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Bennie Foster

INDEducator and business owner

Bennie Foster is an educator and business owner from Jackson, Mississippi, running as an independent. He describes his background creating youth programs in violence intervention, arts, and business incubation.[6][7]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

In their words — priorities

  • Campaign theme "People Over Politics": says the district is failing because of broken systems and calls for accessibility and accountability from elected leaders.[7]
  • Campaign theme "Results over Rhetoric": criticizes current leadership for what he calls grandstanding rather than problem-solving.[7]
  • Says he wants to empower local leaders across the district's 28 counties.[7]

Background

  • Earned a bachelor's degree from Jackson State University and graduated from Strayer University.[6]
  • Has worked for decades as an educator, creating programs for youth violence intervention, arts, and business incubation.[7]

Campaign money

Raised $0 · spent $0 · $9,190 cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗

Also on the ballot for this seat: Bennie Thompson, Ron Eller · Compare side by side

Sources cited in this profile

  1. 6.Bennie Foster · Ballotpedia Reference
  2. 7.Bennie Foster - Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey Candidate's own words