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James Comer

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 19, 1972 in Carthage, TN

Education:

  • Western Kentucky University, B.S.

Career:

  • Insurance and restaurant businessman
  • Farmer

Elected Office:

  • KY House, 2001-2012
  • KY Agriculture Commissioner, 2012-2015



Election Results for James Comer


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2000 27 KY R State House District 053 General 1 11,051 100.0%
2002 29 KY R State House District 053 General 1 9,361 100.0%
2004 31 KY R State House District 053 General 1 12,247 100.0%
2006 33 KY R State House District 053 General 1 10,876 100.0%
2008 35 KY R State House District 053 General 1 12,482 100.0%
2010 37 KY R State House District 053 General 1 12,040 100.0%
2011 38 KY R Commissioner of Agriculture Primary 1 86,316 66.7%
2011 38 KY R Commissioner of Agriculture General 1 519,183 63.8%
2015 42 KY R Governor Primary 2 70,397 32.9%
2016 43 KY R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 24,342 60.6%
2016 43 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 216,959 72.6%
2018 45 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 172,167 68.6%
2020 47 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 246,329 75.0%
2022 49 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 184,157 74.9%
2024 51 KY R U.S. House District 01 General 1 252,534 74.7%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.




Ideology Data for James Comer


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition
Party UnityPresidential
Support
Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
2016 43 House 5 0 D 2 9 8 0
2017 44 House 99 1 R 97 3 99 0 96
2018 45 House 97 2 R 86 15 99 0 88
2019 46 House 96 3 R 100 0 99 5 90
2020 47 House 98 1 R 92 8 99 0 75
2021 48 House 96 4 D 6 94 99 0 85
2022 49 House 98 2 D 10 90 99 82
2023 50 House 99 1 D 6 94 99 0 89
2024 51 House 96 1 D 17 82 97 90
2025 52 House 93 0 R 93 90
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.



Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.



Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.



Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.



Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)



Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.



Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2025) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.