Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

James Comer

Official portrait of James Comer
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Kentucky’s 1st district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Tompkinsville, KY
Born
1972
In Congress
House since 2016 · 9 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
COMER, JAMES
Next election
Primary May 19, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Kentucky with the current district highlighted

Kentucky, District 1

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Kentucky District 1IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6KY01110 · Principal campaign committee: COMER FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Kentucky District 1$2,318,360.81General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Kentucky District 1$7,650,141.57Won the general election (74.7%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Kentucky District 1$1,649,489.62Won the general election (74.9%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Kentucky District 1$741,257.02Won the general election (75%)
Total raised$2,318,360.81
Total spent$3,904,151.06
Cash on hand$1,623,432.27
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $1,726,490.20PACs and other committees: $569,400.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $21,578.45Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $892.16
  • Individual contributions$1,726,490.2074%
  • PACs and other committees$569,400.0025%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$21,578.451%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$892.160%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,079,854.2968%
  • Contributions over $200$499,403.0032%
  • Itemized from inside Kentucky$68,854.349%
  • Itemized from other states$711,626.5591%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Texas $86,042.12 · Maryland $69,096.08 · Virginia $64,183.19 · Florida $62,233.17 · California $59,946.47. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$3.4M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $259,426.73APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $423,061.16JULY QUARTERLY: raised $256,492.88JULY QUARTERLY: spent $86,327.79OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $239,373.46OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $222,249.05YEAR-END: raised $353,188.51YEAR-END: spent $200,385.64APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $310,247.16APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $478,616.18PRE-PRIMARY: raised $59,975.15PRE-PRIMARY: spent $178,036.98JULY QUARTERLY: raised $420,828.95JULY QUARTERLY: spent $478,966.18OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $376,299.27OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $359,819.732025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea535
Voted nay123
Did not vote16 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored12
Sponsored that became law1
Cosponsored80

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.Res. 1543 Recommending that the House of Representatives find Leon D. Black in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
    Introduced Sep 16, 2026 · Latest action Sep 16, 2026: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • H.R. 10389 Survivor’s Voice Protection Act
    Introduced Sep 15, 2026 · Latest action Sep 15, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 9720 D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act
    Introduced Jul 16, 2026 · Latest action Jul 22, 2026: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 18.
  • H.R. 8463 Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act
    Introduced Apr 23, 2026 · Latest action Jun 9, 2026: Received in the Senate.
  • H.R. 8464 Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act
    Introduced Apr 23, 2026 · Latest action Jun 11, 2026: Received in the Senate.
  • H.R. 7248 MARINA Act
    Introduced Jan 27, 2026 · Latest action Jan 28, 2026: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
  • H.R. 4366 Save Local Business Act
    Introduced Jul 14, 2025 · Latest action Jan 13, 2026: Rule H. Res. 988 passed House.
  • H.R. 1515 GOOD Act
    Introduced Feb 24, 2025 · Latest action Mar 4, 2025: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • H.R. 1276 Public Law 119-105 To remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky.
    Introduced Feb 13, 2025 · Latest action Sep 11, 2026: Became Public Law No: 119-105.
  • H.R. 1295 Reorganizing Government Act of 2025
    Introduced Feb 13, 2025 · Latest action Jan 27, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 397.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

147 committees reported giving $486,400.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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The race

Kentucky U.S. House, District 1, 2026 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
James Comer (R)$2,318,360.81$1,623,432.272026-10-14
John Andrew Williams (D)$223,179.90$7,976.682026-10-14
David Sims (R)$1,800.00$298.662026-07-19

Polling and ratings

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Recent polls

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Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: COMER FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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