A former federal prosecutor kept his voter registration at his parents' house for nine years after buying his own home. He called it a paperwork issue. In April 2025 he voted to make every American prove citizenship to register.
Mike Turner has become one of the Iran war's most reliable defenders on Sunday television — while nine weapons contractors have put $304,500 into his campaigns since 2020 and pro-Israel PACs have given him $232,577.
He chairs the House subcommittee with jurisdiction over nuclear weapons, missile defense and military space. On June 4 he read out a bill that names four missile-defense programs. Lockheed, Northrop, RTX and L3Harris hold all four contracts — and all four fund his campaign.
Twenty-one people signed a sheet at Trent Kelly's Columbus office in 2017 asking for a town hall-style meeting. Eight years later, a weekly protest was standing on the sidewalk outside, and one of the people in it was asking for the same thing.
Constituents have been asking Mike Turner for a public town hall since 2017. He has called them a 'fraudulent group' and 'radical groups.' Now his opponent has asked him to debate, and he changed the subject again.
Nearly 4 in 10 Mississippi women experience intimate partner violence. Trent Kelly, a former city prosecutor and district attorney, voted no on VAWA reauthorization in 2019 and again in 2021.
Only 12 House Republicans voted to cap insulin at $35 a month. Mississippi's Trent Kelly was not one of them — in a state where diabetes costs $5.1 billion a year.
As state treasurer he barred BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo from West Virginia's business over climate policy — then went back for six more banks. Fewer bidders means higher interest, and West Virginia taxpayers pay it.
He called the H-1B program 'a scam,' then went after Microsoft Gaming's CEO by name over a viral claim about layoffs. Microsoft's answer: 'These decisions are based on business need, not visa status.'