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The 1st Congressional District of Kentucky held a special election for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2016. The election coincided with the regular general election on November 8, 2016.

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District held a special election to replace Ed Whitfield, who resigned on September 6, 2016. The election was held at the same time as the regular election on November 8, 2016. Since Whitfield resigned so late, no primary elections were held. Instead, the candidates competing in the regular election, James Comer (R) and Sam Gaskins (D), competed in the special election as well. Comer defeated Gaskins in the special election and served out the final two months of Whitfield's term.

See also: Kentucky's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
N/A	N/A	November 8, 2016

Kentucky's 1st Congressional District was located in western Kentucky and stretches across the southern portion of the state. It includes Adair, Allen, Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Casey Christian, Clinton, Crittenden, Cumberland, Fulton, Graves, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Metcalfe, Monroe, Muhlenberg, Ohio, Russell, Simpson, Taylor, Todd, Trigg, Union, and Webster counties and a part of Washington County.

Election results

General election

U.S. House, Kentucky District 1 Special Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	James Comer	72.2%	209,807
	Democratic	Sam Gaskins	27.8%	80,813
Total Votes				290,620
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

Candidates

General election candidates:
James Comer a
Sam Gaskins

District history

2014

See also: Kentucky's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

The 1st Congressional District of Kentucky held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Ed Whitfield (R) defeated Charles Kendall Hatchett (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Kentucky District 1 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ed Whitfield Incumbent	73.1%	173,022
	Democratic	Charles Kendall Hatchett	26.9%	63,596
Total Votes				236,618
Source: Kentucky Secretary of State

2012

See also: Kentucky's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012

The 1st Congressional District of Kentucky held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Ed Whitfield (R) won the election in the district.

U.S. House, Kentucky District 1 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Ed Whitfield Incumbent	69.6%	199,956
	Democratic	Charles Kendall Hatchett	30.4%	87,199
Total Votes				287,155
Source: Kentucky Board of Elections "2012 General Election Official Vote Totals"

See also

• Special elections to the 114th United States Congress (2015-2016)
• Kentucky's 1st Congressional District
• Ed Whitfield

Footnotes

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Kentucky's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mitch McConnell (R)

Rand Paul (R)

Representatives

District 1

James Comer (R)

District 2

Brett Guthrie (R)

District 3

Morgan McGarvey (D)

District 4

Thomas Massie (R)

District 5

Hal Rogers (R)

District 6

Andy Barr (R)

Republican Party (7)

Democratic Party (1)