Kentucky's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. 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.
On January 1, 2026, the district had 554,782 registered voters, who were registered with the following parties.
For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:
Adair County (1)
Allen County (1)
Anderson County (0)
Ballard County (7)
Boyle County (3)
Caldwell County (3)
Calloway County (3)
Carlisle County (2)
Casey County (1)
Christian County (9)
Clinton County (1)
Franklin County (1)
Fulton County (3)
Graves County (10)
Henderson County (6)
Hickman County (2)
Hopkins County (10)
Logan County (4)
Lyon County (2)
McCracken County (5)
Marion County (4)
Marshall County (4)
Metcalfe County (2)
Monroe County (3)
Russell County (2)
Simpson County (1)
Taylor County (1)
Todd County (5)
Trigg County (2)
Union County (5)
Webster County (8)