Kentucky is currently divided into six congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. The number of congressional districts has been set at six since the 1990 redistricting cycle.
This is a list of members of the current Kentuckian House delegation, their terms, their district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI). The delegation has a total of six members, including five Republicans and one Democrat.
In 2023, Kentucky's Supreme Court upheld Republican-drawn boundaries for the state's congressional districts, finding that while the map represented a partisan gerrymander by the Republican-controlled legislature, the state's constitution does not "explicitly forbid"’ the advancement of partisan interests through redistricting. [1]
Current U.S. representatives from Kentucky | |||||
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District | Member (Residence) [2] | Party | Incumbent since | CPVI (2022) [3] | District map |
1st | ![]() James Comer (Tompkinsville) | Republican | November 8, 2016 | R+24 | ![]() |
2nd | ![]() Brett Guthrie (Bowling Green) | Republican | January 3, 2009 | R+21 | ![]() |
3rd | ![]() Morgan McGarvey (Louisville) | Democratic | January 3, 2023 | D+9 | ![]() |
4th | ![]() Thomas Massie (Garrison) | Republican | November 13, 2012 | R+19 | ![]() |
5th | Hal Rogers (Somerset) | Republican | January 3, 1981 | R+32 | ![]() |
6th | ![]() Andy Barr (Lexington) | Republican | January 3, 2013 | R+9 | ![]() |
Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Kentucky, presented chronologically. [4] All redistricting events that took place in Kentucky between 1973 and 2013 are shown.
Year | Statewide map | Louisville highlight |
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1983–1992 | ![]() | ![]() |
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2003–2013 | ![]() | ![]() |
2013–2023 | ![]() | ![]() |
The following are former districts of Kentucky:
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