US Midterms 2026
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James Comer, a Republican who has represented Kentucky's 1st congressional district since 2016 and became chair of the House Oversight Committee in 2023, seeks re-election in 2026 against Democrat John "Drew" Williams, an event organizer.
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Chairman Rep. James Comer (R-KY) during the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol on March 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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James Comer, a native of Carthage, Tennessee, was born on August 19, 1972, to Dr. James R. Comer Sr., a dentist, and Sandra Witcher Comer. He grew up in Monroe County, Kentucky, and graduated from Monroe County High School in Tompkinsville in 1990.
He received a BS in agriculture from Western Kentucky University in 1993 and served in college as president of the Kentucky Future Farmers of America. After college he and his family started James Comer, Jr. Farms, a 2,300-acre farm, and he also co-owns Comer Land & Cattle Co.
James Comer won election to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2000 at the age of 27 and served there until 2012. In 2011 he was elected Kentucky's agriculture commissioner, the only Republican to win a statewide executive office that year, and he held the post from 2012 to 2016, during which he chaired the Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission. He sought the Republican nomination for governor in 2015 and finished 83 votes behind Matt Bevin.
In 2016 Comer won the Republican primary for Kentucky's 1st congressional district with 60.6% of the vote. On November 8, 2016, he won both a special election for the remainder of Ed Whitfield's term and a full term, taking 72.6% of the vote. After becoming chair of the House Oversight Committee in 2023, he led an investigation of President Joe Biden and his family. On May 7, 2026, Comer said that he intended to run for governor of Kentucky in 2027.
James Comer is running for re-election in Kentucky's 1st congressional district, which is based in Western Kentucky and stretches into Central Kentucky, taking in Henderson, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, Paducah, Murray and Frankfort. He was re-elected in 2024 with 74.7% of the vote.
In the Republican primary he received 88.1% of the vote, defeating truck driver David Sims, pastor Bob Sutherby and Penny Arcos. In the general election on November 3, 2026, Comer faces Democrat John "Drew" Williams, an event organizer.
