FRANKFORT, Ky. — Rep. James Comer, R-Tompkinsville, easily secured a fifth term Tuesday night.

Unofficial totals show he carried about 75% of the vote.

“Looks like we’re going to win every county … including Franklin County,” he said to a cheering crowd at the Frankfort Country Club.

Franklin is the home county of Comer’s Democratic challenger Erin Marshall, a single mom who says Kentucky’s abortion ban inspired her to run.

Comer is chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill and spent more than a year leading an investigation into President Joe Biden and his family.

The investigation ended without a vote to impeach Biden.

“The people of Kentucky, they came out in full force today, and I think they appreciate a fighter,” Comer said after the race was called. “I think they appreciate somebody that's trying to get the backs of the taxpayers, and I think that's what tonight's election’s all about.”

While control of the House remained uncertain Tuesday night, Comer said he wants to focus on government waste and mismanagement, under a new Administration.

“I think that we cannot continue to spend $1.8 trillion dollars more a year than we take in,” said Comer.

Marshall said in a statement on social media, "I ran for Congress to give voters in my hometown a choice in this election, and I’m proud to have done just that … I, for one, do not plan to back down from this work anytime soon."