Representative · Kentucky's 1st district

James Comer

James Comer is a Republican representative for Kentucky's 1st district, in Congress since 2016. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 16, and cast 457 of 462 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Nov 14, 2016
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6752.4%16 of 675 · rank 169 of 43999%457 of 462 · rank 153 of 439121 became law14%11 of 80
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2221.4%17 of 1,222 · rank 288 of 44299%832 of 839 · rank 75 of 442161 became law14%13 of 92
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9970.7%7 of 997 · rank 276 of 44397%554 of 569 · rank 269 of 44381 became law38%57 of 151

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.59+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
  2. H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Nay
    Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 186–238· Against party
  3. S. 2503: ROTOR ActYea
    Feb 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 264–133· Against party
  4. H.R. 131: Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit ActYea
    Jan 8, 2026· House· Passage· Passage, Objections of the President To The Contrary Notwithstanding· Failed 248–177· Against party
  5. H.R. 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
    Sep 10, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 261–167· Against party
  6. H.R. 8774: Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025Yea
    Jun 27, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 161–251· Against party
  7. H.R. 8580: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025Yea
    Jun 4, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 290–116· Against party
  8. H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America ActNay
    Apr 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 227–193· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. 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".Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. 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".Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79· Against party
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

36 sponsored · 3 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced1747%
  2. Reported by committee514%
  3. Passed one chamber1131%
  4. Became law38.3%

Policy areas

  1. Government Operations and Politics20
  2. Congress4
  3. Labor and Employment3
  4. Public Lands and Natural Resources3
  5. Transportation and Public Works2
  6. Crime and Law Enforcement1
  7. Health1
  8. Law1

Latest activity

  1. 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.
    Passed one chamber· Congress· Sep 16, 2026
  2. H.R. 10389 Survivor’s Voice Protection Act
    Introduced· Law· Sep 15, 2026
  3. H.R. 1276 To remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky.
    Became law· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 11, 2026
  4. H.R. 9720 D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act
    Introduced· Taxation· Jul 22, 2026
  5. H.R. 8464 Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act
    Passed one chamber· Government Operations and Politics· Jun 11, 2026
  6. H.R. 8463 Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act
    Passed one chamber· Government Operations and Politics· Jun 9, 2026
  7. H.R. 7248 MARINA Act
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Jan 28, 2026
  8. H.R. 1295 Reorganizing Government Act of 2025
    Reported by committee· Government Operations and Politics· Jan 27, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Kentucky's 1st district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$281M
Per resident
$373
Rank in Kentucky
4 of 6
Contract actions
1,401
New awards: 748

By fiscal year

  1. 642.7MFY2017
  2. 615.1MFY2018
  3. 557.3MFY2019
  4. 479.7MFY2020
  5. 750.4MFY2021
  6. 1.1BFY2022
  7. 859.5MFY2023
  8. 516MFY2024
  9. 529.2MFY2025
  10. 281MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Army$133.3M47%
    Department of Defense
  2. U.S. Special Operations Command$70.5M25%
    Department of Defense
  3. Defense Logistics Agency$56.8M20%
    Department of Defense
  4. Department of Defense Education Activity$3.9M1.4%
    Department of Defense
  5. Defense Commissary Agency$3M1.1%
    Department of Defense
  6. Forest Service$2.6M0.9%
    Department of Agriculture
  7. Department of Energy$2.4M0.9%
  8. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$1.8M0.6%
    Department of the Interior

Top recipients

  1. MEGGITT AIRCRAFT BRAKING SYSTEMS CORPORATION$36.6M13%
    263 awards
  2. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES, INC.$33.4M12%
    1 award
  3. INTEC GROUP LLC$16M5.7%
    2 awards
  4. CRUZ ASSOCIATES INC.$15.5M5.5%
    5 awards
  5. CITY LIGHT & POWER FTC LLC$12.4M4.4%
    1 award
  6. BY LIGHT PROFESSIONAL IT SERVICES LLC$9.6M3.4%
    5 awards
  7. BOEING SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT SUPPORT, LLC$6.7M2.4%
    1 award
  8. BEAT-ATC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY$5.9M2.1%
    1 award
  9. DRS NETWORK & IMAGING SYSTEMS LLC$5.8M2.1%
    1 award
  10. RAYTHEON COMPANY$5.8M2.1%
    1 award
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$1.9M
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$3M
From committees
$486.9K
147 committees
From contractor PACs
$153K
41 PACs · 31% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$10KAMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
chevron corporationchevron employees political action committee - chevron corporation$10KCHEVRON U.S.A. INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$713.4K
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$10KAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
transdigm group inc.transdigm group inc. employee political action committee$10KTRANSDIGM INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$5.1M
national community pharmacists associationnational community pharmacists association - pac$7,500NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
washington gas light companywashington gas light company/semco energy employee pac$7,000WASHINGTON GAS LIGHT COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$14M
pitney bowes inc.pitney bowes inc. political action committee$7,000PITNEY BOWES INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$32M
tyson foods inc.tyson foods inc political action committee (typac)$6,000TYSON FOODS INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$226.3M
united parcel service, inc.united parcel service, inc. pac (upspac)$5,000UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$685.7K
merck & co., inc.merck & co., inc., employees political action committee (merck pac)$5,000MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$445.3K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$1.9M$486.9K$153K41 PACs · 31% of committee money
2024$7.7M$770.7K$211.8K50 PACs · 27% of committee money
2022$1.6M$844.3K$162K46 PACs · 19% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Kentucky's 1st districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Kentucky's 1st districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Kentucky's 1st districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Kentucky's 1st districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021
  5. House · Kentucky's 1st districtJan 3, 2017 – Jan 3, 2019
  6. House · Kentucky's 1st districtNov 14, 2016 – Jan 3, 2017

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
comer.house.gov
Phone
202-225-3115
Office
2410 Rayburn House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.