James E. Risch
RRepublicanID · Senator
69
/ 100
Above Average
Attendance99
Avg: 98
Independence66
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone4
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency65
Avg: 47
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
James E. Risch
RepublicanID · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.551)
James E. Risch is a Republican Senator from ID. He has served 17 years in Congress across 3 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 33.5% of the time.
17
Years in Office
3
Terms Served
119
Current Congress
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Report Card
Performance metrics for the current Congress
33.5%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
214 votes against party
0.6%
Missed Votesⓘ
324 total votes
30
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How James Compares
vs. the average Senator
Party Loyalty-12.6% vs avg
33.5%
Avg: 46.1%
Missed Votes-1.7% vs avg
0.6%
Avg: 2.3%
Bills Sponsored+0.3 vs avg
30
Avg: 29.7
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2026-04-29
$3,729,780
Cash on Handⓘ
$2,864,280
Total Receiptsⓘ
$1,554,865
Disbursementsⓘ
$1,863,666
Individual Donors
$746,129
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ
Service History
2009–PresentSenate · ID · RepublicanCurrent
State Demographics
ID · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.
1,893,296
Population
$74,568
Median Income
37.0
Median Age
31.3%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 83.3%Black 0.7%Hispanic 13.4%Asian 1.3%