Kentucky's 1st congressional district

Located in Western Kentucky, and stretching into Central Kentucky, the district takes in Henderson, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Paducah, Murray, Danville, and Frankfort.

The district is represented by Republican James Comer who won a special election to fill the seat of Rep. Ed Whitfield who resigned in September 2016.

Comer also won election to the regular term to begin January 3, 2017.

Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.

[6] The Kentucky voter registration card does not explicitly list anything other than Democratic Party, Republican Party, or Other, with the "Other" option having a blank line and no instructions on how to register as something else.

Sign in front of the McCracken, Kentucky Courthouse (in Paducah, Kentucky ) commemorating early members of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Jackson Purchase (U.S. historical region) . The "First District" in the title actually changed over time. It refers to the Jackson Purchase, which was in the 5th district from 1819 to 1823, the 12th district until 1833, and then the 1st district until the end of the sign's lineage in 1855.