James Comer, right, the Republican nominee for the 1st District U.S Congressional seat, chatted with Commonwealth Attorney Jesse Stockton Monday afternoon during a brief campaign stop at the Clinton County Courthouse. Comer is facing Democrat nominee Sam Gaskins in the November 8 General Election.

At Monday’s stop in Albany, Comer told a crowd of about 30 people that he was spending the final days before the election covering the 35 county wide 1st District that spans from Fulton County in the far reaches of western Kentucky, to Clinton County on the district’s eastern limits.

“You’ve got to have energy if you are going to cover 35 counties and that’s what I’m trying to do here today, to show the voters that I’ve got the work ethic and the energy to cover the district,” Comer told the Clinton County News before addressing the crowd at the courthouse. “I’ve got the energy to cover the district and then go to Washington to do the job.”

Comer is seeking to win the seat in Congress that was vacated when former long-time U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield didn’t seek re-election after serving 26 years in Congress, and then later tendered his resignation to his seat. That action by Whitfield also means that both Comer and Gaskins will be appearing on the November 8 ballot twice, in a special election race to fill the unexpired term through the end of 2016 created by the Whitfield resignation, and a second time for the next two-year term in Congress.