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Russ Fulcher

Republican. Idaho’s 1st District. Re-elected on November 3, 2026.

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Age on Election Day 2028
66
On November 7, 2028. Born March 9, 1962.2
Lean
R+22
Solidly Republican. Cook PVI, 2026 lines.
In the House since
2019
Served since January 3, 2019.4
Cash on hand
$210K
$209,944, from the Federal Election Commission.14

Overview

November 3, 2026 election
Re-elected
Over Kaylee Peterson (D). Called by NBC News on November 4, 2026. Takes the seat in the 120th Congress on January 3, 2027.1

2026 primary
Won the 2026 Republican primary with 78.2%, May 19, 2026.
The state in 2024
Trump won Idaho in 2024.
2032 redistricting
Not flagged for 2032 redistricting risk.

Lean is the Cook Partisan Voting Index (PVI) on the district’s 2026 election lines: R+10 and up is solidly Republican, R+5 to R+9 lean Republican, D+4 to R+4 swing, D+5 to D+9 lean Democratic and D+10 and up solidly Democratic. A 2032 redistricting flag marks one of seven states American Ascent watches for the maps drawn after the 2030 census, with who draws the map there.

Sources (2)
  1. 1NBC News: the November 3, 2026 result. Checked November 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2The congress-legislators dataset of every member of Congress: birthday. Open the source (opens in a new tab)

In the House

Leadership posts, 119th Congress
  • Vice Chair of the Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade
Committees, 119th Congress
  • Energy and Commerce
  • Natural Resources

Leadership posts and committees in the 119th Congress, as the Clerk of the House listed them on October 1, 2026; the 120th Congress names its own when it convenes on January 3, 2027. Chairman and Chairwoman are written as Chair. A gold mark names a leadership post. Years in the House come from the public congress-legislators record of every member’s terms.

Sources (2)
  1. 3Russ Fulcher’s official site Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 4Official congressional biography Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Election history

The 2026 primary, who was on the November 3, 2026 ballot, and what recent races in the seat cost.

2026 primary

Primary date
May 19, 2026
Kind
Republican primary
Result
Won with 78.2%May 19. Next: Andy Briner, 11.3%, and one other.
Votes cast
127,949
Every name on the primary ballot, with votes and share of the vote
Russ Fulcher (R)100,10478.2%
Andy Briner (R)14,43811.3%
Joseph P Morrison (R)13,40710.5%

On the November 3, 2026 ballot

  • Kaylee Peterson (Democrat)
  • Brendan J. Gomez (Constitution)
  • Sarah Zabel (independent)

Official results (opens in a new tab)5 from the state’s election office. Every name printed on the November 3, 2026 ballot for the seat, from the state’s official candidate list; write-in candidates are left out.

What a race here costs

Facts from free public data: the TV markets the district sits in, what every campaign and outside group spent in recent races, and the votes cast. Spending is campaign spending, less contributions to party committees and other candidates, plus independent expenditures. A vote is any vote cast in that contest.14

TV markets

The TV markets that cover the district
MarketTV homesOf the districtDistrict is, of market
Boise, ID (rank 98)345,25060.5%63.3%
Spokane, WA (rank 66)496,26039.5%29.2%

Markets are Nielsen’s Designated Market Areas, matched to the district county by county on the 119th Congress lines (19 counties or parts). Shares are of people, from the 2020 Census. TV homes are Nielsen’s 2024-25 estimates. A small share of a large market means most of what a TV buy reaches lives outside the district.10

2026 primary, May 19, 2026

$434,198 spent · $3.39 a vote

2026 primary: each candidate’s votes and campaign spending
CandidateVotesSpent
Russ Fulcher (R)100,104$434,198
Andy Briner (R)14,438No report
Joseph P Morrison (R)13,407No report
Outside money$0

127,949 votes cast, on the 2022 lines. Results (opens in a new tab)5.

2024 primary, May 21, 2024

$248,115 spent · $2.28 a vote

2024 primary: each candidate’s votes and campaign spending
CandidateVotesSpent
Russ Fulcher (R)109,057$248,115
Outside money$0

109,057 votes cast, on the 2022 lines. Results (opens in a new tab)7.

2024 general, Nov. 5, 2024

$327,494 spent · $0.70 a vote

2024 general: each candidate’s votes and campaign spending
CandidateVotesSpent
Russ Fulcher (R)331,049$209,234
Kaylee Peterson (D)118,656$118,260
Matt Loesby (Libertarian)9,594No report
Brendan J. Gomez (Constitution)6,933$0
Margot Dupre (Write-in)7No report
David D. Bot (Write-in)3No report
Outside money$0

466,242 votes cast, on the 2022 lines. Results (opens in a new tab)8.

2022 general, Nov. 8, 2022

$217,153 spent · $0.70 a vote

2022 general: each candidate’s votes and campaign spending
CandidateVotesSpent
Russ Fulcher (R)222,901$153,632
Kaylee Peterson (D)82,261$63,521
Darian Drake (Libertarian)7,280No report
Outside money$0

312,442 votes cast, on the 2022 lines. Results (opens in a new tab)9.

Google election ads

$2,304,900 on the lines Google labels 2022; $916,100 on the lines Google labels 2012

Election ads for every race, the presidency included, served in the district on Google, YouTube and Google’s partner sites since 2018, rounded by Google to the nearest hundred dollars. Report updated Oct. 31, 2026.13

Sources (9)
  1. 52026 primary and the November ballot, official results Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 62026 primary, results Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 72024 primary, results Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 82024 general, results Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 92022 general, results Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  6. 10BritCrit/dma_county_zip: county FIPS to Nielsen DMA code and name (Nielsen edition not stated; published Dec. 22, 2021; uses pre-2015 county codes), checked against Nielsen’s 2016 county list Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  7. 11Nielsen, Local Television Market Universe Estimates (TV homes and rank, 210 DMAs), as reproduced in full by National Media Spots Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  8. 12U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census: 119th Congressional District Summary File (county or part within district) and PL 94-171 block populations for 2026 plans; county totals are 2020 counts Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  9. 13Google Political Ads transparency report Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Financial records

Cash on hand
$209,94414

Past cycles

Money raised, the share from individual donors, and cash on hand, by past cycle
CycleRaisedFrom individualsCash at year end
2020$582,99338%$102,831
2022$536,93245%$169,287
2024$637,62543%$180,009

Cash on hand from the member’s latest filing with the Federal Election Commission. Past cycles: money raised over each two-year cycle and cash on hand on December 31 of its election year, from the same filings, in dollars as reported. From individuals is the share of money raised that came from individual donors.

Sources (5)
  1. 14FEC bulk data: candidates, committee linkages, Form 3 report summaries, operating expenditures, independent expenditures Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 15FEC, Federal Elections 2022 (2022 general results and primary dates) Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 16FEC, 2024 congressional general-election candidates Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 17FEC, 2024 congressional primary dates Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  5. 18Clerk of the House, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 2024 Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Scorecards

Conservative scorecards, out of 100

Heritage Action (opens in a new tab) lifetime
92
Club for Growth (opens in a new tab) lifetime
95
Turning Point Action (opens in a new tab) lifetime
87
GOP Platform (opens in a new tab) 2025
96

Conservative average

92.4

Heritage Action and Turning Point Action are the member’s lifetime scores, read from those pages. Club for Growth is the member’s lifetime rating, and GOP Platform measures agreement with the national Republican Party platform in 2025, published by the Institute for Legislative Analysis.

The scorecard average covers all four. No score means none was published, not zero, and is left out of the average: the record says “No score published”.

How to read this

Each group’s name links to the member’s own page on its scorecard, opened on the date shown.

Progressive scorecards, out of 100

League of Conservation Voters (opens in a new tab) lifetime
2
Progressive Punch (opens in a new tab) lifetime, all votes
2
The link opens the scorecard’s list for the state, which shows this score: the member’s own page is not available.
Stop Corruption Now (Democracy Defenders Action) (opens in a new tab) 119th Congress, 10 measures
20

Progressive average

7.9

Mirrored for every member, of either party: the League of Conservation Voters’ lifetime score, read from the member’s page; Progressive Punch’s lifetime score on all votes, read from its House table; and Democracy Defenders Action’s Stop Corruption Now score for the 119th Congress (September 16, 2026), its total on 10 anti-corruption and pro-democracy votes and cosponsorships, shown out of 100. The progressive average covers the three; no score means none was published (Stop Corruption Now did not grade members in office for less than a year, or certain current and former House leaders).

Immigration accountability

IAP Action score
120
Rank in the House on this score
78 of 431

The Immigration Accountability Project’s IAP Action score counts sponsorship, cosponsorship, and votes on immigration. A running total, not a percentage. Higher means more restrictive on immigration.

Second Amendment grade

Gun Owners of America, 2024
A

Gun Owners of America’s 2024 grades, its latest complete set, from its 2024 Voter Guide, A+ to F-.

Sources (4)
  1. 19Heritage Action scorecard, Russ Fulcher’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 20Club for Growth scorecard, Russ Fulcher’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  3. 21Turning Point Action scorecard, Russ Fulcher’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  4. 22GOP Platform scorecard, Russ Fulcher’s page Retrieved October 4, 2026. Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Endorsements

For the 2026 race.

Endorsed: Donald Trump.

None on record: Club for Growth, Turning Point Action, MAHA PAC.

Endorsed: the group endorsed the member for 2026. None on record: no 2026 endorsement in the endorsement records. MAHA PAC is the committee at themahapac.com (Federal Election Commission ID C00821439).

Polls of the 2026 race

2 public polls of the 2026 race, newest first. Fulcher’s share is always on the left. Red is a Republican candidate, blue a Democratic one.

How to read this

Shares are as published, so they add up to less than 100 when some voters were undecided. The line at the middle marks half the vote. The pollster’s name links to the poll’s release or the news report of its results.

Change Research (opens in a new tab)23

July 28 to 30, 2026

Sponsored by Stegner for Idaho, an independent candidate for governor.

R (Republican)Fulcher48
D (Democrat)Peterson27
I (Independent)Zabel5
R (Republican)Fulcher46ZabelI (Independent)26
Fulcher 46 percent, Zabel 26 percent, 28 other or undecided.

The second question left the Democrat off the ballot. The memo groups the rest as ‘other/not sure/would not vote’ (21 and 28) and gives no undecided share of its own. The district’s share of the statewide sample was not published.

SurveyUSA (opens in a new tab)24

July 7 to 14, 2026

480 likely voters

Margin of error ±4.9

Sponsored by the Zabel campaign.

R (Republican)Fulcher45
D (Democrat)Peterson35
I (Independent)Zabel6
Undecided14
Sources (2)
  1. 23Change Research for Stegner for Idaho, an independent candidate for governor, July 28 to 30, 2026 Open the source (opens in a new tab)
  2. 24SurveyUSA for the Zabel campaign, July 7 to 14, 2026 Open the source (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Each section lists its own sources, numbered through the page. Here they are together.

All sources for this record (24)

Overview

  1. 1NBC News: the November 3, 2026 result. (opens in a new tab) Checked November 4, 2026.
  2. 2The congress-legislators dataset of every member of Congress: birthday. (opens in a new tab)

In the House

  1. 3Russ Fulcher’s official site (opens in a new tab)
  2. 4Official congressional biography (opens in a new tab)

Election history

  1. 52026 primary and the November ballot, official results (opens in a new tab)
  2. 62026 primary, results (opens in a new tab)
  3. 72024 primary, results (opens in a new tab)
  4. 82024 general, results (opens in a new tab)
  5. 92022 general, results (opens in a new tab)
  6. 10BritCrit/dma_county_zip: county FIPS to Nielsen DMA code and name (Nielsen edition not stated; published Dec. 22, 2021; uses pre-2015 county codes), checked against Nielsen’s 2016 county list (opens in a new tab)
  7. 11Nielsen, Local Television Market Universe Estimates (TV homes and rank, 210 DMAs), as reproduced in full by National Media Spots (opens in a new tab)
  8. 12U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 Census: 119th Congressional District Summary File (county or part within district) and PL 94-171 block populations for 2026 plans; county totals are 2020 counts (opens in a new tab)
  9. 13Google Political Ads transparency report (opens in a new tab)

Financial records

  1. 14FEC bulk data: candidates, committee linkages, Form 3 report summaries, operating expenditures, independent expenditures (opens in a new tab)
  2. 15FEC, Federal Elections 2022 (2022 general results and primary dates) (opens in a new tab)
  3. 16FEC, 2024 congressional general-election candidates (opens in a new tab)
  4. 17FEC, 2024 congressional primary dates (opens in a new tab)
  5. 18Clerk of the House, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 2024 (opens in a new tab)

Scorecards

  1. 19Heritage Action scorecard, Russ Fulcher’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  2. 20Club for Growth scorecard, Russ Fulcher’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  3. 21Turning Point Action scorecard, Russ Fulcher’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.
  4. 22GOP Platform scorecard, Russ Fulcher’s page (opens in a new tab) Retrieved October 4, 2026.

Polls

  1. 23Change Research for Stegner for Idaho, an independent candidate for governor, July 28 to 30, 2026 (opens in a new tab)
  2. 24SurveyUSA for the Zabel campaign, July 7 to 14, 2026 (opens in a new tab)

Also used, named without a link

  • District lean: the Cook Political Report’s Partisan Voting Index, 2026 and 2025 editions.
  • Committees and leadership posts in the 119th Congress: the Clerk of the House, as listed on October 1, 2026. Years in the House: the public congress-legislators record of every member’s terms.
  • Cash on hand and past cycles: the campaign’s Federal Election Commission filings.
  • Immigration: the Immigration Accountability Project. Second Amendment: Gun Owners of America, 2024 Voter Guide.
  • Endorsements: 2026 endorsement records.

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