Kentucky's congressional districts
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Kentucky is currently divided into six congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. The number of congressional districts has been set at six since the 1990 redistricting cycle.
Current districts and representatives
This is a list of members of the current Kentuckian House delegation, their terms, their district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI). The delegation has a total of six members, including five Republicans and one Democrat.
In 2023, Kentucky's Supreme Court upheld Republican-drawn boundaries for the state's congressional districts, finding that while the map represented a partisan gerrymander by the Republican-controlled legislature, the state's constitution does not "explicitly forbid"’ the advancement of partisan interests through redistricting.[1]
Current U.S. representatives from Kentucky | |||||
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District | Member (Residence)[2] | Party | Incumbent since | CPVI (2022)[3] | District map |
1st | ![]() James Comer (Tompkinsville) | Republican | November 8, 2016 | R+24 | ![]() |
2nd | ![]() Brett Guthrie (Bowling Green) | Republican | January 3, 2009 | R+21 | ![]() |
3rd | ![]() Morgan McGarvey (Louisville) | Democratic | January 3, 2023 | D+9 | ![]() |
4th | ![]() Thomas Massie (Garrison) | Republican | November 13, 2012 | R+19 | ![]() |
5th | Hal Rogers (Somerset) | Republican | January 3, 1981 | R+32 | ![]() |
6th | ![]() Andy Barr (Lexington) | Republican | January 3, 2013 | R+9 | ![]() |
Historical and present district boundaries
Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Kentucky, presented chronologically.[4] All redistricting events that took place in Kentucky between 1973 and 2013 are shown.
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Year | Statewide map | Louisville highlight |
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1973–1982 | ![]() | ![]() |
1983–1992 | ![]() | ![]() |
1993–1996 | ![]() | ![]() |
1997–2002 | ![]() | ![]() |
2003–2013 | ![]() | ![]() |
2013–2023 | ![]() | ![]() |
Obsolete districts
The following are former districts of Kentucky:
- 7th district, obsolete since the 1990 census
- 8th district, obsolete since the 1960 census
- 9th district, obsolete since the 1950 census
- 10th district, obsolete since the 1930 census
- 11th district, obsolete since the 1930 census
- 12th district, obsolete since the 1840 census
- 13th district, obsolete since the 1840 census
- At-large district, obsolete since 1935
See also
References
- ^ https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-kentucky-supreme-court-a530ff28e3b9074bbd0de59e6a743de4
- ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved January 6, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ^ "Digital Boundary Definitions of United States Congressional Districts, 1789–2012". Retrieved October 18, 2014.
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- The 7th–13th and at-large districts are obsolete
- See also
- Kentucky's past and present representatives, senators, and delegations