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U.S. Representative for Idaho’s 2nd District

Michael K. Simpson

Republican 14th term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$1.4M raised · top PACs: American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Bankers Association, American Crystal Sugar Compay Breaks with Republicans most onEconomics and Public Finance: broke on 15 of 50 party-line votes (30%; most Republicans: 7%)
95LoyaltyMed 98
98AttendMed 98
16BipartMed 12
22BreaksMed 8
In office
House 1999–now
27 years in CongressMore senior than 93% of the House
Committees
  • Appropriations 4th majority
Age
76

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date745012667422
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—811061,235163

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Transportation and Public Works 11% 20%
Economics and Public Finance no statements 40%
Law no statements 40%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Armed Forces and National Security and Transportation and Public Works; bills go to Economics and Public Finance and Law; the two overlap on Transportation and Public Works.

  • He talks most about: Rural Health Care (Health), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics), Water Infrastructure (Transportation and Public Works), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration).
  • 5 bills sponsored, most on Economics and Public Finance.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairInterior, Environment, and Related Agencies SubcommitteeAppropriations
MemberAppropriations Committee4th majority

Chair of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, more senior than 93% of the House, in the majority.

  • 27 years in Congress: more senior than 93% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

15% · peer median 13%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Simpson.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

15% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 13%); closest in his party: Calvert and Cole.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 5 · expected 17.5
Action in committee 2 · expected 6
Beyond committee 2 · expected 4.5
Passed House 0 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 368 of 433 in the House

0.21expected 1.16 · average member 1.00

0 of 5 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.21 against a peer median of 1.16.

  • On the move: H.R. 9171 (out of committee), H.R. 4754 (out of committee).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.30
Economics and Public Finance15 of 50

With his party on the other 11 areas with 10 or more party-line votes.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 10 of the 10 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 95% of party-line votes, breaks 22 times (peer median 11), most on Economics and Public Finance.

  • Position: +0.30, outside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 15 of 50, Environmental Protection 1 of 26, Armed Forces & National Security 1 of 38.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Simpson$1.4M raised44%56%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

44% of what he raised came from individuals; under 1% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$1.4M raised, 56% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 28.9 points.

67 PACs of the 155 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Budget/Appropriations, Taxation and Trade.

  1. American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons48% D
  2. American Bankers Association38% D
  3. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

101 bills

Simpson voted Yea on 60, Nay on 5, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 35 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.