Bennie Thompson

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Bennie Thompson is the state's only black federal lawmaker. He chairs the House Homeland Security Committee and has been in Congress since 1993...

Bennie Thompson, the only black U.S. legislator from Mississippi, said he received a threat on his office phone....

A grand jury on Tuesday indicted a Mississippi man on charges of threatening to kill House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and members of his staff....

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Brian Flowers has won a congressional Republican primary runoff. He will face Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson in November. Flowers, who works at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, beat out Thomas Carey, a retired real estate agent. Th...

Thompson is the longest-serving member of Mississippi's current congressional delegation, the only Democrat and the only African American....

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Republicans are in a congressional primary runoff in Mississippi. The winner will face Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson in November. He's chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. Tuesday's Republican runoff...

Two Republicans with low-budget campaigns are in a congressional primary runoff Tuesday in Mississippi. The winner advances to the November ballot to face Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of ... Click to Continue...

Two Republicans with low-budget campaigns are in a congressional primary runoff Tuesday in Mississippi. The winner advances to the November ballot to face Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of ... Click to Continue...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Two Republicans with low-budget campaigns are in a congressional primary runoff Tuesday in Mississippi. The winner advances to the November ballot to face Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Two Republicans with low-budget campaigns are in a congressional primary runoff Tuesday in Mississippi. The winner advances to the November ballot to face Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Two Republicans with low-budget campaigns are in a congressional primary runoff Tuesday in Mississippi. The winner advances to the November ballot to face Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Two Republicans with low-budget campaigns are in a congressional primary runoff Tuesday in Mississippi. The winner advances to the November ballot to face Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security ...

Washington, June 12 (IANS) Two congressional lawmakers introduced a bill that would remove Confederate statues from the US Capitol....

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, talks to NBC's Kasie Hunt about Attorney General William Barr's comments on the use of pepper spray on peaceful protesters in DC, the push to reform police departments, ...