Democrat Wadkins targets Mississippi’s Kelly on health care
Randy Wadkins, the Democrat challenging incumbent Republican Trent Kelly in north Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District, accuses Kelly of voting “just along party lines” while Kelly emphasizes his effort to build bipartisan bridges.
Congressman earns promotion in Mississippi National Guard
A congressman is being promoted to brigadier general in the Mississippi National Guard.
Kelly disappointed by political impasse in Congress
For Trent Kelly, the first major piece of legislation taken up by the U.S. House of Representatives may have achieved little, but it revealed much.
Local activist group to congressman: What will replace ACA?
More than 20 people showed up at U.S. Representative Trent Kelly’s Columbus office at noon Friday to let the representative know they oppose repealing the Affordable Care Act.
Kelly keeps up fight against ‘too stringent’ regulations
The rent for Trent Kelly’s 550-square-foot apartment in Washington, D.C., is higher than the mortgage payment for his family home in Saltillo.
Kelly growing comfortable in Washington role
When Trent Kelly arrived in Washington, D.C., to take his seat as Mississippi District 1 representative in the House, he didn’t get the committee assignment he most covets.
New US Rep. Kelly keeps most of his predecessor’s staff
Mississippi’s newest member of Congress is renting a tiny apartment in Washington and has hired most of his predecessor’s staff.
Rep. Kelly sworn in as new House member
Republican Trent Kelly of Mississippi has become the newest member of the House.
Bryant chooses successor for Kelly as DA
Gov. Phil Bryant has appointed a new district attorney for seven counties in northeast Mississippi.
Republicans hold north Miss. House seat
Republican Trent Kelly says that as Mississippi’s newest member of the U.S. House, he will work to strengthen national defense, protect veterans’ benefits and reduce federal regulations.
Our View: Voting isn’t just a right; it’s an obligation
Tuesday, voters in Mississippi’s First Congressional District will go to the polls to choose their representative in the U.S. House.
Campaign enters home stretch
Voters will choose between Republican Trent Kelly and Democrat Walter Zinn for the 1st District Congressional seat Tuesday.
1 Dem, 1 Republican headed to US House runoff in Mississippi
Democrat Walter Zinn and Republican Trent Kelly will spend the next three weeks competing for support in a north Mississippi congressional race after emerging from a field of 13 candidates in a special election.