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Kentucky House race, District 1

James Comer holds this seat and is running to keep it against Drew Williams.

The November ballot

Comer
$1.9M
Williams
$119K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

James Comer

Republican · Holds the seat now

41
Trades disclosed
$328K
Estimated volume
1
Committee overlap
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, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 29 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

Republican primary

The primary · 88,165 votes

  • James R. ComerWon88.1%77,678
  • David Sims5.7%5,068
  • Robert James Sutherby3.1%2,774
  • Penny Arcos3%2,645

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed 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%
22%$427KPACs$5K4%
--Self-funding$1.7K1%
1%$22KOther$72<1%

Small donors give under $200; 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 1 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 ComerWon74.7%
  • Erin Marshall25.3%

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; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.