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James E. Risch
File · Money Read
What the money shows
James E. Risch has an estimated net worth of $55.7M. The 2026 campaign raised $3.1M. James E. Risch sits on Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and Public Lands, Forests, and Mining.
Sources: House disclosures · Senate disclosures · FEC
Est. net worth
$56M
$19M+
Years in role
17
Senator since 2009
Net-worth filings
12
+$2.4M since 2013
File A — Net Worth
Net worth over time
Estimated from financial disclosures. The band shows the disclosed range; the line is the midpoint estimate.
midpoint disclosed range govt salary
source filing →† Includes one or more open-ended top brackets (over $50M). The high end is a floor, so the true figure may be higher.
File C — Service
Term history
- SenatorIDR2021 – 2027 · 6 yrs
- SenatorIDR2015 – 2021 · 6 yrs
- SenatorIDR2009 – 2015 · 6 yrs
File D — Benchmark
If they'd just invested 20%
A disciplined-saver benchmark: 20% of each year's government salary, invested at an assumed 10%/yr return — versus actual disclosed net worth.
hypothetical retirement actual net worth salary
Hypothetical, not actual savings — see methodology.
File — Background
Senator James E. Risch, ID
Born May 3, 1943.
Studied at
University of Idaho · University of Idaho College of Law [wikidata]
Family money
spouse · sourced role
Vicki Risch [source]
Vicki Risch an American woman who served as the first lady of Idaho from 2006 to 2007 Governor Jim Risch. During her husband's term as lieutenant governor of Idaho, Risch served as the second lady from 2003 to 2006 and again from 2007 to 2009.
File — The 2026 race
Idaho · Senate
General election 2026-11-03. Money figures are FEC filings for the 2026 cycle.
The read · Idaho · Senate
James E. Risch has raised more than 5 times the next candidate.
Candidate James E. Risch has raised about $3.1M, more than 5 times any rival.
Todd Achilles reports 85% of campaign money from individuals.
Public campaign-finance filings, 2026 cycle. Candidate rows are filers on record, not final ballot lists. Totals are rounded to whole dollars.
The tale of the tape
Money, side by side. Green marks the leader on each line.
James E. Risch U · incumbent | vs | TA Todd Achilles I · challenger |
|---|---|---|
| $3.1M | Raised | $692K |
| $3.5M | Cash on hand | $194K |
| 29% | From PACs | 1% |
| 67% | From individuals | 85% |
| Party Committee | Top donor sector | Too few to rank |
| Yes | Incumbent | No |
Contractor money
Federal contractors who funded this member
This is a documented association, not a claim that campaign money caused an award.
Bills
Recorded votes
31 votes · 24 Yea · 6 Nay. "Sector money" is this member's corporate and union money from the sector each bill touches. Receipts, not a claim about the vote. Money-linked votes first.
1–15 of 31
File — The Idaho delegation
Who else Idaho sends to Congress
2 senators and 2 of 2 House seats filled. Counting this seat.
Seat counts come from the 2020 census apportionment. A seat shows as open when no current member holds it. Source
File — Where this page comes from
James E. Risch · sources
Only sources that fed this profile are listed here.
| Source | What it gave this page | Last fetched |
|---|---|---|
| @unitedstates congress-legislators github.com | Roster, terms, identifiers, official site link | 2026-07-30 |
| Wikidata www.wikidata.org | Education, career before office, family ties | 2026-07-30 |
| Wikipedia www.wikipedia.org | Quoted descriptors for family rows | 2026-07-30 |
| Federal Election Commission (OpenFEC) api.open.fec.gov | How much the campaign raised, and who gave it | 2026-09-23 |
| The member's official site | Where to reach them. We link out rather than republishing office addresses and phone numbers. | - |