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NATCHEZ, Miss. -- U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) is inviting the public to the official opening of his Natchez District Office at 208 Lynda Lee Drive, according to Jacqueline Marsaw, Thompson’s case worker and field director who manages his local office.

An Open House will be held at the office from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, July 21. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

In a promotional flyer for the event, Thompson invites the public to “come out to visit my new office” and meet Marsaw, his field representative for Adams, Amite, Franklin, and Wilkinson counties.

Thompson represents Mississippi’s Second Congressional District, which includes much of western Mississippi. He is serving his 13th term and is considered “the longest-serving African American elected official in the State of Mississippi and the lone Democrat in the Mississippi Congressional Delegation,” according to his website.

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