JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Mississippi on Tuesday.

Thompson defeated Republican Ron Eller, a military veteran and physician assistant.

Thompson served as Bolton mayor and Hinds County supervisor before he won a 1993 special election to represent western Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes most of Jackson. He is the only Democrat in Mississippi’s congressional delegation.

Thompson is a previous chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee and is now the ranking member. He chaired the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.