Kentucky's 1st congressional district

Kentucky's 1st congressional district
Kentucky's 1st congressional district
	Kentucky's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.d
Representative
	James Comer; R–Tompkinsville
Distribution	63.12% rural; 36.88% urban;
Population (2019)	717,704
Median household; income	$46,999
Ethnicity	89.13% White; 7.63% Black; 2.68% Hispanic; 0.45% Asian; 0.27% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+23

Kentucky's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The district is in the western part of the state. The cities in the district are Henderson, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Paducah and Murray. There are more people who like the Democratic Party than the Republican Party but the people who live in the district vote for more Republicans than Democrats. The district is currently represented in the United States House of Representatives by James Comer.

Election history

Election results from presidential races
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 72 - 24%
2020	President	Trump 73 - 25%

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District Election (2000)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Whitfield*	132,115	58.00
	Democratic	Brian Roy	95,806	42.000
Total votes			227,921	100.00
	Republican hold

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Whitfield*	117,600	65.26
	Democratic	Klint Alexander	62,617	34.74
Total votes			180,217	100.00
	Republican hold

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Whitfield*	175,972	67.37
	Democratic	Billy Cartwright	85,229	32.63
Total votes			261,201	100.00
	Republican hold

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Whitfield*	123,618	59.58
	Democratic	Tom Barlow	83,865	40.42
Total votes			207,483	100.00
	Republican hold

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Whitfield*	178,107	64.35
	Democratic	Heather Ryan	98,674	35.65
Total votes			276,781	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Whitfield*	153,519	71.25
	Democratic	Charles K. Hatchett	61,690	28.75
Total votes			215,209	100.00
	Republican hold

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Whitfield*	199,956	69.63
	Democratic	Charles K. Hatchett	87,199	30.37
Total votes			287,155	100.00
	Republican hold

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Whitfield (incumbent)	173,022	73.1
	Democratic	Charles Kendall Hatchett	63,596	26.9
Total votes			236,618	100.0
	Republican hold

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Comer (incumbent)	172,167	68.6
	Democratic	Paul Walker	78,849	31.4
Total votes			251,016	100.0
	Republican hold

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Comer (incumbent)	246,329	75.0
	Democratic	James Rhodes	82,141	25.0
Total votes			328,470	100.0
	Republican hold

↑ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov. Archived from the original on 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
↑ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.