Kentucky's 1st congressional district | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 | |
Representative | |
Distribution |
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Population (2023) | 750,693 [2] |
Median household income | $54,615 [3] |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | R+23 [4] |
Kentucky's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Located in Western Kentucky, and stretching into Central Kentucky, the district takes in Henderson, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Paducah, Murray, Danville, and Frankfort. The district is represented by Republican James Comer who won a special election to fill the seat of Rep. Ed Whitfield who resigned in September 2016. Comer also won election to the regular term to begin January 3, 2017.
On July 1, 2025, the district had 552,967 registered voters, who were registered with the following parties.
Party | Registration | ||
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Voters | % | ||
Republican | 274,217 | 49.59 | |
Democratic | 226,596 | 40.98 | |
Independent | 22,074 | 3.99 | |
Libertarian | 2,482 | 0.45 | |
Green | 359 | 0.06 | |
Constitution | 302 | 0.05 | |
Socialist Workers | 75 | 0.01 | |
Reform | 39 | 0.01 | |
"Other" | 26,823 | 4.85 | |
Total | 552,967 | 100.00 | |
Source: Kentucky State Board of Elections |
Year | Office | Results [5] [6] [7] |
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2008 | President | McCain 61% - 37% |
2012 | President | Romney 66% - 34% |
2016 | President | Trump 70% - 26% |
Senate | Paul 64% - 36% | |
2019 | Governor | Bevin 57% - 41% |
Attorney General | Cameron 65% - 35% | |
2020 | President | Trump 71% - 28% |
Senate | McConnell 65% - 31% | |
2022 | Senate | Paul 71% - 29% |
2023 | Governor | Cameron 56% - 44% |
Secretary of State | Adams 69% - 31% | |
Attorney General | Coleman 67% - 33% | |
Auditor of Public Accounts | Ball 69% - 31% | |
State Treasurer | Metcalf 66% - 34% | |
Commissioner of Agriculture | Shell 68% - 32% | |
2024 | President | Trump 73% - 26% |
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities: [8]
AdairCounty (1)
AllenCounty (1)
AndersonCounty (0)
BallardCounty (7)
BoyleCounty (3)
CaldwellCounty (3)
CallowayCounty (3)
CarlisleCounty (2)
CaseyCounty (1)
ChristianCounty (9)
ClintonCounty (1)
CrittendenCounty (3)
CumberlandCounty (2)
FranklinCounty (1)
FultonCounty (3)
GravesCounty (10)
HendersonCounty (6)
HickmanCounty (2)
HopkinsCounty (10)
LivingstonCounty (6)
LoganCounty (4)
LyonCounty (2)
McCrackenCounty (5)
MarionCounty (4)
MarshallCounty (4)
Metcalfe County (2)
Monroe County (3)
RussellCounty (2)
SimpsonCounty (1)
TaylorCounty (1)
ToddCounty (5)
TriggCounty (2)
UnionCounty (5)
WashingtonCounty (3)
WebsterCounty (8)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 132,115 | 58.00 | |
Democratic | Brian Roy | 95,806 | 42.000 | |
Total votes | 227,921 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 117,600 | 65.26 | |
Democratic | Klint Alexander | 62,617 | 34.74 | |
Total votes | 180,217 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 175,972 | 67.37 | |
Democratic | Billy Cartwright | 85,229 | 32.63 | |
Total votes | 261,201 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 123,618 | 59.58 | |
Democratic | Tom Barlow | 83,865 | 40.42 | |
Total votes | 207,483 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 178,107 | 64.35 | |
Democratic | Heather Ryan | 98,674 | 35.65 | |
Total votes | 276,781 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 153,519 | 71.25 | |
Democratic | Charles K. Hatchett | 61,690 | 28.75 | |
Total votes | 215,209 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 199,956 | 69.63 | |
Democratic | Charles K. Hatchett | 87,199 | 30.37 | |
Total votes | 287,155 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ed Whitfield (incumbent) | 173,022 | 73.1 | |
Democratic | Charles Kendall Hatchett | 63,596 | 26.9 | |
Total votes | 236,618 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James Comer | 216,959 | 72.6 | |
Democratic | Sam Gaskins | 81,710 | 27.3 | |
Independent | Terry McIntosh (write-in) | 332 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 299,001 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James Comer (incumbent) | 172,167 | 68.6 | |
Democratic | Paul Walker | 78,849 | 31.4 | |
Total votes | 251,016 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James Comer (incumbent) | 246,329 | 75.0 | |
Democratic | James Rhodes | 82,141 | 25.0 | |
Total votes | 328,470 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James Comer (incumbent) | 184,157 | 74.9 | |
Democratic | Jimmy Ausbrooks | 61,701 | 25.1 | |
Total votes | 245,858 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James Comer (incumbent) | 252,729 | 74.7 | |
Democratic | Erin Marshall | 85,524 | 25.3 | |
Total votes | 338,253 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |