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U.S. House, District 1: who gets your vote?

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U.S. representatives work with the Senate on U.S. laws and spending.

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Trent Kelly

Trent Kelly

U.S. House · Mississippi District 1

NationalRepublican

Candidate
CJ

Cliff Johnson

Running for U.S. House · Mississippi District 1

NationalDemocrat

Trent KellyCurrent repCliff JohnsonChallenger

Job fit

Trent Kelly

Offices held

  • prosecutor, Tupelo, Miss., 1999-2011; 1

Education

  • J.D., University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss., 1994; 1
  • A.A., East Central Community College, Decatur, Miss., 1986; 1

Cliff Johnson

Other work

  • After his time at DOJ, he founded a law firm 2
  • He teaches and supervises students who work side-by-side with him on the Center’s active litigation and advocacy efforts 2
  • He worked at the Department of Justice in Mississippi, where he coordinated the Government's response to health care fraud enforcement and received the Integrity Award from the United States Department of Health and Human Services for his work handling fraud cases against large health care providers. 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Trent Kelly

No stated positions on file yet.

Cliff Johnson

  • Health care costs
    In VOTE411, Johnson said he would make ACA subsidies permanent, push Medicaid expansion in Mississippi, and called health care 'a basic human right, not a political tool.' 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Johnson supports raising Mississippi's minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour, saying wages have stayed flat while grocery prices rose 60%. 4
  • Crime & safety
    Johnson's campaign site says he 'works to reform a broken criminal legal system that punishes the poor' and has shut down debtors' prisons in Mississippi. 2

No public stance found on: Guns, Climate & energy

More on their website →

How they voted on top issues

Trent Kelly

  • Immigration → A tighter border and stricter enforcement (28 of 28 votes) 5
  • A home you can afford → Government helping with housing costs (6 of 6 votes) 5
  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Tighter voting rules (4 of 4 votes) 5

Cliff Johnson

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Who pays them

Trent Kelly

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorscompaniesindustry associationsmembership organizationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$16Klarge donors$487Kcompanies$285Kindustryassociations$108Kmembershiporganizations$77KOther kinds ofdonors$64K$1.0M raised
$16,0806Small individual donors
$487,4746Large individual donors

Cliff Johnson

Where the campaign money came from7

small donorslarge donorslabor unionspolitical allies (same party)
small donors$137Klarge donors$388Klabor unions$3Kpolitical allies(same party)$3K$549K raised
$137,2517Small individual donors
$387,6237Large individual donors

Checks

Trent Kelly

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Cliff Johnson

No voting record to check yet

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. KELLY, Trent | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives · checked 2026-10-15 used in: Experience
  2. Cliff Johnson for Congress · checked 2026-10-15 used in: Experience, Top issues
  3. onyourballot.vote411.org used in: Top issues
  4. thedmonline.com used in: Top issues
  5. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  7. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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CJ
Candidate A

Cliff Johnson

DemocratShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $549K raised, 71% from large donors, 0% from organized interests. Group amounts exceed the filed PAC total. These sources do not reconcile; no complete split or remainder is claimed.
Filed PAC total: $2,500.00 (0% of $549,243.42 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $5,500.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Says they are for: fixing the justice system, government paying more of the bill, government spending and worker protections.

Sources

1 Background: Cliff Johnson for Congress · checked 2026-10-15

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 fixing the justice system: Candidate statement

4 government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement

5 government spending and worker protections: Candidate statement

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Candidate B

Johnny Baucom

Libertarian

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Johnny Michael Baucom Jr. - Libertarian Party · checked 2026-10-15

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Trent Kelly
Candidate C

Trent Kelly

RepublicanShown above

🚩 $1.0M raised, 47% from large donors, 48% from organized interests. Group amounts exceed the filed PAC total. These sources do not reconcile; no complete split or remainder is claimed.
Filed PAC total: $500,635.03 (48% of $1,034,347.68 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $534,300.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Their votes pushed for: more oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules, a tighter border and stricter enforcement, lower taxes and fewer rules on business.

Sources

1 Background: KELLY, Trent | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives · checked 2026-10-15

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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