Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past 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
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 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 2IncumbentWon the general election (64.1%)

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$1,010,346.70
Total spent$1,101,104.36
Cash on hand$176,313.91
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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: $260,243.41PACs and other committees: $749,852.99Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $250.30
  • Individual contributions$260,243.4126%
  • PACs and other committees$749,852.9974%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$250.300%

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

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

217 committees reported giving $712,154.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Michael Simpson$98,085.27
  • Independent expenditures opposing Michael Simpson$0.00
  • Company and union communications to members about Michael Simpson$7,167.64

FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Idaho U.S. House, District 2, 2020 · 2 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Michael Simpson (R)$1,010,346.70$176,313.912020-12-31
Carlton Aaron Swisher (D)$74,674.43$7,850.572020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe RNovember 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe ROctober 28, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RNovember 2, 2020
  • PoliticoSafe RNovember 2, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe RNovember 2, 2020
  • RCPSafe RNovember 2, 2020

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Idaho (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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