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ID-02 · MODEL v1.14 · 2 INPUTS MEASURED

Michael K. Simpson

ID-02 enters through the Republican-held flip route at 14.1. V0.9 replaces the flat 0.70 cap with the same partial-coverage rule the Democratic route uses: 65% of the route's evidence is available, so the weighted mean of 16.4 is scaled by 0.860, moving the score +4.8. V0.10 refreshes incumbent finance from the FEC candidate summary through 2026-06-30, leaving the score unchanged.

Priority score14.1#3,346 of 5,726Tie of 4

THE MEMBER

Record

Michael K. Simpson is the current Republican House member for ID-02. The retained congressional history records 27.5 cumulative years of House service through the source cutoff.

First House service
Jan 6, 1999
District changes
0
Alignment gap
Not in this score
Bioguide record
S001148

THE DISTRICT

ID-02

ID-02 recorded a R+26.7 presidential margin in 2024. The incumbent reported $429,359 cash on hand through 2026-06-30. This route surfaces potentially competitive Republican-held districts without inventing Democratic-primary, AIPAC, or alignment evidence.

2024 presidential margin
R+26.7
Cash on hand
$429,359
Receipts / disbursements
$1,118,093 / $793,940
Finance through
Jun 30, 2026
Route
Republican-held flip screen
Baseline score
13.3

SCORE ANATOMY

What makes the score

General-election competitiveness

0.0

The retained 2024 presidential result was R+26.7. A tied district begins at 100 and each Republican margin point subtracts four points.

Democratic primary

Not in this score

Not applicable to this Republican-held general-election route; no Democratic-primary value is imputed.

AIPAC support

Not in this score

Not used in this route because the retained candidate-level AIPAC model covers the Democratic incumbent field.

Incumbent alignment

Not in this score

Not used in this route because the retained alignment trackers cover Democratic incumbents.

Cash vulnerability

53.3

The FEC candidate summary snapshot (2026-06-30) reports $429,359 cash on hand, replacing the $429,359 release aggregate. The inverse log scale is 100 at $50,000 or less and 0 at $5 million or more.

State Democratic primary contestation

Not in this score

No retained state-legislative Democratic primary catalog records uncontested contests for this state, so the component is omitted and the available weight is renormalized.

HOUSE HISTORY

Recorded service

1999–2001ID-02Completed term
2001–2003ID-02Completed term
2003–2005ID-02Completed term
2005–2007ID-02Completed term
2007–2009ID-02Completed term
2009–2011ID-02Completed term
2011–2013ID-02Completed term
2013–2015ID-02Completed term
2015–2017ID-02Completed term
2017–2019ID-02Completed term
2019–2021ID-02Completed term
2021–2023ID-02Completed term
2023–2025ID-02Completed term
2025–nowID-02Current at source cutoff

Formula v0.9 Republican-held route: renormalized 0.45 × competitiveness + 0.20 × cash vulnerability + 0.15 × local context + 0.20 × state Democratic primary contestation (65% of component weight available) × 0.860 coverage multiplier; the former flat 0.70 cap is removed; v0.10 refreshes cash vulnerability from the FEC candidate summary snapshot

Source cutoff Aug 4, 2026 · How the score is built · Source ledger · Factual seat record