Kentucky's 1st congressional district
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.
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| Distribution |
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| Population (2019) | 717,704[1] | ||
| Median income | $46,999[2] | ||
| Ethnicity |
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| Cook PVI | R+23[3] | ||
Election history
| Election results from presidential 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 72 - 24% |
| 2020 | President | Trump 73 - 25% |
2000
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 132,115 | 58.00 | |
| Democrat | Brian Roy | 95,806 | 42.000 | |
| Total votes | 227,921 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 117,600 | 65.26 | |
| Democrat | Klint Alexander | 62,617 | 34.74 | |
| Total votes | 180,217 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2004
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 175,972 | 67.37 | |
| Democrat | Billy Cartwright | 85,229 | 32.63 | |
| Total votes | 261,201 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 123,618 | 59.58 | |
| Democrat | Tom Barlow | 83,865 | 40.42 | |
| Total votes | 207,483 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 178,107 | 64.35 | |
| Democrat | Heather Ryan | 98,674 | 35.65 | |
| Total votes | 276,781 | 100.00 | ||
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| Republican hold | ||||
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 153,519 | 71.25 | |
| Democrat | Charles K. Hatchett | 61,690 | 28.75 | |
| Total votes | 215,209 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ed Whitfield* | 199,956 | 69.63 | |
| Democrat | Charles K. Hatchett | 87,199 | 30.37 | |
| Total votes | 287,155 | 100.00 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2014
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ed Whitfield (incumbent) | 173,022 | 73.1 | |
| Democrat | Charles Kendall Hatchett | 63,596 | 26.9 | |
| Total votes | 236,618 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James Comer | 216,959 | 72.6 | |
| Democrat | Sam Gaskins | 81,710 | 27.3 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Independent (United States)/meta/color; width: 2px;" | | [[Independent (United States)|Template:Independent (United States)/meta/shortname]] | Terry McIntosh (write-in) | 332 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | 299,001 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James Comer (incumbent) | 172,167 | 68.6 | |
| Democrat | Paul Walker | 78,849 | 31.4 | |
| Total votes | 251,016 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | James Comer (incumbent) | 246,329 | 75.0 | |
| Democrat | James Rhodes | 82,141 | 25.0 | |
| Total votes | 328,470 | 100.0 | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
Kentucky's 1st Congressional District Media
Kentucky's 1st congressional district (since 2023)
Christopher Greenup (ca. 1750–1818), the third Governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky
Matthew Lyon (Vermont Congressman) 2
James Clark (1779 – 1839), the 13th Governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky
Linn Boyd, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Oil painting on canvas by Stanly Middleton, 1911, From the collection of U.S. House of Representatives.
Linn Boyd, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Oil painting on canvas by Stanly Middleton, 1911, From the collection of U.S. House of Representatives.
Henry Cornelius Burnett - Brady-Handy (cropped)
Lucien Anderson (Kentucky Congressman)
Lawrence S. Trimble, US Representative from Kentucky
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References
- ↑ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.