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James E. Risch

U.S. Senator (Class 2), ID

Republican Idaho since Jan 3, 2021

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Issue areas

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Offices & terms

OfficePartyFromToSource
U.S. Senator (Class 2), ID current
Idaho
Republican Jan 3, 2021 Jan 3, 2027 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), ID
Idaho
Republican Jan 6, 2015 Jan 3, 2021 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
U.S. Senator (Class 2), ID
Idaho
Republican Jan 6, 2009 Jan 3, 2015 unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0

Committee assignments

Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim

DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.551, social dim. 0.382. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic

Roll-call votes (840 recorded)

VotePositionDateResultSource
Hickenlooper Amdt. No. 2719 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Rosen Amdt. No. 2717 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Blackburn Amdt. No. 2814 Yea Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Agreed to U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Sanders Amdt. No. 2435 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Kim Amdt. No. 2817 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Lee Amdt. No. 2745 Yea Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jul 1, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Hirono Amdt. No. 2382 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Amendment Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jul 1, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive All Applicable Budgetary Discipline Re: Kennedy Amdt. No. 2775 Yea Jul 1, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 302(f) of the CBA Re: Collins Amdt. No. 2812 Nay Jul 1, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jul 1, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 313(b)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act Re: Kennedy Amdt. No. 2772 Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
HR 1 — An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 313 (b)(1)(D) of the CBA Re: Amdt. No. 2401 Yea Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 302(F) of the CBA Re: Murray Amdt. No. 2771 Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 313(b)(1)(D) of the Congressional Budget Act Re: Merkley Amdt. No. 2446 Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 313(b)(1)(D) of the CBA Re: Cornyn Amdt. No. 2705 Yea Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD
Motion to Waive Section 302(F) of the CBA Re: Amdt. No. 2414 Nay Jun 30, 2025 Motion Rejected U.S. Senate LIS roll-call votes US-GOV-PD

Campaign funding

610 recorded contributions totalling $603,507. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 345 of 610 classified so far.

Funding typeContributionsTotalShare
Corporate PAC 30 $161,607 27%
Big donor 49 $152,171 25%
Small-dollar 266 $7,809 1%
Unclassified 265 $281,920 47%

Largest contributions

AmountDonorTo committeeTypeDateSource
$10,000 ALPHA SERVICES LLC JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Jan 26, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,779 BANK OF IDAHO JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Apr 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,071 BANK OF IDAHO JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Aug 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$6,045 BANK OF IDAHO JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Jul 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,826 BANK OF IDAHO JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Jun 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,649 BANK OF IDAHO JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Nov 30, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,628 BANK OF IDAHO JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC May 9, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,609 BANK OF IDAHO JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC May 31, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 UBS AMERICAS INC. PAC (UBS PAC) JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Oct 1, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 UBS AMERICAS INC. PAC (UBS PAC) JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Oct 1, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 DEFEND OUR CONSERVATIVE SENATE PAC (DOC'S PAC) JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Dec 23, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 DIRIGO PAC JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Dec 23, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 DEFEND OUR CONSERVATIVE SENATE PAC (DOC'S PAC) JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Dec 23, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 DIRIGO PAC JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Dec 23, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
$5,000 COMMON VALUES PAC JIM RISCH FOR U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE Corporate PAC Dec 27, 2024 FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)

Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.

Sponsored legislation (3 as lead sponsor)

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