United States congressional delegations from Kentucky

Since Kentucky became a U.S. state in 1792, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms.

These are tables of congressional delegations from Kentucky to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

Current delegation

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Current U.S. senators from Kentucky
Kentucky

CPVI (2022):[1]
R+16
Class II senator Class III senator
 
Mitch McConnell
(Senior senator)
(Louisville)
 
Rand Paul
(Junior senator)
(Bowling Green)
Party Republican Republican
Incumbent since January 3, 1985 January 3, 2011

Kentucky's current congressional delegation in the 118th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Republicans, and its six representatives: five Republicans and one Democrat.

The current dean of the Kentucky delegation is Representative and Dean of the House Hal Rogers of the 5th district, having served in the House since 1981.

Current U.S. representatives from Kentucky
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  

United States Senate

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U.S. House of Representatives

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1792–1803: 2 seats

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Following statehood on June 1, 1792, Kentucky had two seats in the House.

Congress 1st district 2nd district
2nd (1792–1793) Christopher Greenup (AA) Alexander D. Orr (AA)
3rd (1793–1795)
4th (1795–1797) Christopher Greenup (DR) Alexander D. Orr (DR)
5th (1797–1799) Thomas Terry Davis (DR) John Fowler (DR)
6th (1799–1801)
7th (1801–1803)

1803–1813: 6 seats

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Following the 1800 census, Kentucky was apportioned 6 seats.

Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district
8th (1803–1805) Matthew Lyon (DR) John Boyle (DR) Matthew Walton (DR) Thomas
Sandford
(DR)
John Fowler (DR) George M.
Bedinger
(DR)
9th (1805–1807)
10th (1807–1809) John Rowan (DR) Richard Mentor
Johnson
(DR)
Benjamin
Howard
(DR)
Joseph Desha (DR)
11th (1809–1811) Samuel
McKee
(DR)
Henry Crist (DR)
William T. Barry (DR)
12th (1811–1813) Anthony New (DR) Stephen Ormsby (DR) Henry Clay (DR)

1813–1823: 10 seats

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Following the 1810 census, Kentucky was apportioned 10 seats.

Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
13th (1813–1815) James
Clark
(DR)
Henry Clay (DR) Richard Mentor
Johnson
(DR)
Joseph
Desha
(DR)
William Pope
Duval
(DR)
Solomon P.
Sharp
(DR)
Samuel
McKee
(DR)
Stephen
Ormsby
(DR)
Samuel
Hopkins
(DR)
Thomas
Montgomery
(DR)
Joseph Hawkins (DR)
14th (1815–1817) Henry
Clay
(DR)
Alney
McLean
(DR)
Micah
Taul
(DR)
Benjamin
Hardin
(DR)
Thomas Fletcher (DR)
15th (1817–1819) David
Trimble
(DR)
Anthony New (DR) David
Walker
(DR)
George
Robertson
(DR)
Robert C.
Anderson Jr.
(DR)
Tunstall
Quarles
(DR)
Thomas Speed (DR)
16th (1819–1821) William
Brown
(DR)
Thomas
Metcalfe

(DR)
Alney
McLean
(DR)
Benjamin
Hardin
(DR)
Francis
Johnson
(DR)
Thomas
Montgomery

(DR)
17th (1821–1823) Samuel H.
Woodson
(DR)
John Telemachus
Johnson
(DR)
Anthony
New
(DR)
Wingfield Bullock (DR)
John S. Smith (DR) James Breckinridge (DR)

1823–1833: 12 seats

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Following the 1820 census, Kentucky was apportioned 12 seats.

Cong­ress District District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
18th
(1823–1825)
David
Trimble
(DR)[a]
Thomas
Metcalfe
(DR)[a]
Henry
Clay
(DR)[a]
Robert P.
Letcher
(DR)[a]
John Telemachus
Johnson
(DR)[b]
David
White
(DR)[a]
Thomas P.
Moore
(DR)[b]
Richard A.
Buckner
(DR)[a]
Charles A.
Wickliffe
(DR)[b]
Francis
Johnson
(DR)[a]
Philip
Thompson
(DR)[a]
Robert P.
Henry
(DR)[b]
19th
(1825–1827)
David
Trimble
(NR)
Thomas
Metcalfe
(NR)
Henry Clay (NR) Robert P.
Letcher
(NR)
James Johnson (J) Joseph
Lecompte
(J)
Thomas P.
Moore
(J)
Richard A.
Buckner
(NR)
Charles A.
Wickliffe
(J)
Francis
Johnson
(NR)
William S.
Young
(NR)
Robert P. Henry (J)
James
Clark
(NR)
Robert L.
McHatton
(J)
John Flournoy
Henry
(NR)
20th
(1827–1829)
Henry
Daniel
(J)
Joel Yancey (J) Chittenden
Lyon
(J)
John Calhoon (NR)
John Chambers (NR) Thomas Chilton (J)
21st
(1829–1831)
Nicholas D.
Coleman
(J)
Richard Mentor
Johnson
(J)
John Kincaid (J) Nathan
Gaither
(J)
22nd
(1831–1833)
Thomas A.
Marshall
(NR)
Chilton
Allan
(NR)
John Adair (J) Christopher
Tompkins
(NR)
Albert Gallatin
Hawes
(J)

1833–1843: 13 seats

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Following the 1830 census, Kentucky was apportioned 13 seats.

Cong­ress District District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th
23rd
(1833–1835)
Chittenden
Lyon
(J)
Albert Gallatin
Hawes
(J)
Christopher
Tompkins
(NR)
Martin
Beaty
(NR)
vacant Thomas
Chilton
(NR)
Benjamin
Hardin
(NR)
Patrick H.
Pope
(J)
James
Love
(NR)
Chilton
Allan
(NR)
Amos
Davis
(NR)
Thomas A.
Marshall
(NR)
Richard Mentor
Johnson
(J)
Robert P. Letcher (NR)
24th
(1835–1837)
Linn
Boyd
(J)
Joseph R.
Underwood
(NR)
Sherrod
Williams
(NR)
James
Harlan
(NR)
John
Calhoon
(NR)
William J.
Graves
(NR)
John
White
(NR)
Richard
French
(J)
John
Chambers
(NR)
25th
(1837–1839)
John L.
Murray
(D)
Edward
Rumsey
(W)
Joseph R.
Underwood
(W)
Sherrod
Williams
(W)
James
Harlan
(W)
John
Calhoon
(W)
John
Pope
(W)
William J.
Graves
(W)
John
White
(W)
Richard
Hawes
(W)
Richard
Menefee
(W)
John
Chambers
(W)
William Wright
Southgate
(W)
26th
(1839–1841)
Linn
Boyd
(D)
Philip
Triplett
(W)
Simeon Anderson (W) Willis
Green
(W)
Landaff
Andrews
(W)
Garrett
Davis
(W)
William O.
Butler
(D)
John Burton
Thompson
(W)
27th
(1841–1843)
Bryan
Owsley
(W)
James
Sprigg
(W)
Thomas Francis
Marshall
(W)

1843–1863: 10 seats

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Following the 1840 census, Kentucky was apportioned 10 seats.

Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
28th
(1843–1845)
Linn
Boyd
(D)
Willis
Green
(W)
Henry
Grider
(W)
George
Caldwell
(D)
James W.
Stone
(D)
John
White
(W)
William
Thomasson
(W)
Garrett
Davis
(W)
Richard
French
(D)
John W.
Tibbatts
(D)
29th
(1845–1847)
John H.
McHenry
(W)
Joshua Fry
Bell
(W)
Bryan
Young
(W)
John Preston
Martin
(D)
Andrew
Trumbo
(W)
30th
(1847–1849)
Beverly L.
Clarke
(D)
Samuel
Peyton
(D)
Aylette
Buckner
(W)
John Burton
Thompson
(W)
Green
Adams
(W)
Garnett
Duncan
(W)
Charles S.
Morehead
(W)
Richard
French
(D)
John P.
Gaines
(W)
31st
(1849–1851)
James Leeper
Johnson
(W)
Finis
McLean
(W)
George
Caldwell
(D)
Daniel
Breck
(W)
Humphrey
Marshall
(W)
John Calvin
Mason
(D)
Richard H.
Stanton
(D)
32nd
(1851–1853)
Benjamin E.
Grey
(W)
Presley
Ewing
(W)
William Thomas
Ward
(W)
James W.
Stone
(D)
Addison
White
(W)
John C.
Breckinridge
(D)
William
Preston
(W)
33rd
(1853–1855)
James
Chrisman
(D)
Clement S.
Hill
(W)
John Milton
Elliott
(D)
Leander
Cox
(W)
Francis
Bristow
(W)
34th
(1855–1857)
Henry
Cornelius
Burnett
(D)
John P.
Campbell Jr.
(KN)
Warner
Underwood
(KN)
Albert G.
Talbott
(D)
Joshua
Jewett
(D)
Humphrey
Marshall
(KN)
Alexander Keith
Marshall
(KN)
Samuel F.
Swope
(KN)
35th
(1857–1859)
Samuel
Peyton
(D)
James Brown
Clay
(D)
John Calvin
Mason
(D)
John W.
Stevenson
(D)
36th
(1859–1861)
Francis
Bristow
(O)
William Clayton
Anderson
(O)
John Y.
Brown
(D)
Green
Adams
(O)
Robert
Mallory
(O)
William E.
Simms
(D)
Laban T.
Moore
(O)
37th
(1861–1863)
J. S. Jackson (U) Henry
Grider
(U)
Aaron
Harding
(U)
Charles A.
Wickliffe
(U)
George W.
Dunlap
(U)
Robert
Mallory
(U)
John J.
Crittenden
(U)
William H.
Wadsworth
(U)
John W.
Menzies
(U)
Samuel Casey (U) George Yeaman (U)

1863–1873: 9 seats

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Following the 1860 census, Kentucky was apportioned 9 seats.

Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
38th
(1863–1865)
Lucien
Anderson
(UU)
George
Yeaman
(U)
Henry
Grider
(U)
Aaron
Harding
(U)
Robert
Mallory
(U)
Green C.
Smith
(UU)
Brutus J.
Clay
(U)
William H.
Randall
(UU)
William H.
Wadsworth
(U)
39th
(1865–1867)
Lawrence S.
Trimble
(D)
Burwell C.
Ritter
(D)
Lovell
Rousseau
(UU)
George S.
Shanklin
(D)
Samuel
McKee
(UU)
Elijah
Hise
(D)
Andrew Ward (D)
40th
(1867–1869)
vacant J. Proctor
Knott
(D)
Asa
Grover
(D)
Thomas L.
Jones
(D)
James B.
Beck
(D)
George M.
Adams
(D)
vacant
Jacob
Golladay
(D)
Samuel McKee (R)
41st
(1869–1871)
William N.
Sweeney
(D)
Boyd
Winchester
(D)
John McConnell
Rice
(D)
Joseph Horace
Lewis
(D)
42nd
(1871–1873)
Edward
Crossland
(D)
Henry D.
McHenry
(D)
William B.
Read
(D)
William Evans
Arthur
(D)

1873–1883: 10 seats

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Following the 1870 census, Kentucky was apportioned 10 seats.

Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
43rd
(1873–1875)
Edward
Crossland
(D)
John Y.
Brown
(D)
Charles W.
Milliken
(D)
William B.
Read
(D)
Elisha Standiford (D) William Evans
Arthur
(D)
James B.
Beck
(D)
Milton J.
Durham
(D)
George M.
Adams
(D)
John Duncan
Young
(D)
44th
(1875–1877)
Andrew
Boone
(D)
J. Proctor
Knott
(D)
Edward Parsons (D) Thomas L.
Jones
(D)
J. C. S.
Blackburn

(D)
John D.
White
(R)
John Blades
Clarke
(D)
Henry Watterson (D)
45th
(1877–1879)
James A.
McKenzie
(D)
John W.
Caldwell
(D)
Albert S. Willis (D) John G.
Carlisle
(D)
Thomas
Turner
(D)
46th
(1879–1881)
Oscar
Turner
(ID)
Philip B.
Thompson
Jr.
(D)
Elijah
Phister
(D)
47th
(1881–1883)
John D.
White
(R)

1883–1933: 11 seats

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Following the 1880 census, Kentucky was apportioned 11 seats.

Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th
48th
(1883–1885)
Oscar Turner (ID) James F.
Clay
(D)
John E.
Halsell
(D)
Thomas A.
Robertson
(D)
Albert S.
Willis
(D)
John G.
Carlisle
(D)
J. C. S.
Blackburn
(D)
Philip B.
Thompson Jr.
(D)
William Wirt
Culbertson
(R)
John D.
White
(R)
Frank Lane
Wolford
(D)
49th
(1885–1887)
William Johnson
Stone
(D)
Polk
Laffoon
(D)
William
Breckinridge
(D)
James B.
McCreary
(D)
William H.
Wadsworth
(R)
William P.
Taulbee
(D)
50th
(1887–1889)
W. Godfrey
Hunter
(R)
Alexander B.
Montgomery

(D)
Asher G.
Caruth
(D)
George M.
Thomas
(R)
Hugh F.
Finley
(R)
51st
(1889–1891)
William T.
Ellis
(D)
Isaac
Goodnight
(D)
Thomas H.
Paynter
(D)
John H.
Wilson
(R)
William W.
Dickerson
(D)
52nd
(1891–1893)
John W. Kendall (D) John H.
Wilson
(R)
Joseph M. Kendall (D)
53rd
(1893–1895)
Albert S.
Berry
(D)
Marcus C. Lisle (D) Silas
Adams
(R)
William M. Beckner (D)
54th
(1895–1897)
John K.
Hendrick
(D)
John D.
Clardy
(D)
W. Godfrey
Hunter
(R)
John W.
Lewis
(R)
Walter
Evans
(R)
William C.
Owens Jr.
(D)
Samuel J.
Pugh
(R)
Joseph M. Kendall (D) David G.
Colson
(R)
Nathan T. Hopkins (R)
55th
(1897–1899)
Charles K.
Wheeler
(D)
John S.
Rhea
(D)
David
Highbaugh
Smith
(D)
Evan E.
Settle
(D)
George M.
Davison
(R)
Thomas Y.
Fitzpatrick
(D)
56th
(1899–1901)
Henry D.
Allen
(D)
Oscar
Turner
(D)
George G.
Gilbert
(D)
Vincent
Boreing
(R)
June W. Gayle (D)
57th
(1901–1903)
Harvey Samuel
Irwin
(R)
Daniel Linn
Gooch
(D)
South
Trimble
(D)
James N.
Kehoe
(D)
James Bamford
White
(D)
J. McKenzie Moss (R)
58th
(1903–1905)
Ollie Murray
James
(D)
Augustus Owsley
Stanley
(D)
John S.
Rhea
(D)
J. Swagar
Sherley
(D)
Francis A.
Hopkins
(D)
W. Godfrey Hunter (R)
59th
(1905–1907)
James M.
Richardson
(D)
Joseph L.
Rhinock
(D)
Joseph B.
Bennett
(R)
Don C.
Edwards
(R)
60th
(1907–1909)
Addison
James
(R)
Ben
Johnson
(D)
William P.
Kimball
(D)
Harvey
Helm
(D)
John W.
Langley
(R)
61st
(1909–1911)
Robert Y.
Thomas Jr.
(D)
J. Campbell
Cantrill
(D)
62nd
(1911–1913)
Arthur B.
Rouse
(D)
William J.
Fields
(D)
Caleb
Powers
(R)
63rd
(1913–1915)
Alben W.
Barkley
(D)
64th
(1915–1917)
David Hayes
Kincheloe
(D)
65th
(1917–1919)
66th
(1919–1921)
Charles F.
Ogden
(R)
John M.
Robsion
(R)
King Swope (R)
67th
(1921–1923)
Ralph
Gilbert
(D)
68th
(1923–1925)
Maurice
Thatcher
(R)
Joseph W. Morris (D) Fred M.
Vinson
(D)
69th
(1925–1927)
Virgil
Chapman
(D)
John William
Moore
(D)
Andrew J. Kirk (R)
70th
(1927–1929)
W. Voris
Gregory
(D)
Henry D.
Moorman
(D)
Orie S.
Ware
(D)
Katherine G.
Langley
(R)
71st
(1929–1931)
Charles W. Roark (R) John D.
Craddock
(R)
J. Lincoln
Newhall
(R)
Robert E. Lee
Blackburn
(R)
Lewis L.
Walker
(R)
Elva R.
Kendall
(R)
John Lloyd
Dorsey Jr.
(D)
John William
Moore
(D)
Charles Finley (R)
72nd
(1931–1933)
Glover H.
Cary
(D)
Cap R.
Carden
(D)
Brent
Spence
(D)
Virgil
Chapman
(D)
Ralph
Gilbert
(D)
Fred M.
Vinson
(D)
Andrew J.
May
(D)

1933–1953: 9 seats

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Following the 1930 census, Kentucky was apportioned 9 seats, all of which were elected at-large statewide for the 73rd Congress, after which it redistricted into 9 districts.

Congress At-large seats elected statewide on general ticket
73rd (1933–1935) W. Voris
Gregory
(D)
Glover H.
Cary
(D)
Finley
Hamilton
(D)
Cap R. Carden (D) Brent
Spence
(D)
Virgil
Chapman
(D)
Andrew J.
May
(D)
Fred M.
Vinson
(D)
John Y.
Brown Sr.
(D)
Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th
74th (1935–1937) W. Voris
Gregory
(D)
Glover H.
Cary
(D)
Emmet
O'Neal
(D)
Cap R. Carden (D) Brent
Spence
(D)
Virgil
Chapman
(D)
Andrew J.
May
(D)
Fred M.
Vinson
(D)
John M.
Robsion
(R)
vacant Edward W. Creal (D)
75th (1937–1939) Noble J.
Gregory
(D)
Beverly M.
Vincent
(D)
Joe B.
Bates
(D)
76th (1939–1941)
77th (1941–1943)
78th (1943–1945)
Chester O. Carrier (R)
79th (1945–1947) Earle Clements (D) Frank Chelf (D)
80th (1947–1949) Thurston Ballard
Morton
(R)
Wendell H.
Meade
(R)
John A.
Whitaker
(D)
William Lewis (R)
81st (1949–1951) Thomas R.
Underwood
(D)
Carl D.
Perkins
(D)
James S.
Golden
(R)
82nd (1951–1953) John C. Watts (D)
Garrett Withers (D)

1953–1963: 8 seats

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Following the 1950 census, Kentucky was apportioned 8 seats.

Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
83rd (1953–1955) Noble J.
Gregory
(D)
Garrett Withers (D) John M.
Robsion Jr.
(R)
Frank
Chelf
(D)
Brent
Spence
(D)
John C.
Watts
(D)
Carl D.
Perkins
(D)
James S.
Golden
(R)
William Natcher (D)
84th (1955–1957) Eugene
Siler
(R)
85th (1957–1959)
86th (1959–1961) Frank
Stubblefield
(D)
Frank W.
Burke
(D)
87th (1961–1963)

1963–1993: 7 seats

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Following the 1960 census, Kentucky was apportioned 7 seats.

Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
88th (1963–1965) Frank
Stubblefield
(D)
William
Natcher
(D)
Gene Snyder (R) Frank Chelf (D) Eugene Siler (R) John C. Watts (D) Carl D.
Perkins
(D)
89th (1965–1967) Charlie Farnsley (D) Tim Lee Carter (R)
90th (1967–1969) William Cowger (R) Gene Snyder (R)
91st (1969–1971)
92nd (1971–1973) Romano
Mazzoli
(D)
William Curlin (D)
93rd (1973–1975) John B.
Breckinridge
(D)
94th (1975–1977) Carroll
Hubbard
(D)
95th (1977–1979)
96th (1979–1981) Larry J.
Hopkins
(R)
97th (1981–1983) Hal Rogers (R)
98th (1983–1985)
Chris Perkins (D)
99th (1985–1987)
100th (1987–1989) Jim Bunning (R)
101st (1989–1991)
102nd (1991–1993)

1993–present: 6 seats

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Following the 1990 census, Kentucky was apportioned 6 seats.

Congress 1st district 2nd district 3rd district 4th district 5th district 6th district
103rd (1993–1995) Tom Barlow (D) William Natcher (D) Romano Mazzoli (D) Jim Bunning (R) Hal Rogers (R) Scotty Baesler (D)
Ron Lewis (R)
104th (1995–1997) Ed Whitfield (R) Mike Ward (D)
105th (1997–1999) Anne Northup (R)
106th (1999–2001) Ken Lucas (D) Ernie Fletcher (R)
107th (2001–2003)
108th (2003–2005)
Ben Chandler (D)
109th (2005–2007) Geoff Davis (R)
110th (2007–2009) John Yarmuth (D)
111th (2009–2011) Brett Guthrie (R)
112th (2011–2013)
Thomas Massie (R)
113th (2013–2015) Andy Barr (R)
114th (2015–2017)
James Comer (R)
115th (2017–2019)
116th (2019–2021)
117th (2021–2023)
118th (2023–2025) Morgan McGarvey (D)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Democratic (D)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Jacksonian (J)
Know Nothing (KN)
National Republican (NR)
Opposition Southern (O)
Republican (R)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Whig (W)

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
  2. ^ a b c d Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
  1. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  2. ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
  3. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-08.