# James Comer

James Comer is a Republican member of the U.S. House for Kentucky’s 1st district.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: U.S. House, Kentucky’s 1st district
- Serving since: 2016-11-14
- Current term: 119th Congress (2025–27)
- Next election: 2026-11-03
- Bioguide ID: C001108
- FEC candidate IDs: H6KY01110

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/C001108 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

13% of Comer’s statements contain a personal attack, 6.2 times the House Republican average of 2.1%.

## What Comer says (119th Congress (2025–27))

925 classified statements: 636 posts on X, 203 Congressional Record speeches, 84 press releases, 2 newsletters. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Comer | House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 13.3% | 2.1% | 1 of 221 |
| Policy criticism | 19.1% | 15.1% | 54 of 221 |
| Policy discussion | 57.2% | 67.7% | 190 of 221 |
| Bipartisanship | 7.3% | 8.9% | 113 of 221 |
| Credit claiming | 25.0% | 37.4% | 186 of 221 |
| Extreme labels | 2.9% | 3.0% | 91 of 221 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 48% (House Republicans 19%); Crime and Law Enforcement 24% (House Republicans 12%); Economics and Public Finance 21% (House Republicans 19%); Health 11% (House Republicans 15%); Immigration 8.9% (House Republicans 13%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +1.28 (standard error 0.01), from 7,042 donors and 5,056 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (119th Congress (2025–27))

674 roll calls. Attendance 97.6% (House Republicans 96.3%). Party unity 98.9% (97.1%). 29 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S. 2403 Retire through Ownership Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190674
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 213 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190671
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 10326 PROOF Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190670
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190669
- 2026-09-16 · voted yea · On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · H.R. 5334 An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190668
- 2026-09-15 · voted yea · On Passage · H.J.Res. 210 Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection… · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190666
- 2026-09-15 · voted nay · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · H.R. 2140 Diesel Emissions Reduction Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190664
- 2026-09-14 · voted nay · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 3276 Local Communities & Bird Habitat Stewardship Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190657
- 2026-09-14 · voted yea · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H.R. 4219 National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Strike Team Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190656
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · On Passage · H.R. 4795 Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act · Passed · https://voteview.com/rollcall/RH1190655

## Legislation (119th Congress (2025–27))

Sponsored 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 80. 58.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (House Republicans 16.7%; rank 3 of 216).

Recent sponsored bills:

- H.Res. 1543: Recommending that the House of Representatives find Leon D. Black in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas duly issued by the Committee on… (passed one chamber, 2026-09-16) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1543
- H.R. 10389: Survivor’s Voice Protection Act (in committee, 2026-09-15) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10389
- H.R. 9720: D.C. Taxing Authority Review Act (in committee, 2026-07-22) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9720
- H.R. 8463: Pre-Payment Fraud Prevention and Treasury Data Access Act (passed one chamber, 2026-06-09) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8463
- H.R. 8464: Stopping Fraudulent Payments Act (passed one chamber, 2026-06-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8464
- H.R. 7248: MARINA Act (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7248
- H.R. 4366: Save Local Business Act (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4366
- H.R. 1515: Guidance Out Of Darkness Act (passed one chamber, 2025-03-04) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1515
- H.R. 1276: To remove restrictions from a parcel of land in Paducah, Kentucky. (became law, 2026-09-11) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1276
- H.R. 1295: Reorganizing Government Act of 2025 (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1295

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Raised $2.3M (House Republicans median $2.2M). 47% of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less. 5.9% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/2114754032707240171
- 2026-10-26 · Press release · Comer Announces $40 Million Secured for Paducah’s Riverport West Project · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://comer.house.gov/2026/10/26/comer-announces-40-million-secured-for-paducahs-riverport-west-project/
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/2113638962468126745
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/2113297433031487691
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/2112895610311385365
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/2112594971236659373
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/2112236144197075250
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/2111943787782312078
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/2111080768298496485
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepJamesComer/status/2111119413722124483

## Links

- Official site: https://comer.house.gov
- X: https://x.com/RepJamesComer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/congressmancomer
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/congressmancomer
- Congress.gov: https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C001108

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/C001108