James Comer

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

• Representative KY-1 2016–present

• 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

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions in the 2026 cycle: $8,010 · 75 receipts

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

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• 100.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

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• 10
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 72 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 10 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

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• 4
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

  Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

• 43
  Disclosed stock trades →

  30 tickers

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Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for James Comer. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair
• Education and Workforce Committee
• Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee · oversees Health
• Workforce Protections Subcommittee

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

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

• Economy & TaxesFull support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Comer most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Comer connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov