Kentucky's 1st congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Kentucky
district number = 1


representative = Ed Whitfield
party = Republican
english area =
metric area =
percent urban =
percent rural =
population = 673,729
population year = 2000
median income = 30,360
percent white = 90.4
percent black = 7.3
percent asian = 0.4
percent native american = 0.1
percent hispanic = 1.5
percent other race = 0.1
percent blue collar =
percent white collar =
percent gray collar =
cpvi = R+10

United States House of Representatives, Kentucky District 1 is a district of the United States Congress in Western Kentucky. The district is presently represented by Republican Ed Whitfield.

Whitfield defended the seat in November 2006, against his Democratic predeccessor Tom Barlow of Paducah [http://www.kydemocrat.com/ht/d/Candidates/pid/734105] This was the third time Whitfield defeated Barlow (1994 when he first took the seat from Barlow, 1998, and 2006).

1st District counties

Kentucky counties within the 1st congressional district:
Adair |
Allen |
Ballard |
Butler |
Caldwell |
Calloway |
Carlisle |
Casey |
Christian |
Clinton |
Crittenden |
Cumberland |
Fulton |
Graves |
Henderson |
Hickman |
Hopkins |
Livingston |
Logan |
Lyon |
Marshall |
McCracken |
McLean |
Metcalfe |
Monroe |
Muhlenberg |
Russell |
Simpson |
Todd |
Trigg |
Union |
Webster