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Elections · U.S. House · Kentucky

2026 Kentucky House race, District 1

James Comer (Republican) and Drew Williams (Democrat) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Kentucky District 1, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Kentucky Secretary of State.

The November ballot

Comer
$1.9M
Williams
$119K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Official candidate list: Kentucky Secretary of State. Not a prediction.

The seat

James Comer

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2016 · Age 54

46
Trades disclosed
$368K
Estimated volume
3
Committee overlaps
Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Kentucky

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 29 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

Republican primary

The primary · 88,165 votes

  • James R. Comer Won: 88.1% 77,678
  • David Sims: 5.7% 5,068
  • Robert James Sutherby: 3.1% 2,774
  • Penny Arcos: 3.0% 2,645

Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Kentucky Secretary of State official primary certification. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$2M
Outside money
$2

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Comer-
Opposing Comer-
Supporting Williams$2
Opposing Williams-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

36%$693KSmall donors$70K59%
40%$758KLarge donors$42K36%
23%$427KPACs$5K4%
--Self-funding$1.7K1%
1%$22KOther$72<1%

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The largest group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

2 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

R+49 in 2024

  • James Comer Won: 74.7%
  • Erin Marshall: 25.3%

338,253 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
754K
Median household income
$58K
Unemployment
4.7%
Living below the poverty line
17.0%
Without health insurance
7.3%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and July 19, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.