Mississippi 1st District 2026

The money race

Campaign fundraising this cycle, with independent expenditures by outside groups for and against each candidate.

R★Trent KellyIncumbent
$1.00M
DCliff Johnson
$551K

Bars: money raised by the campaign this cycle. Thin bars: outside spending by super PACs and other groups, for and against.

Money raised and outside spending by candidate
Candidate	Party	Raised	Outside support	Outside opposition	Small-dollar
Trent Kelly	R	$1,004,205	$0	$0	70%
Cliff Johnson	D	$551,243	$0	$0	11%

$1.56M

Raised by candidates

$1.15M

Spent by candidates

Outside spending

0 spenders

Candidates

Candidate	Raised	Individuals	PACs	Small-dollar	In-state	Spent	Donors
Trent Kelly (R)	$1.00M	$504K	$501K	70%	55%	$749K	443
Cliff Johnson (D)	$551K	$525K	$3K	11%	73%	$402K	435

Outside spending

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC (Schedule E). “Dark money in” is the total of grants the spender received from 501(c) nonprofits, as traced by Poliscope.

No independent expenditures reported in this race yet.

Candidates

Trent Kelly

R★ Republican · Incumbent

Raised: $1.00M
Small-dollar: 70%
In-state: 55%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Backed by AIPAC Backed by the NRA Realtors PAC money Small-dollar funded

Cliff Johnson

D Democrat

Raised: $551K
Small-dollar: 11%
In-state: 73%
Outside for / against: $0 / $0

Union PAC money

Source: Poliscope (poliscope.org), from FEC filings. Roster curated from FEC candidate registrations. Withdrawn and defeated primary candidates are not shown.