Kentucky's 1st congressional district | |
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Population (2023) | 750,693 [2] |
Median household income | $54,615 [3] |
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Cook PVI | R+24 [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.
Voter registration and party enrollment as of October 2023 [5] | |||||
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Party | Number of voters | Percentage | |||
Republican | 270,824 | 47.31% | |||
Democratic | 251,444 | 43.92% | |||
Other | 30,618 | 5.35% | |||
Independent | 19,591 | 3.42% | |||
Total | 572,477 | 100% |
Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican. [6] The Kentucky voter registration card does not explicitly list anything other than Democratic Party, Republican Party, or Other, with the "Other" option having a blank line and no instructions on how to register as something else. [7]
Election results from statewide races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Bush 58–40% |
2004 | President | Bush 63–36% |
2008 | President | McCain 62–37% |
2012 | President | Romney 66–32% |
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% |
# | County | Seat | Population |
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1 | Adair | Columbia | 19,264 |
3 | Allen | Scottsville | 21,788 |
5 | Anderson | Lawrenceburg | 24,613 |
7 | Ballard | Wickliffe | 7,582 |
21 | Boyle | Danville | 30,988 |
33 | Caldwell | Princeton | 12,551 |
35 | Calloway | Murray | 38,280 |
39 | Carlisle | Bardwell | 4,704 |
45 | Casey | Liberty | 15,918 |
47 | Christian | Hopkinsville | 72,032 |
53 | Clinton | Albany | 9,148 |
55 | Crittenden | Marion | 8,974 |
57 | Cumberland | Burkesville | 6,000 |
73 | Franklin | Frankfort | 51,644 |
75 | Fulton | Hickman | 6,338 |
83 | Graves | Mayfield | 36,461 |
101 | Henderson | Henderson | 44,119 |
105 | Hickman | Clinton | 4,447 |
107 | Hopkins | Madisonville | 44,929 |
139 | Livingston | Smithland | 8,892 |
141 | Logan | Russellville | 28,283 |
143 | Lyon | Eddyville | 9,187 |
145 | McCracken | Paducah | 67,428 |
155 | Marion | Lebanon | 19,834 |
157 | Marshall | Benton | 31,744 |
169 | Metcalfe | Edmonton | 10,482 |
171 | Monroe | Tompkinsville | 11,306 |
207 | Russell | Jamestown | 18,279 |
213 | Simpson | Franklin | 20,195 |
217 | Taylor | Campbellsville | 26,443 |
219 | Todd | Elkton | 12,494 |
221 | Trigg | Cadiz | 14,369 |
225 | Union | Morganfield | 13,106 |
229 | Washington | Springfield | 12,267 |
233 | Webster | Dixon | 12,726 |
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 |
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