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Summary Ron Eller won a Republican primary runoff in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District. Eller will face longtime Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson in the Nov. 5 general election.

Content <p>Ron Eller won a Republican primary runoff Tuesday in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District and will face longtime Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson in the Nov. 5 general election.</p><p>Eller, who is a military veteran and physician assistant, defeated Andrew Scott Smith, who has worked in farming and commercial real estate. They had <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mississippi-runoff-determine-republican-runs-against-longtime-democratic-incumbent-congressman" target="_blank" rel="noopener">advanced to the Republican runoff</a> as the top candidates in a three-person primary March 12.</p><p>Thompson has represented the majority-Black district since winning a special election in 1993, and President Joe Biden won the district by 27 percentage points in 2020.</p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/mississippi-catfish-farms-settle-suit-claiming-immigrants-paid-more-black-workers" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>MISSISSIPPI CATFISH FARMS SETTLE SUIT CLAIMING IMMIGRANTS WERE PAID MORE THAN BLACK WORKERS</strong></a></p><p>Thompson is the ranking Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee and was unopposed for his party’s nomination in the district this year. Thompson said he wants to decrease <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/big-pharma-answer-american-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prescription drug costs</a>, invest in historically Black colleges and universities, reduce student loan debt and build the middle class "by making sure the wealthy pay their fair share."</p><p>Eller, who ran unsuccessfully for the 2nd District Republican nomination in 2022, has said he supports construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall and expansion of domestic energy production.</p><p>After winning the runoff Tuesday, Eller told The Associated Press that he believes all Americans want good places to raise their families, with strong schools and clean air and water.</p><p>"It's time to put that party nonsense behind us," Eller said. "We need to work as a people and a nation together."</p><p>The district stretches along <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southeast/mississippi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Mississippi River</a> on the western side of the state, through the flatlands of the Delta and into the capital of Jackson.</p><p>Voters in the 2nd District supported Democrat Joe Biden over Republican Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, 63% to 36%.</p>

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