Kentucky's congressional districts explained

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
DistrictMember
[2]
Partydata-sort-type="date" Incumbent sincedata-sort-type="number" CPVI
[3]
District map
data-sort-value="Comer, James"
James Comer
(Tompkinsville)
November 8, 2016
data-sort-value="Guthrie, Brett"
Brett Guthrie
January 3, 2009
data-sort-value="McGarvey, Morgan"
Morgan McGarvey
January 3, 2023
data-sort-value="Massie, Thomas"
Thomas Massie
November 13, 2012
data-sort-value="Rogers, Hal"
Hal Rogers
January 3, 1981
data-sort-value="Barr, Andy"
Andy Barr
January 3, 2013

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.

Obsolete districts

The following are former districts of Kentucky:

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-kentucky-supreme-court-a530ff28e3b9074bbd0de59e6a743de4
  2. Web site: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. 2022-01-06. clerk.house.gov.
  3. Web site: 2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List. 2023-01-08. Cook Political Report. en.
  4. Web site: Digital Boundary Definitions of United States Congressional Districts, 1789–2012.. October 18, 2014.