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James E. Risch

ID-S2 enters through the Republican-held flip route at 2.0 with 65% of the component weight available: statewide competitiveness, incumbent cash vulnerability.

Priority score2.0#3,981 of 5,726

THE MEMBER

Record

James E. Risch is the Republican senator in ID Class 2. The retained roster records 17.6 cumulative years of Senate service through the source cutoff; the seat is next contested in 2026.

First Senate service
Jan 6, 2009
Next election
2026
Alignment gap
Not in this score
Bioguide record
R000584

THE STATE

ID-S2

ID recorded a R+36.0 presidential margin statewide in 2024. The senator reported $3,535,956 cash on hand through 2026-06-30.

2024 presidential margin
R+36.0
Cash on hand
$3,535,956
Receipts / disbursements
$3,357,516 / $2,241,925
Finance through
Jun 30, 2026
Route
Republican-held flip screen
Baseline score
0.0

SCORE ANATOMY

What makes the score

General-election competitiveness

0.0

The statewide 2024 presidential result was R+36.0. A tied state begins at 100 and each Republican margin point subtracts four points.

Democratic primary

Not in this score

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

AIPAC support

Not in this score

Not used in this route; the retained AIPAC model covers the Democratic House field.

Incumbent alignment

Not in this score

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

Cash vulnerability

7.5

The FEC candidate summary reports $3,535,956 cash on hand through 2026-06-30. 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.

SENATE TERM

Recorded service

2021–nowID-Class 2Current at source cutoff

Formula renormalized(0.45 × competitiveness + 0.20 × cash vulnerability + 0.15 × local context + 0.20 × state contestation) × (0.6 + 0.4 × 0.65)

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