U.S. Senate · Idaho

Sen. James E. Risch

Republican Serving since Jan. 6, 2009Term ends Jan. 3, 2027
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Votes with own party 100% About as expected Highest of all 53 Senate Republicans Votes with the President 100% About as expected 100% on legislation only Bipartisan bills led 29 More than 32% of Senate members Liberal-to-conservative rank 76thpercentile in all of Congress · 53rd percentile among Republicans

Where they sit

Seated by voting record in the Senate. Percentiles run from 0 (most liberal) to 100 (most conservative).

How this is measured →
Risch
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Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans

James E. Risch's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right). Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How this is measured

All of Congress76thpercentile
More conservative than 75% of all members of Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
129th most conservative of 531
Republicans in Congress53rdpercentile
More conservative than 52% of Republicans in Congress.
Most liberalMost conservative
129th most conservative of 272
The Senate73rdpercentile
More conservative than 72% of Senate members.
Most liberalMost conservative
28th most conservative of 100

This score measures who votes with whom. A member who votes no because a bill goes too far, or not far enough, can look more moderate than their views.

With their party and with the President

How this is measured →
Votes with own party
100%
Q1 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 100%

Highest of all 53 Senate Republicans.

Actual100%
Expected100%
DifferenceAbout the same

Expected is the typical score for senators of the same party whose states voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 65%100%

Each line is one Senate member, grouped by party. The dot is James E. Risch. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this state voted for president in 2024.

On 816 votes that split the partiesReal votes only: 100%See the 816 votes
How this is measured
Votes with the President
100%all votes
Q1 2025: 100% → Q3 2026: 100%

Highest of all 53 Senate Republicans.

Actual100%
Expected100%
DifferenceAbout the same

Expected is the typical score for senators of the same party whose states voted like this one for president in 2024.

Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each line is one Senate member, grouped by party. The dot is James E. Risch. The dark line is what we'd expect given how this state voted for president in 2024.

Based on 301 votes100% on legislation onlySee the 301 votes
How this is measured

Where they broke ranks

No breaks with their party or the President this Congress.

Every vote

Every roll call in the Senate this Congress, with how James E. Risch voted, how their party voted and the President's position.

DateVoteTheir voteMost of their partyPresident wantedResult
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A dash means the parties didn't split on that vote, or the President took no public position before it. “Party-line” and “President took a position” list exactly the votes each score counts: the ones cast Yes or No. Missed votes don't count either way and are under “Missed”.

Votes most like

James E. Risch and Mike Crapo voted the same way on 100% of votes.

Idaho

Idaho's delegation →

How Idaho voted for president in 2024

Harris 30.4%Trump 66.9%

Contact

Phone
202-224-2752
Office
483 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Contact form
www.risch.senate.gov

Issue by issue

How often James E. Risch votes with their party, and with the President, on each kind of issue. Issues are the policy areas Congress assigns to each bill. "With their party" counts only votes where most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides; "With the President" counts only votes where he took a public position first.

James E. Risch votes with their party about equally often on every issue.

James E. RischAverage for Senate Republicans
  1. Nominations 100%Average 100% · 429 votes
  2. Economics and Public Finance 100%Average 96% · 184 votes
  3. International Affairs 100%Average 97% · 31 votes
  4. Immigration 100%Average 96% · 34 votes
  5. Finance and Financial Sector 100%Average 97% · 19 votes
  6. Public Lands and Natural Resources 100%Average 99% · 15 votes
  7. Environmental Protection 100%Average 100% · 17 votes
  8. Energy 100%Average 100% · 12 votes
  9. Government Operations and Politics 100%Average 99% · 13 votes
  10. Congress 100%Average 100% · 13 votes
  11. Transportation and Public Works 100%Average 100% · 12 votes
  12. Foreign Trade and International Finance 100%Average 94% · 6 votes
  13. Armed Forces and National Security 100%Average 95% · 10 votes
  14. Taxation 100%Average 99% · 7 votes

Fewer than 5 party-line votes, so not charted: Sports and Recreation (4 votes), Health (4 votes), Emergency Management (2 votes), Crime and Law Enforcement (1 vote), Science, Technology, Communications (1 vote), Education (1 vote), Families (1 vote).

Bipartisan bills led

0 passed their chamber · 0 became law

How this is measured →
How far each bill got:IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law

Votes: Voteview (UCLA). Bills: Congress.gov. President's positions: our public list. 2024 results by district: The Downballot. How this is measured · Corrections

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