Roger
Wicker

Who they are, where they came from

Roger F. Wicker serves as the senior United States Senator from Mississippi, a seat he has held since December 2007. A member of the Republican Party, Wicker is an attorney and former Air Force officer. Before his Senate service, he was a Mississippi State Senator from 1988 to 1995 and represented Mississippi's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House from 1995 to 2007. In the Senate, Wicker has sponsored legislation across transportation security, infrastructure financing, broadband access, and public health. He sponsored the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act of 2024 (S.3959), which was enacted into law, and a bill to waive the 60-day notice requirement for posthumous honorary military promotions (S.4138), also enacted. He has introduced the American Infrastructure Bonds Act (S.1481, S.1480) across multiple Congresses to create financing mechanisms for infrastructure investment, and the PLAN for Broadband Act (S.323) to expand broadband planning requirements. He has also sponsored the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act (S.186), the Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act (S.459), and a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day (SRES.173). Amendments he introduced were agreed to in the Senate (SAMDT.1055, SAMDT.3748).

What they’ve done lately

Where the campaign funds come from

PAC contributions made up 52.2% of Wicker's receipts this cycle, with individuals accounting for 32.7%. Top PAC contributors include Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. PAC, National Asphalt Pavement Association PAC, L3Harris Technologies, Inc. PAC, and American Gas Association PAC. Top employer concentrations among itemized individual donors include Palantir Technologies, Hunt Bldg. Corp., 1st Financial Bank USA, and Granite Telecom. Outside spending totaled $414K supporting Wicker — led by Elect Principled Veterans Fund ($347K), Conservative Leaders of America ($41K), and Common Sense for America PAC ($27K) — and $22K opposing him from America First Priorities PAC.