Representative · Idaho's 1st district

Russ Fulcher

Russ Fulcher is a Republican representative for Idaho's 1st district, in Congress since 2019. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 11, and cast 459 of 465 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2019
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
Photo: Government Publishing Office (public domain)

Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6751.6%11 of 675 · rank 239 of 43999%459 of 465 · rank 177 of 439190 became law9%19 of 212
118th CongressHouse of Representatives1,2220.7%9 of 1,222 · rank 359 of 44299%842 of 850 · rank 96 of 442150 became law11%21 of 183
117th CongressHouse of Representatives9974.8%48 of 997 · rank 41 of 44399%531 of 537 · rank 149 of 44370 became law10%16 of 161

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.64+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 201–224· Against party
  2. Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
  3. Jun 11, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 198–218· Against party
  4. May 13, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 218–203· Against party
  5. Apr 29, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 235–191· Against party
  6. Jul 17, 2025· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 308–122· Against party
  7. Dec 19, 2024· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 174–235· Against party
  8. Jun 12, 2024· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 201–217· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14· Against party
  2. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79
  12. Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

41 sponsored · 0 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced3176%
  2. Reported by committee512%
  3. Passed one chamber512%

Policy areas

  1. Public Lands and Natural Resources6
  2. Energy5
  3. Science, Technology, Communications5
  4. Commerce3
  5. Environmental Protection3
  6. Agriculture and Food2
  7. Congress2
  8. Crime and Law Enforcement2

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 331 To amend the Aquifer Recharge Flexibility Act to clarify a provision relating to conveyances for aquifer recharge purposes.
    Passed one chamber· Water Resources Development· Sep 30, 2026
  2. H.R. 10313 To facilitate the conveyance of certain land in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, platted under section 2387 of the Revised Statutes, and for other purposes.
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 8, 2026
  3. H.R. 10263 Halt Abusive Internet Lawsuits Act of 2026
    Introduced· Law· Sep 3, 2026
  4. H.R. 5576 Enhancing Geothermal Production on Federal Lands Act
    Reported by committee· Environmental Protection· Aug 27, 2026
  5. H.R. 1687 CLEAN Act
    Passed one chamber· Energy· Jul 15, 2026
  6. H.R. 9145 PARKS Act
    Introduced· Families· Jun 30, 2026
  7. H.R. 8007 SILVER Act
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Mar 19, 2026
  8. H.R. 7031 Making National Parks Safer Act
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Mar 18, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Idaho's 1st district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$511.9M
Per resident
$518
Rank in Idaho
2 of 2
Contract actions
10.1K
New awards: 8,376

By fiscal year

  1. 400.7MFY2017
  2. 168.4MFY2018
  3. 389.7MFY2019
  4. 736.9MFY2020
  5. 697.2MFY2021
  6. 278.9MFY2022
  7. 353MFY2023
  8. 588.5MFY2024
  9. 623.1MFY2025
  10. 511.9MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Forest Service$270.7M53%
    Department of Agriculture
  2. Department of the Interior
  3. General Services Administration
  4. Department of Defense
  5. Department of Transportation
  6. Department of Defense
  7. Department of Labor
  8. Department of the Interior

Top recipients

  1. 17 awards
  2. 1 award
  3. 7 awards
  4. AERO AIR, LLC$22.7M4.4%
    11 awards
  5. 1 award
  6. 12 awards
  7. 15 awards
  8. 5 awards
  9. 2 awards
  10. 2 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$662.6K
through Jun 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$244.7K
From committees
$350.1K
109 committees
From contractor PACs
$71K
24 PACs · 20% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
motorola solutions, inc.motorola solutions, inc. political action committee$7,500MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$165.2M
bnsf railway companybnsf railway company railpac (bnsf railpac)$6,500BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$439.8K
american bankers association (aba)american bankers association pac (bankpac)$5,000AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100% · the same organization—
j. r. simplot companyj. r. simplot company political action committee$5,000J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization—
hf sinclair corporationhf sinclair corporation political action committee (dino pac)$5,000HF SINCLAIR REFINING & MARKETING LLCAI match · 92% · of one corporate family$104.6M
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac$5,000SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization$6.6M
perimeter solutions inc.perimeter solutions inc. political action committee$4,500PERIMETER SOLUTIONS LPAI match · 91% · the same organization$277.3M
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$3,000AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
at&t inc.at&t inc. employee federal political action committee (at&t employee federal pac)$3,000AT&T CORP.,AI match · 100% · of one corporate family-$3,412
comcast corporationcomcast corporation & nbcuniversal political action committee - federal$3,000COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLCAI match · 100% · of one corporate family$453.1K

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$662.6K$350.1K$71K24 PACs · 20% of committee money
2024$637.6K$341.9K$67.5K20 PACs · 20% of committee money
2022$536.9K$294.9K$27.5K11 PACs · 9% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Idaho's 1st districtJan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027
  2. House · Idaho's 1st districtJan 3, 2023 – Jan 3, 2025
  3. House · Idaho's 1st districtJan 3, 2021 – Jan 3, 2023
  4. House · Idaho's 1st districtJan 3, 2019 – Jan 3, 2021

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Office
1514 Longworth House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.