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James Comer

Republican · KY-1 · U.S. House

On the ballot in 2026

KY-1 — U.S. House

Safe R 99%

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Bio

James Richardson Comer Jr. is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 1st congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, he has served in Congress since 2016, during the 114th United States Congress. He previously served in the Kentucky House of Representatives and also served as the agriculture commissioner of Kentucky.

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Record of service

In office
9.9 years
First took office
2016 (6 terms)
Seniority
156 of 439 by time served
Age
54
District offices
  • Paducah, KY · 270-408-1865
  • Tompkinsville, KY · 270-487-9509
  • Madisonville, KY · 270-487-9509
  • Danville, KY · 859-439-5844
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Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.

Reported net worth

2019
$4.7M
2020
$4.8M
2021
$5.7M
2022
$5.7M
2023
$4.9M
2024
$5.8M
2025
$5.6M
Most recent filing (2025)
Assets
$4.3M – $9.1M
Liabilities
$750k – $1.5M
Net worth
$2.8M – $8.4M
Since 2019
+$853k
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 46 assets reported
Comer-Gumm-West Farm$500k – $1.0M
Comer-Lee-Hays Farm$500k – $1.0M
Comer-West Farm$500k – $1.0M
Frankfort Home$500k – $1.0M
Graham Farm$500k – $1.0M
Kirkpatrick Farm$500k – $1.0M
Richardson Farm$500k – $1.0M
Farm Team Properties, LLC$250k – $500k
Ford Farm$100k – $250k
Hilliard Lyons ⇒ Apple Inc. (AAPL)$100k – $250k
KY Judicial & Legislative Retirement System$50k – $100k
KY State Employees Retirement System$50k – $100k
Hilliard Lyons ⇒ Facebook, Inc. - Class A (FB)$50k – $100k
Hilliard Lyons ⇒ First Trust Capital Strength Fund$50k – $100k
Hilliard Lyons ⇒ First Trust Dorsey Wright Focus Fund$50k – $100k
American Funds Growth Fund of America$15k – $50k
Farm Checking Account$15k – $50k
NVIDIA Corporation - Common Stock (NVDA)$15k – $50k
PayPal Holdings, Inc. - Common Stock (PYPL)$15k – $50k
West Farm Lot$15k – $50k
Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock (GOOG)$1k – $15k
Amazon.com, Inc. - Common Stock (AMZN)$1k – $15k
Amphenol Corporation Common Stock (APH)$1k – $15k
Arista Networks, Inc. Common Stock (ANET)$1k – $15k
AT&T Inc. (T)$1k – $15k
Broadcom Inc. - Common Stock (AVGO)$1k – $15k
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. (CTBI)$1k – $15k
Costco Wholesale Corporation - Common Stock (COST)$1k – $15k
Dover Corporation Common Stock (DOV)$1k – $15k
Gamaliel Stargazer, LLC, 100% Interest$1k – $15k
Home Depot, Inc. (HD)$1k – $15k
Marvell Technology, Inc. - Common Stock (MRVL)$1k – $15k
Microsoft Corporation - Common Stock (MSFT)$1k – $15k
Netflix, Inc. - Common Stock (NFLX)$1k – $15k
Palantir Technologies Inc. - Class A Common Stock (PLTR)$1k – $15k
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. - Common Stock (PANW)$1k – $15k
Pershing, LLC$1k – $15k
Personal Checking Account$1k – $15k
Republic Bancorp, Inc. - Class A (RBCAA)$1k – $15k
Salesforce, Inc. Common Stock (CRM)$1k – $15k

Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
R+0.73
Healthcare
R+0.66
Immigration & Border
R+0.91
Guns
R+1.00
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+0.88
Environment & Energy
R+0.86
Crime & Policing
R+0.88
Defense & Veterans
R+0.48
Economy & Labor
R+0.73
Foreign Policy & Trade
R+0.49
Civil Rights & Social
R+0.24
Education
R+0.71
Government & Democracy
R+0.89
Judicial & Executive Nominations
R+0.66

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

James Comer's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

Republican Party
92%
Libertarian Party
67%
Democratic Party
32%
Green Party
22%
Democratic Socialists (DSA)
18%
Communist Party USA
17%

On the political map

James Comer (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightComer
Party platforms:Communist Party USADemocratic Socialists (DSA)Green PartyDemocratic PartyRepublican PartyLibertarian Party

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Caucuses & committees

Where Comersits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.

Caucuses

Committees

Most and least aligned members

Treating Comer's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Most aligned

Jason Smith
R · MO-8 · House
+100%
Scott DesJarlais
R · TN-4 · House
+100%
David Schweikert
R · AZ-1 · House
+100%
Jim Jordan
R · OH-4 · House
+100%
Bruce Westerman
R · AR-4 · House
+100%

Least aligned

Gabe Amo
D · RI-1 · House
−97%
Adelita S. Grijalva
D · AZ-7 · House
−97%
Becca Balint
D · VT · House
−97%
Greg Casar
D · TX-35 · House
−97%
Laura Friedman
D · CA-30 · House
−97%

Recent notable votes

YEA
SEED Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Education
YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
YEA
Ratepayer Protection Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor, Government & Democracy
YEA
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 Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
Water Resources Development Act of 2026
2026-09-16 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Retire through Ownership Act
2026-09-16 · Passed · Economy & Labor, Taxes & Fiscal
NAY
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
NAY
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025
2026-09-15 · Passed · Environment & Energy, Economy & Labor
YEA
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Crime & Policing
YEA
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9576) to establish the National Fraud Enforcement Division of the Department of Justice; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 10326) to enhance information-sharing capabilities between Federal law enforcement and State agencies to detect, investigate, and prosecute fraud in certain Federal programs, and to protect individual privacy; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 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 Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision''; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 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 Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision''; and providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 5334) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Government & Democracy, Crime & Policing, Environment & Energy, Taxes & Fiscal, Education
NAY
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
2026-09-15 · Passed · Foreign Policy & Trade, Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
2026-09-15 · Passed · Taxes & Fiscal, Crime & Policing

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