Longtime Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson is facing a primary challenge from Evan Turnage, a former aide to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. The contest between Thompson, 78, and Turnage, 34, comes amid a broader generational debate playing out in the party. Thompson’s 2nd District is solely Democratic.
President Donald Trump has endorsed all three House Republican incumbents running for re-election for their deep-red seats in Mississippi.