Who’s running for Congress in Mississippi?

See who will be asking for your vote in the March Primaries and then in November in the Magnolia State’s races for the U.S. House and U.S. Senate.

The field is now set for the 2024 Congressional Election in Mississippi.

All four incumbent U.S. Representatives as well as U.S. Senator Roger Wicker qualified to seek re-election as expected, and all party nominees in the General Election will have opposition.

The Republican and Democratic Primaries will be held on March 12th.

At that time, voters will also choose their party nominee for President of United States. Presidential candidates qualified to be on the ballot on the Republican side are former President Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy. However, Ramaswamy announced Monday that he was suspending his campaign. On the Democratic ballot will be incumbent President Joe Biden.

Here is a look at who qualified to run in Mississippi.

U.S. Senate

Republican

• Roger Wicker (Incumbent)
  • Served in the U.S. Senate since 2007
  • Ranking Republican member on Senate Armed Services Committee
  • Former 1st District Congressman
  • Former State Senator
  • Retired U.S. Air Force Reserve Lt. Colonel
  • Over $5 million cash on hand in campaign account

• Ghannon Burton
  • Retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel
  • Decorated combat veteran
  • TOPGUN fighter pilot
  • No campaign account showing

• Dan Eubanks
  • Served as State Representative for House District 25 since 2016
  • Member of the House Freedom Caucus
  • Minister
  • No campaign account showing

Democrat

• Ty Pinkins
  • Army Veteran
  • Attorney
  • Former Democratic Party substitute candidate for Secretary of State in 2023 state election
  • Over $4,000 cash on hand in campaign account

U.S. House 1st District

Republican

• Trent Kelly (Incumbent)
  • Served as 1st District Congressman since 2015
  • Major General in Mississippi Army National Guard
  • Former District Attorney for the 1st Circuit Judicial District
  • Former Tupelo City Prosecutor
  • Over $445,000 cash on hand in campaign accounty

Democrat

• Dianne Black
  • Cosmetologist / small business owner
  • Ran for the 1st Congressional District in 2022 and lost
  • Ran for state House District 52 in 2023 and lost
  • No campaign account showing

• Matthew Williams
  • Ran for state House District 28 in 2019 and lost
  • No campaign account showing

U.S. House 2nd District

Republican

• Taylor Turcotte
  • No information
  • No campaign account showing

• Ron Eller
  • Ran for the 2nd Congressional District in 2022 and lost
  • Cardiothoracic physician assistant\
  • Small businessman
  • Retired U.S. Army Captain
  • No campaign account showing

• Andrew Scott Smith
  • Businessman
  • No campaign account showing

Democrat

• Bennie Thompson (Incumbent)
  • Served as 2nd District Congressman since 1993
  • Former House Homeland Security Chairman and current Ranking Democrat
  • Former Chairman of House Committee on January 6th
  • Former Alderman and Mayor of Bolton
  • Former member of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors
  • Nearly $1.8 million cash on hand in campaign account

U.S. House 3rd District

Republican

• Michael Guest (Incumbent)
  • Served as 3rd District Congressman since 2019
  • Current Chairman of the House Ethics Committee
  • Former District Attorney for Madison and Rankin Counties
  • Over $181,000 cash on hand in campaign accounty

Democrat

• Jarvis Gordan
  • No information
  • No campaign account showing

U.S. House 4th District

Republican

• Mike Ezell (Incumbent)
  • Served as 4th District Congressman since 2023
  • Former Sheriff of Jackson County
  • Served over 40 years in law enforcement
  • Over $150,000 cash on hand in campaign account

• Carl Boyanton
  • Ran for the 4th Congressional District in 2020 and 2022, losing both times
  • Businessman
  • Over $510,000 cash on hand in campaign account

• Michael McGill
  • Retired U.S. Army Veteran
  • Nearly $5,500 cash on hand in campaign account

Democrat

• Craig Elliot Raybon
  • No information
  • No campaign account showing