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Current roleAntitrust lawyer

PartyDemocratic

LocationMississippi

BackgroundAntitrust lawyer

EducationMorehouse College — B.A., Physics and Spanish (2014)

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Notable personal detailsEvan Littleton Turnage is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District (MS-02) in the 2026 election cycle. He has worked in antitrust and public-interest policy roles, including as Director of the Southern Justice Project at the Open Markets Institute, and previously served as counsel in the U.S. Senate. Turnage also worked as an associate at Kirkland & Ellis and as a legal scholar at Goldman Sachs.

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AINews Summary
Last updatedMar 14, 2026

Evan Turnage lost the Democratic primary for Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District to incumbent Bennie Thompson. Turnage had challenged Thompson on an economic-populist message as an antitrust lawyer, but the district is seen as a Democratic stronghold and Thompson is expected to go on to win the general election.

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Fundraising

Latest report: Cycle 2026
Total raisedCash on hand
$473.2K
$354.9K
$236.6K
$118.3K
$0

2026

Latest
Year
Total raised
Cash on hand
Total spent
Burn rate

Cycle 2026

$473.2K
$25.93
$473.2K
$26.3K

Source: FEC

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