Trent Kelly
RRep. MS-1 · U.S. House · 6 terms
Political perspective
from the voting recordOn the standard liberal–conservative scale, Kelly sits more conservative than 86% of the House and more liberal than 13%. This is a DW-NOMINATE score — derived purely from how they vote, not an opinion.
We link to what Kellysays they stand for so you can hold it against the record above. We don't put words in anyone's mouth or declare a promise “kept” or “broken” — where there's no published, structured position to compare, we leave it to you rather than invent a verdict.
Contact
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Campaign money
live· 2026 cycle“From PACs” is corporate, industry, and union political-committee money — a proxy for special-interest funding. Totals via the FEC.
- THE FARM CREDIT COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEETrade$14K
- ARPACMembership$13K
- THE BOEING COMPANY PACCorporate$10K
- NATIONAL COTTON COUNCIL OF AMERICA COMMITTEE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COTTONTrade$10K
- SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PACCorporate$10K
- CADENCE BANK PACCorporate$10K
- FAIRBANKS MORSE, LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate$10K
- LEIDOS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEECorporate$9K
- Corporate53%
- Trade18%
- Membership14%
- Other / unclassified11%
- Labor2%
- Cooperative2%
Largest PACs and committees giving to the campaign this cycle, from FEC committee-to-candidate filings. The FEC doesn't tag donors by industry — the names usually tell you, and OpenSecrets has the formal industry breakdown below.
- Agriculture$89K
- Defense & aerospace$63K
- Finance & banking$30K
- Labor unions$14K
- Energy & utilities$10K
- Real estate$10K
Grouped from the names of the PACs that gave — our own rough classification, PAC money only (not individual donors). Another 49% came from PACs we couldn't slot into an industry by name.
Where the money goes
live· 2026 cycleKelly's campaign has spent $609K across 178 reported disbursements.
- Payroll & admin$320K 52%
- Consulting & research$131K 21%
- Events & fundraising$121K 20%
- Advertising & media$25K 4%
- Travel & lodging$14K 2%
- BALDWIN & ASSOCIATES, INC.$134K
- NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE$123K
- FIRST BANKCARD$109K
- FUNDRAISING INC$86K
- CITI CARDS$57K
- DIRECT MAIL SYSTEMS, INC$20K
Categories are grouped by keyword from the free-text purpose each campaign reports to the FEC, so the split is a guide, not an audit. Otheris spending whose reported purpose didn't clearly fit a category — campaigns describe disbursements inconsistently. Totals are for the candidate's campaign committees this cycle; see the FEC for the line-by-line record.
Background
Represents Mississippi's 1th district · age 60 · from Union.
John Trent Kelly is an American lawyer, politician, and retired major general from the Mississippi National Guard serving as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 1st congressional district since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the district attorney of Mississippi's 1st Judicial District from 2012 to 2015.
Biography from Wikipedia & Wikidata (public, CC BY-SA). Family is spouse and children only.
Stock trades
No periodic transaction reports on file for Kelly in the current House disclosure index.
Committees
liveWhat they're assigned to work on.
- House Committee on Agriculture
- House Committee on Armed Services
- House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
via congress-legislators committee data.
Who they're up against
Candidates who have filed with the FEC for this House seat— who's challenging them now, and who they faced last time.
Next election
· 2026 cycle+ 1 other minor candidate with little or no money raised.
Last election
· 2024 cycle- Dianne Dodson BlackDemocratChallenger$10Kraised ↗
+ 1 other minor candidate with little or no money raised.
Candidates and money raised from FEC filings (bulk candidate summaries). Short bios are quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists — never invented; candidates without a sourced bio show their FEC record only.
How Trent actually voted · last 15 bills live
- Yea23-Jul-2026H R 8884On Passage
- Nay23-Jul-2026H CON RES 89On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Yea22-Jul-2026H CON RES 113On Agreeing to the Resolution
- Yea22-Jul-2026H R 7008On Passage
- Nay22-Jul-2026H R 7008On Motion to Recommit
- Yea22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Passage
- Nay22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Motion to Recommit
- Aye22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Aye22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Aye22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Aye22-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
- Yea21-Jul-2026H R 9770On Passage
- Yea21-Jul-2026H R 6955On Passage
- Nay21-Jul-2026H R 6955On Motion to Recommit
- Aye21-Jul-2026H R 8800On Agreeing to the Amendment
Real roll-call votes from the U.S. House Clerk. “Missed” = recorded as Not Voting.
Congressional calendar · next 12 days
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Every figure here is real and sourced: identity, party, seat, term history, committees and contact (congress-legislators); vote attendance, missed votes & how they voted (U.S. House Clerk, last 100 roll calls through 23-Jul-2026); campaign money raised and spent (FEC); stock-trade disclosures (U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Reports); declared election opponents & the money they raised (FEC candidate filings), with opponent bios quoted from Wikipedia or Ballotpedia where a confident match exists; ideological placement (DW-NOMINATE, voteview.com) and party-unity (computed from the roll calls above); biography (Wikidata + Wikipedia); the 2026 session calendar (official schedule). Nothing on this page is invented. wheresmyguy? carries no flight data, home locations, or real-time tracking. Time-stamped information is delayed at least 4 hours by design — wheresmyguy? is never a real-time tracker.