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U.S. Representative for Mississippi’s 1st District

Trent Kelly

Republican 6th term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.3M raised · top PACs: Arpac, America's Credit Unions, American Bankers Association
100LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
12BipartMed 12
2BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2015–now
11 years in CongressMore senior than 65% of the House
Committees
  • Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 3rd majority
  • Agriculture 7th majority
  • Armed Services 9th majority
Age
60

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 2, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date24801206742
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—1502191,23517

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Armed Forces and National Security 46% 13%
Agriculture and Food 15% 25%
Transportation and Public Works no statements 25%

StatementsBills

Words go to Armed Forces and National Security, Agriculture and Food and Emergency Management; bills go to Agriculture and Food and Transportation and Public Works; the two overlap on Armed Forces and National Security.

  • He talks most about: Military Readiness (Armed Forces and National Security), Disaster Response (Emergency Management), Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 8 bills sponsored, most on Agriculture and Food.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairSeapower and Projection Forces SubcommitteeArmed Services
MemberPermanent Select Committee on Intelligence3rd majority
MemberAgriculture Committee7th majority
MemberArmed Services Committee9th majority

Chair of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, more senior than 65% of the House, in the majority.

  • 11 years in Congress: more senior than 65% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

12% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Kelly.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

12% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Johnson and Shreve.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 8 · expected 27
Action in committee 4 · expected 7
Beyond committee 0 · expected 4
Passed House 0 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 379 of 433 in the House

0.18expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

0 of 8 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.18 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.64

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 100% of party-line votes, breaks 2 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.64, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 38, Economics and Public Finance 1 of 50.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Kelly$1.3M raised46%51%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

48% of what he raised came from individuals; 2% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.3M raised, 51% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 39.6 points.

48 PACs of the 115 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Defense.

  1. Arpac21% D
  2. America's Credit Unions50% D
  3. American Bankers Association38% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

84 bills

Kelly voted Yea on 49, Nay on 2, and sponsored or cosponsored 33 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.