Before the primary, he was endorsed by the National Rifle Association and the US Chamber of Commerce. In 2016, Comer entered the Republican primary election for the 1st congressional district of Kentucky against two other competitors. House of Representatives Elections 2016 Comer being sworn in by Speaker Paul Ryan On May 29, Comer announced he would not request a recount and conceded the nomination to Bevin.
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She also said that should Comer want a full recount, it would require a court order from the Franklin Circuit Court. After the recanvass, Grimes announced that Bevin remained 83 votes ahead of Comer. The request was filed with the Kentucky Secretary of State's office on May 20, with Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes ordering the recanvass to begin at 9:00 a.m. Comer refused to concede and said he would request a recanvass. The Associated Press, calling the race a "virtual tie", did not call it for either candidate. At the conclusion of voting in the May 19 election, Comer was 83 votes behind businessman Matt Bevin. His running mate was State Senator Christian McDaniel.
On August 2, 2014, during the annual Fancy Farm picnic, Comer announced he would seek the Republican nomination for governor of Kentucky in the 2015 election. Main article: 2015 Kentucky gubernatorial election Comer in 2014 Ĭomer founded the Kentucky Proud Farm to Campus program, and created a mobile science centers program for primary and secondary school students to learn about agricultural sciences. Comer also advocated for national hemp deregulation. Between 20, Kentucky's hemp crops grew from 33 to 1,700 acres. He also filed suit against the DEA, which resulted in the DEA allowing hemp seeds to be delivered to Kentucky farmers for the first new crops. That year Comer, became chair of the Kentucky Industrial Hemp Commission, and shortly after taking office, he called the legalization of industrialized hemp his top priority, and was "instrumental in getting the hemp industry up and running", including by founding several pilot programs in an effort to restart Kentucky's industrial hemp industry. One of Comer's first actions in office was to team up with Democratic Auditor Adam Edelen to investigate his Republican predecessor's ethics while in office. He had the highest percentage of the vote of any candidate on the ballot, and raised $606,766 to his opponent's $204,287. In the election, Comer was the only Republican to win election to a statewide executive office, and worked with a team of Democratic officials and under a Democratic governor. The incumbent, Richie Farmer, was term-limited. In 2011, Comer ran for agriculture commissioner. Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture Comer speaking to members of the Kentucky National Guard in 2013 In 2000, Comer was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives at the age of 27. Kentucky politics Kentucky House of Representatives Comer served as president of the Monroe County Chamber of Commerce from 1999 to 2000. He served as a director of the South Central Bank for 12 years. Farms, a 2,300 acres (950 ha) farm, and he also co-owns Comer Land & Cattle Co. After college, he and his family started James Comer, Jr. In college he served as president of the Kentucky Future Farmers of America. He received a BS in Agriculture from Western Kentucky University in 1993. He grew up in Monroe County, Kentucky, graduating from Monroe County High School, Tompkinsville, Kentucky, in 1990. On November 8, 2016, Comer won both a full term to the seat for the next Congress and a special election that allowed him to serve the remainder of Whitfield's term.Ĭomer is a native of Carthage, Tennessee. A year later, he won the Republican nomination for Kentucky's 1st congressional district to succeed Ed Whitfield. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for governor of Kentucky in the 2015 election.
As the chair of the Oversight Committee from 2023, Comer has declined or stopped investigations into former President Donald Trump, instead starting investigations into President Joe Biden and his family.Ĭomer served as Kentucky's agriculture commissioner from 2012 to 2016 and in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 2000 to 2012. ( / ˈ k oʊ m ər/ KOH-mər born August 19, 1972) is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky who represents the state's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
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