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← Rundown2026 Idaho Senate race

2026 election · U.S. Senate

2026 Idaho Senate race

Incumbent: James E. Risch (Republican)

James E. RischJames E. RischRepublican
David Jordan RothDavid Jordan RothDEMOCRATIC PARTY
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Public polling

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RischAchillesRoth
10%30%50%Mar 17Apr 27Jun 7Risch 48.0%Achilles 19.7%Roth 15.0%
Trend: trailing 5-poll average · hover a dot for the poll behind it

Declared candidates

Source: FEC filings + public polling
  • James E. Risch
    James E. Risch

    Republican · Incumbent

    FEC filing ↗
    Stated positions (20) ▾
    • Abortion: Strongly pro-life and supports legislation protecting unborn life. [1]
    • Agriculture: Supports Idaho agriculture and local land management by farmers and ranchers. [1][2]
    • Border enforcement & immigration law: Supports securing the southern border and enforcing immigration laws.

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Seats and incumbents from the public congress-legislators dataset; candidates from FEC filings and Wikipedia polling rosters; polls and aggregation averages via Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA) and public polling exports. The community pick is an unscientific reader poll. All active races →

PollsterDatesCandidate%
Peak Insights (R)2026-06-07Natalie Fleming5
Peak Insights (R)2026-06-06 → 2026-06-07Jim Risch55
Peak Insights (R)2026-06-06 → 2026-06-07Todd Achilles7
Peak Insights (R)2026-06-06 → 2026-06-07David Roth15
Peak Insights (R)2026-06-07Matt Loesby2
The Bullfinch Group2026-05-29 → 2026-06-01David Roth15
The Bullfinch Group2026-05-29 → 2026-06-01Jim Risch41
The Bullfinch Group2026-05-29 → 2026-06-01Todd Achilles18
Public Policy Polling (D)2026-03-16 → 2026-03-17Jim Risch48
Public Policy Polling (D)2026-03-16 → 2026-03-17Todd Achilles34
[1]
[2]
  • China & trade: Criticizes Biden-Harris administration policies on China for weakening U.S. interests. [1]
  • Education: Believes parents and local school districts, not federal bureaucrats, should control curriculum and education spending decisions. [1]
  • Energy Policy: Advocates for U.S. energy independence, supporting domestic energy production including oil, gas, nuclear, and hydroelectric resources. [1][2]
  • Energy production: Supports ensuring energy independence and opposes policies like the Green New Deal. [1][2][3]
  • Federal spending & debt: Supports zero-based budgeting to curb wasteful spending and reduce national debt. [1][2]
  • Government Spending & Fiscal Policy: Opposes deficit spending and supports balancing the federal budget while reducing regulatory red tape. [1]
  • Gun policy: Supports protecting the Second Amendment. [1]
  • Immigration & Border Security: Supports securing the border first, building the border wall, opposing amnesty, and enforcing detain-and-deport policies rather than 'catch and release.' [1][2][3]
  • National Security & Foreign Policy: Emphasizes maintaining a strong, well-resourced military and U.S. global leadership to protect national security and economic interests. [1]
  • Parents' rights in education: Supports parents and local districts deciding what is taught in schools over federal bureaucrats. [1]
  • Public Lands & Natural Resources: Favors local, collaborative management of public lands that balances multiple uses, environmental protection, and private property rights over top-down federal mandates. [1]
  • Public lands management: Supports multiple use management of public lands and opposes restrictive federal rules like the BLM Conservation Rule. [1]
  • Regulation & permitting: Supports reining in big government and reducing federal red tape and overreach. [1][2]
  • Social Security & Medicare: Opposes cutting Social Security benefits. [1]
  • Taxation: Supports tax cuts such as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, arguing they increase wages, create jobs, and let taxpayers keep more of their earnings. [1]
  • Taxes: Supports tax relief measures including the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. [1]
  • Women's sports: Supports fairness in girls' sports by opposing boys competing in them. [1]
  • David Jordan Roth
    David Jordan Roth

    DEMOCRATIC PARTY

    FEC filing ↗
    Stated positions (11) ▾
    • Abortion: Supports protecting abortion rights nationally rather than by individual state. [1]
    • Border enforcement & immigration law: Supports a serious immigration system that is both lawful and humane while protecting due process. [1]
    • Congressional stock trading: Supports banning congressional stock trading so no member profits from inside information. [1]
    • Congressional term limits: Supports congressional term limits to reduce career-politician incentives and bring new leadership. [1]
    • Environment: Supports keeping public lands in public hands, opposing privatization, and balancing use with conservation through local management. [1]
    • Government Reform: Supports ending Citizens United, banning congressional stock trading, term limits, and uncapping the U.S. House. [1]
    • Health care: Supports fixing gaps in the ACA, especially high prescription drug costs, mental health access and telehealth in rural areas. [1]
    • Healthcare: Supports healthcare as a human right with coverage for every Idahoan regardless of job, income, age or pre-existing condition. [1]
    • Housing costs: Supports lowering housing costs and creating more paths to homeownership for working families. [1]
    • Public lands management: Supports keeping public lands in public hands with local management rather than national mandates or privatization. [1]
    • School choice: Opposes school choice vouchers and supports incentivizing states to invest more in public education. [1]
  • DL
    Denny Lave

    REPUBLICAN PARTY

    FEC filing ↗
    Stated positions (6) ▾
    • Border enforcement & immigration law: Supports building the border wall, mandatory national E-Verify, reduced H-1B/H-2B/F-1 visas, and remigration including deportations and voluntary returns. [1][2]
    • Ending foreign wars: Supports ending forever wars, foreign entanglements, and reclaiming congressional war powers. [1][2]
    • Energy production: Supports expanding all forms of domestic energy production. [1]
    • Federal spending & debt: Supports ending reckless federal spending to restore affordability and fiscal responsibility. [1][2]
    • Housing costs: Supports housing supply reforms and tax credits for first-time home buyers. [1]
    • Taxes: Supports expanding the child tax credit and standard deduction with inflation indexing. [1]
  • JE
    Joe Evans

    REPUBLICAN PARTY

    FEC filing ↗
    Stated positions (13) ▾
    • Abortion: Supports legal protection for human life from conception until natural death. [1]
    • Border enforcement & immigration law: Supports secure borders, consistent enforcement, and an immigration system that is lawful, accountable, and fair. [1][2][3]
    • China & trade: Supports ending reliance on China for critical supply chains and defending American sovereignty against foreign ownership threats. [1]
    • Election integrity: voter ID: Supports secure voter identification requirements that verify eligibility while remaining accessible and nondiscriminatory. [1]
    • Energy production: Supports domestic production, modern infrastructure, and reliable power that keeps energy affordable. [1]
    • Federal spending & debt: Supports regular audits of federal agencies, eliminating duplicative programs, and a balanced budget requirement. [1]
    • Health care: Supports healthcare decisions made by patients and doctors, increased transparency, and reduced bureaucratic control. [1][2][3]
    • Marijuana legalization: Supports removing marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act and allowing states to determine their own drug policies. [1]
    • Parents' rights in education: Supports local decision-making, protect parental rights, and reduce federal interference in Idaho schools. [1][2][3]
    • Public lands: Supports local input, active forest management, and policies that reduce wildfire risk and protect responsible use. [1][2]
    • School choice: Supports school choice, including charter schools, private schools, homeschooling, and hybrid models. [1]
    • Separation of Powers: Supports restoring constitutional limits and reining in unelected agencies that operate beyond their authority. [1][2][3]
    • Taxes: Supports lower taxes, simpler policy, and real spending restraint so families can keep more of what they earn. [1][2][3]
  • JS
    Joshua S Roy

    REPUBLICAN PARTY

    FEC filing ↗
    Stated positions (8) ▾
    • Abortion: Opposes taxpayer funding for abortion providers including Planned Parenthood. [1]
    • Border enforcement & immigration law: Supports legal immigration processes and expedited deportation of those who enter the country illegally. [1]
    • Congressional term limits: Supports congressional term limits and pledges to serve no more than three terms if elected. [1][2]
    • Federal spending & debt: Supports cutting government spending to reduce the national debt. [1]
    • Protecting the nuclear family: Supports policies to protect the nuclear family by fighting anti-family policies, institutions and trade groups. [1]
    • Regulation & permitting: Supports slashing federal regulations to build back agriculture, manufacturing and trades. [1][2][3]
    • Taxes: Opposes raising taxes on people who can afford to pay more. [1]
    • Traditional marriage: Supports traditional marriage as between one man and one woman. [1]
  • TB
    Todd Baker Achilles

    INDEPENDENT

    FEC filing ↗
    Stated positions (15) ▾
    • Abortion: Supports women making their own health care decisions. [1]
    • Border enforcement & immigration law: Supports securing the border. [1]
    • Congressional stock trading: Supports ban on members of Congress holding or trading individual stocks in companies doing business with the federal government. [1]
    • Congressional term limits: Supports constitutional amendment for term limits of two Senate terms, three House terms, and 18 years for Supreme Court justices. [1][2][3]
    • Education: Supports allowing teachers to use student's preferred name and pronouns. [1]
    • Election integrity: mail ballots: Supports allowing ballot harvesting of absentee ballots. [1]
    • End Forever Wars: Supports ending forever wars and supporting veterans. [1]
    • Federal spending & debt: Supports paying down the national debt by eliminating fraudulent spending and recovering lost revenue. [1][2]
    • Gun policy: Defends the Second Amendment. [1]
    • Health care: Supports maintaining ACA healthcare tax credits. [1][2]
    • Housing costs: Supports prohibiting corporate ownership of single family homes. [1]
    • Protect Public Lands: Supports protecting public lands. [1]
    • Restore the Public Internet: Supports restoring competition in Internet search and advertising. [1]
    • School choice: Opposes tuition voucher tax credit system due to little accountability. [1]
    • Taxes: Supports unwinding tax breaks for the rich, eliminating corporate loopholes, and equalizing capital gains and ordinary income rates over $1 million. [1][2]
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