Kentucky's congressional districts

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Kentucky's congressional districts since 2023 Kentucky Congressional Districts, 118th Congress.svg
Kentucky's congressional districts since 2023

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.

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Current districts and representatives

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
DistrictMember
(Residence) [2]
PartyIncumbent since CPVI
(2022) [3]
District map
1st Rep. James Comer (long cropped 2).jpg
James Comer
(Tompkinsville)
RepublicanNovember 8, 2016R+24 Kentucky's 1st congressional district (since 2023).svg
2nd Brett Guthrie, Official Photo.jpg
Brett Guthrie
(Bowling Green)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 2009R+21 Kentucky's 2nd congressional district in Louisville (since 2023).svg
3rd Rep. Morgan McGarvey - 118th Congress (cropped2).jpg
Morgan McGarvey
(Louisville)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 2023D+9 Kentucky's 3rd congressional district in Louisville (since 2023).svg
4th Thomas Massie official portrait.jpg
Thomas Massie
(Garrison)
RepublicanNovember 13, 2012R+19 Kentucky's 4th congressional district (since 2023).svg
5th Hal Rogers Official Photo 2010.JPG
Hal Rogers
(Somerset)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1981R+32 Kentucky's 5th congressional district (since 2023).svg
6th Andy Barr official congressional photo.jpg
Andy Barr
(Lexington)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 2013R+9 Kentucky's 6th congressional district (since 2023).svg

Historical and present district boundaries

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.

Kentucky Congressional Districts (1935-2021).gif
YearStatewide mapLouisville highlight
1973–1982 United States Congressional Districts in Kentucky, 1973 - 1982.tif United States Congressional Districts in Kentucky (metro highlight), 1973 - 1982.tif
1983–1992 United States Congressional Districts in Kentucky, 1983 - 1992.tif United States Congressional Districts in Kentucky (metro highlight), 1983 - 1992.tif
1993–1996 United States Congressional Districts in Kentucky, 1993 - 1996.tif United States Congressional Districts in Kentucky (metro highlight), 1993 - 2002.tif
1997–2002 United States Congressional Districts in Kentucky, 1997 - 2002.tif United States Congressional Districts in Kentucky (metro highlight), 1993 - 2002.tif
2003–2013 United States Congressional Districts in Kentucky, 2003 - 2013.tif United States Congressional Districts in Kentucky (metro highlight), 2003 - 2013.tif
2013–2023 United States Congressional Districts in Kentucky, since 2013.tif United States Congressional Districts in Kentucky (metro highlight), since 2013.tif

Obsolete districts

The following are former districts of Kentucky:

See also

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References

  1. https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-kentucky-supreme-court-a530ff28e3b9074bbd0de59e6a743de4
  2. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  3. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
  4. "Digital Boundary Definitions of United States Congressional Districts, 1789–2012" . Retrieved October 18, 2014.