

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Michael Guest MS-03

Current Position: US Representative of MS 3rd District since 2019
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: District Attorney of Rankin County and Madison County from 2008 – 2019
District:   covers central portions of state and stretches from the Louisiana border in the west to the Alabama border in the east.
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He became the ranking member of the United States House Committee on Ethics upon the August 2022 death of Jackie Walorski, and became its chair in the 118th Congress after Republicans won a House majority that November.

He served as the Assistant District Attorney for Madison and Rankin counties from 1994 to 2008, and became District Attorney in 2008.

Featured Quote: 
The amicus brief that I filed along with my colleagues in the House and Senate is a strong step toward defending our unborn children and overturning Roe v. Wade. Learn more in my interview with Newsmax. #ProLife #SCOTUS

Rep Michael Guest’s Opening Statement at 5-13-2021 Economic Development Subcommittee Hearing

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Mike Ezell MS-04

Current Position: US Representative of MS 4th District since 2011
Affiliation: Republican
District: southeastern region of the state. It includes all of Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, stretching ninety miles between the Alabama border to the east and the Louisiana border to the west, and extends north into the Pine Belt region. It includes three of Mississippi’s four most heavily populated cities: Gulfport, Biloxi, and Hattiesburg.   
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Ezell was elected sheriff of Jackson County, Mississippi, in a 2014 special election after Mike Byrd resigned. Ezell served in the Pascagoula Police Department, first as a patrolman in 1980, then as captain of the detective division in 1992, and then as chief of police for Ocean Springs, Mississippi, from 1998 to 2000.

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