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James E. Risch

U.S. Senator · Idaho · Republican · Chair, Foreign Relations

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 5, 2026 · How we measure

Money and votes

2025–26 cycle · through Sep 30, 2026Method

62 PACs of the 161 that gave

Of the 161 PACs that gave to Risch and have a lobbying organization behind them, 62 belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

39% · Senate median: 41%

106 bills

Those PACs’ organizations lobbied on 106 bills. Risch voted Yea on 12, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 93 with no recorded vote.

$282K of $1.3M

Those 62 PACs gave Risch $282K, 22% of all the PAC money he received.

Senate median: 29%

PAC money only. Individuals and transfers bring the campaign’s total to $3.9M.

A filing shows that an organization lobbied on a bill, not which side it took. The PAC gives the money; the organization behind it does the lobbying.

Top three bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied

  1. S. 213 Main Street Tax Certainty Act $54.5K10 PACs

    Cosponsor

    No recorded vote

    Jan 23, 2025

  2. S. 1404 Combating Organized Retail Crime Act $49.5K11 PACs

    Cosponsor

    No recorded vote

    Apr 10, 2025

  3. S. 557 1071 Repeal to Protect Small Business Lending Act $32.5K4 PACs

    Cosponsor

    No recorded vote

    Jun 2, 2025

Top 3 of 119 bills by gifts from PACs whose organizations lobbied, 13 broad must-pass bills among them

Who funds Risch 246 PACs

  1. Young Victory CommitteeParty committee · funds 19 other members100% to Republicans
  2. NorpacIndependent PAC · funds 26 other members71% to Republicans
  3. HoevenMember’s leadership PAC · funds 17 other members100% to Republicans

All 119 bills with each PAC’s gift and filing, the amounts and lobbying spend of the top PACs, money by cycle Pro

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Campaign totals from Risch’s own reports

FEC S8ID00092

$3.9M

raised this cycle · 29% PACs and other committees, 61% individuals (5% of the total in gifts of $200 or less), 9% transfers and other

$2.1M

cash on hand, 54% of what he raised

Gifts from the PACs’ FEC reports through Sep 30, 2026; lobbying from LDA filings through Q3 2026; votes from Voteview. Broad must-pass bills sort below narrow ones and do not set the money-bar scale.

Broad must-pass bills are left out of the figures above; 54 more PACs belong to organizations that lobbied only on those.

85 of Risch’s PACs have no federal lobbying on record or no organization Oathstar could match.

Filings lag, so recent gifts can take weeks to appear. Risch’s leadership PAC (Save America PAC) is reported separately.