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U.S. Representative · Idaho 1st District
Russ Fulcher
RepublicanDistrict R+22119th CongressOn the ballot 2026
Typical swing score48#171 of 431 representatives across tracked bills
Contact Russ Fulcher’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office1514 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-1201
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s district, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Democrats · 1 signal
- StrongBacks 4 Democratic-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 4 of the 890 tracked bills that were introduced by Democrats: H.R. 1737, H.R. 1993, H.R. 2290, H.R. 3657.
Keeps them with Republicans · 2 signals
- MediumVotes with House RepublicansNo ideology or scorecard measure places this member toward the Democrats: DW-NOMINATE +0.643 (party median +0.530; rank 165 of 219 by distance toward the Democrats); Heritage Action 96 (avg 86); LCV 0 (avg 1).
- MediumSafe Republican district: ID-1 is R+22ID-1 has a partisan lean of R+22 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Little electoral pressure to break with the party.
Bill-specific inputs
Term and election
From the congress-legislators datasetOn the ballot 2026
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 – January 3, 2027
- Next election
- November 3, 2026
- Years in office
- 7.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- House Committee on Energy and CommerceMajority · 14th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and TradeVice Chair
- House Committee on Natural ResourcesMajority · 7th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
- Subcommittee on Federal Lands
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewR median
D median
Fulcher← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of +0.643 is 0.11 to the right of the House Republican median (+0.530).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the House Republican average- 119th Congress96House Republican average: 86 (n=217)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to it| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 2283Recognizing Community Organizations for Veteran Engagement and Recovery ActSummary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 52
| Middle |
| H.R. 5436End Transcript Withholding for Veterans ActSummary on Congress.gov |