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James Comer

James Comer

Republican · KY U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

11 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2016

  • background Born August 19, 1972; a member of the Republican Party
  • background Kentucky House of Representatives from 2000 to 2012 and agriculture commissioner of Kentucky from 2012 to 2016
  • role U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 1st congressional district since 2016, winning both full term and special election in November 2016
  • controversy Chair of the Oversight Committee since 2023; declined or stopped investigations into former president Trump while investigating Biden and his family
  • controversy Investigation into Biden family found no evidence Biden was directly involved or profited from family's business activities (as of August 2024)
  • role Began investigations into Vice President Harris and Governor Tim Walz after Biden ended his 2024 presidential campaign

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House KY-01 · 2026 General Election

  • $1,899,533 raised
  • $2,067,643 spent
  • $3,041,112 cash on hand
$1.90M
$1.88M
$1.45M
Itemized (≥ $200)$757.88K
Unitemized (< $200)$692.70K
Other committees (PACs)$426.90K
Transfers from other committees$21.58K
Offsets to expenditures$476.76
$2.07M
Operating expenditures$1.60M
Other disbursements$464.40K
Cash on hand$3.04M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

James Comer campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2016$1,155,295$1,070,732$84,563
2018$721,796$637,459$168,900
2020$741,257$507,694$402,463
2022$1,649,490$974,131$1,077,822
2024$7,650,142$5,518,741$3,209,223
2026$1,899,533$2,067,643$3,041,112

Contributions received — 2026 cycle

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $8,010 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $298,643
  • NYCBS $52,300
  • NEW YORK CANCER AND BLOOD SPECIALISTS $23,750
  • SWIFT & STALEY $20,000
  • CASSIDY & COMPANY $19,800
  • NEXTGEN MANAGEMENT $13,200
  • ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT $13,200
  • ORACLE CORPORATION $10,000
  • KIRKLAND & ELLIS $8,800
  • SITE DEVELOPMENT $8,190

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Comer, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast

Proceedings attended

Congress.gov publishes no attendance list, so this reflects the proceedings whose own record names this member — in an opening statement, an attendance roster or a vote sheet. It is not a complete attendance history.

Congressional testimony