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Russ Fulcher

Russ Fulcher

RRepublicanID-1 · Representative
57
/ 100
Average
Attendance98
Avg: 96
Independence6
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone5
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency70
Avg: 57

Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.

Methodology
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Russ Fulcher

Russ Fulcher

RepublicanID-1 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.646)
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Russ Fulcher is a Republican Representative from ID, District 1. He has served 7 years in Congress across 4 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 94.1% of the time. This member has 1 misconduct entry in our database.

7
Years in Office
4
Terms Served
119
Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

94.1%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
32 votes against party
1.8%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
8
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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1
Misconduct Entriesⓘ

How Russ Compares

vs. the average House member

Party Loyalty-1.8% vs avg
94.1%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes-1.8% vs avg
1.8%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored-5.0 vs avg
8
Avg: 13.0

Committee Assignments

Committees shape which bills get heard. See what this member has influence over.

House Committee on Energy and CommerceHouse Committee on Natural Resources

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2026-04-29

$259,075
Cash on Handⓘ
$577,744
Total Receiptsⓘ
$498,678
Disbursementsⓘ
$326,718
Individual Donors
$243,850
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2019–2027House · ID-1 · RepublicanCurrent

District Demographics

ID-1 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

957,699
Population
$76,208
Median Income
39.0
Median Age
29.6%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 83.9%Black 0.7%Hispanic 12.1%Asian 1.1%