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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Representative |
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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 | % | |
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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 | % | |
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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 | % | |
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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 | % | |
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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 | % | |
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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 | % | |
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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 | % | |
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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 | % | |
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Republican | James Comer | 216,959 | 72.6 | |
Democrat | Sam Gaskins | 81,710 | 27.3 | |
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Total votes | 299,001 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
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.