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James Comer
U.S. Representative

James Comer

RHouseKentucky · District 01

U.S. Representative (R) for Kentucky, 54 years old.

Tenure
Representative since 2016
Born
Carthage, Smith County, Tenn., 1972
Prior career
  • businessman
  • farmer
Education
  • B.S. Western Kentucky University (1993)
Full biography

COMER, James, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Carthage, Smith County, Tenn., August 19, 1972; graduated from Monroe County High School, Tompkinsville, Ky., 1990; B.S., Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Ky., 1993; businessman; farmer; chairman, Monroe County, Ky., Republican party, 1993-1995; Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1996; member of the Kentucky state house of representatives, 2001-2012; Kentucky state commissioner of agriculture, 2012-2015; elected simultaneously as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congresses, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Ed Whitfield, and reelected to the four succeeding Congresses (November 8, 2016-present); chair, Committee on Oversight and Accountability (One Hundred Eighteenth Congress); chair, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (One Hundred Nineteenth Congress).

Source: U.S. Congress Bioguide / public-record corporate filings.

Year-to-date performance
No priced trades disclosed this year yet.
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Profitable trades
No activity in window
House rank
#61/85
41
Total trades
$0
Volume YTD
167d
Avg hold
9
Conflicts

Track record by window

1 year
Gross flow$80K
Trades10
Bought / Sold0·10
Open book0%
5 years
+$55.9K
+24.1%
Gross flow$328K
Trades41
Bought / Sold29·12
Open book71%
Public-record gap+23.8%

Disclosed trades · 41

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Filed Aug 11, 2025·traded Jul 3, 2025
sold(ANET)(ANET)$1K-$15K
39 days to disclose
Flat·+0.0%
+44.1% vs S&P 500
Filed Aug 11, 2025·traded Jul 3, 2025
soldAT&T Inc. (T)(T)$1K-$15K
39 days to disclose
Flat·+0.0%
+7.0% vs S&P 500
Filed Aug 11, 2025·traded Jul 3, 2025
sold(AVGO)(AVGO)$1K-$15K
39 days to disclose
Flat·+0.0%
+44.1% vs S&P 500
Filed Aug 11, 2025·traded Jul 3, 2025
sold
C
Common Stock (CHDN)(CHDN)$1K-$15K
39 days to disclose
Flat·+0.0%
+20.0% vs S&P 500
Filed Aug 11, 2025·traded Jul 3, 2025
soldDover Corporation Common Stock (DOV)(DOV)$1K-$15K
39 days to disclose
Flat·+0.0%
+16.7% vs S&P 500
Industrials · Workforce Protections
Filed Aug 11, 2025·traded Jul 3, 2025
soldHome Depot, Inc. (HD)(HD)$1K-$15K
39 days to disclose
Flat·+0.0%
+8.0% vs S&P 500
Consumer Cyclical · Workforce Protections
Filed Aug 11, 2025·traded Jul 3, 2025
sold
M
Stock (MRVL)(MRVL)$1K-$15K
39 days to disclose
Flat·+0.0%
+44.1% vs S&P 500
Filed Aug 11, 2025·traded Jul 3, 2025
soldStock (PYPL)(PYPL)$1K-$15K
39 days to disclose
Flat·+0.0%
2.5% vs S&P 500
Financial Services · Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
Filed Aug 11, 2025·traded Jul 3, 2025
sold
V
(VRSN)(VRSN)$1K-$15K
39 days to disclose
Flat·+0.0%
+44.1% vs S&P 500
Filed Aug 11, 2025·traded Jul 3, 2025
soldSalesforce, Inc. Common Stock (CRM)(CRM)$1K-$15K
39 days to disclose
Flat·+0.0%
+44.1% vs S&P 500
Filed Feb 11, 2025·traded Feb 4, 2025
soldCommon Stock (TTD)(TTD)$1K-$15K
7 days to disclose
Flat·+0.0%
+60.3% vs S&P 500
Filed Feb 11, 2025·traded Jan 21, 2025
bought
M
Stock (MRVL)(MRVL)$1K-$15K
21 days to disclose
Good buy·+$10.8K+134.8%
+78.0% vs S&P 500
Filed Feb 11, 2025·traded Jan 21, 2025
boughtCommon Stock (PLTR)(PLTR)$1K-$15K
21 days to disclose
Good buy·+$8.7K+108.3%
+61.6% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtNetflix, Inc. - Common Stock (NFLX)(NFLX)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Bad buy·$482-6.0%
24.8% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
bought(NVDA)(NVDA)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$4.9K+61.1%
+1.5% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
bought(AMZN)(AMZN)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$1.3K+16.5%
43.1% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtStock (PYPL)(PYPL)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Bad buy·$3.7K-46.3%
53.9% vs S&P 500
Financial Services · Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtSalesforce, Inc. Common Stock (CRM)(CRM)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Bad buy·$3.2K-40.0%
99.6% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
bought
S
Stock (SOFI)(SOFI)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$2.8K+34.4%
+26.8% vs S&P 500
Financial Services · Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
bought
S
Stock (SOFI)(SOFI)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$2.8K+34.4%
+26.8% vs S&P 500
Financial Services · Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtCommon Stock (TTD)(TTD)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Bad buy·$6.5K-81.8%
141.4% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtStock (UBER)(UBER)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$1.1K+13.2%
46.4% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
bought
V
(VRSN)(VRSN)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$2.8K+34.5%
25.2% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtHome Depot, Inc. (HD)(HD)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Bad buy·$1.6K-20.4%
28.3% vs S&P 500
Consumer Cyclical · Workforce Protections
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
bought(GOOG)(GOOG)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$8.5K+106.2%
+46.6% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtCommon Stock (COST)(COST)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$819+10.2%
+3.5% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
bought
C
Common Stock (CHDN)(CHDN)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Bad buy·$2.6K-32.5%
60.9% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtPalo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW)(PANW)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$5K+62.7%
+3.1% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
bought(AMZN)(AMZN)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$1.3K+16.5%
43.1% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
bought
A
Stock (APH)(APH)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$8.1K+100.7%
+41.0% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtApple Inc. - Common Stock (AAPL)(AAPL)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$2.3K+28.2%
31.4% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
bought(ANET)(ANET)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$2.5K+31.6%
28.1% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtAT&T Inc. (T)(T)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$545+6.8%
12.0% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtBlackRock, Inc. Common Stock (BLK)(BLK)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Flat·-0.1%
7.7% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtBlackRock, Inc. Common Stock (BLK)(BLK)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Flat·-0.1%
7.7% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
bought(AVGO)(AVGO)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$8.7K+108.2%
+48.6% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtCommon Stock (COST)(COST)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$819+10.2%
+3.5% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtDover Corporation Common Stock (DOV)(DOV)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$1.8K+22.4%
10.4% vs S&P 500
Industrials · Workforce Protections
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtHome Depot, Inc. (HD)(HD)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Bad buy·$1.6K-20.4%
28.3% vs S&P 500
Consumer Cyclical · Workforce Protections
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Jan 2, 2025
boughtStock (MSFT)(MSFT)$1K-$15K
8 days to disclose
Good buy·+$434+5.4%
54.2% vs S&P 500
Filed Jan 10, 2025·traded Dec 31, 2024
soldCommon Stock (LUV)(LUV)$1K-$15K
10 days to disclose
Flat·+0.0%
+32.3% vs S&P 500

Their record vs the S&P 500

41 priced trades compared to a same-direction S&P 500 benchmark.

Politician portfolio+$55.9K
S&P 500 benchmark+$59.3K
Alpha$3.4K
Gold line = cumulative dollar P&L · Dashed = S&P 500 over same window · Bars = monthly trade volume

Oversight committees · 4

Click any committee to see what it actually does, which sectors it regulates, and why each sector tag was attached. Sources cited.

Recent legislative activity · 29 bills

9 sponsored, 20 cosponsored in the 119th Congress. Color-coded by sector — yellow chips mark bills that overlap a sector this politician has actually traded in.