Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Michael K. Simpson

Official portrait of Michael K. Simpson
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Idaho’s 2nd district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Idaho Falls, ID
Born
1950
In Congress
House since 1999 · 27 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
SIMPSON, MICHAEL
Next election
Primary May 19, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Idaho with the current district highlighted

Idaho, District 2

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Idaho District 2IncumbentGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H8ID02064 · Principal campaign committee: SIMPSON FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Idaho District 2$1,409,211.99General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Idaho District 2$1,555,834.51Won the general election (61.4%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Idaho District 2$1,623,606.84Won the general election (63.6%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Idaho District 2$1,010,346.70Won the general election (64.1%)
Total raised$1,409,211.99
Total spent$1,213,826.50
Cash on hand$300,591.21
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $622,211.99PACs and other committees: $786,500.00Party committees: $500.00
  • Individual contributions$622,211.9944%
  • PACs and other committees$786,500.0056%
  • Party committees$500.000%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$3,947.991%
  • Contributions over $200$503,550.0099%
  • Itemized from inside Idaho$152,150.0030%
  • Itemized from other states$352,100.0070%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: California $81,250.00 · District of Columbia $69,550.00 · Virginia $54,050.00 · Maryland $26,350.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$429K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $163,233.44APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $98,406.08JULY QUARTERLY: raised $112,600.95JULY QUARTERLY: spent $99,061.98OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $310,952.84OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $108,517.29YEAR-END: raised $141,685.89YEAR-END: spent $98,810.95APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $113,176.64APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $138,339.53PRE-PRIMARY: raised $83,074.97PRE-PRIMARY: spent $64,045.06JULY QUARTERLY: raised $193,368.60JULY QUARTERLY: spent $186,759.58OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $198,532.32OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $343,308.92PRE-GENERAL: raised $92,586.34PRE-GENERAL: spent $76,577.112025-032025-092026-032026-062026-10

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

Voting record, 119th Congress

Roll-call votes while serving674
Voted yea503
Voted nay157
Did not vote14 of 674
Bills and resolutions sponsored5
Sponsored that became law0
Cosponsored126

Recorded House roll-call votes from January 3, 2025 through September 16, 2026, the latest vote on record for this member. Each vote links to the official House Clerk record.

Latest roll-call votes

DateQuestionResultVote
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9497
Water Resources Development Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HJRES 213
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbo
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 10326
PROOF Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Passage · HR 9576
National Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedYea
Sep 16, 2026On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments · HR 5334
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other purposes
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Agreeing to the Resolution · HCONRES 93
Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
PassedNay
Sep 15, 2026On Passage · HJRES 210
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to “California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vesse
PassedYea
Sep 15, 2026On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · HR 9500
Tax Relief for Fraud Victims Act
PassedYea

Latest bills and resolutions sponsored

  • H.R. 9171 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
    Introduced Jun 5, 2026 · Latest action Jun 5, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 599.
  • H.R. 6279 Urban Canal Modernization Act
    Introduced Nov 21, 2025 · Latest action Nov 21, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
  • H.R. 4754 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
    Introduced Jul 24, 2025 · Latest action Jul 24, 2025: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 175.
  • H.R. 634 Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2025
    Introduced Jan 22, 2025 · Latest action Jan 22, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • H.R. 319 To authorize an additional district judgeship for the district of Idaho.
    Introduced Jan 9, 2025 · Latest action Jan 9, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Counts of the public record only; TerraCivic does not rate members or judge their votes. Votes: Voteview (Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/). Bills: GovInfo Bill Status (public domain). Retrieved October 23, 2026.

Committees

  • House Committee on Appropriations
    • Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
    • Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Chair
    • Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

201 committees reported giving $660,994.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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The race

Idaho U.S. House, District 2, 2026 · 10 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Michael Simpson (R)$1,409,211.99$300,591.212026-10-14
Elinor Gilbreath (D)$169,226.46$36,716.272026-10-14
Julie Marisa Wiley (D)$30,477.40$0.002026-05-17
Tripp Charles Hutchinson (I)$7,565.00$6,963.482026-06-30
Perry Shumway (R)$5,391.98−$4,742.972026-08-02

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RApril 10, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: SIMPSON FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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