Michael K. Simpson
Republican · ID-2 · U.S. House
ID-2 — U.S. House
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Bio
Michael Keith Simpson is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Idaho's 2nd congressional district since 1999. The district covers most of the eastern portion of the state, including Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Sun Valley, Twin Falls and the northern two-thirds of Boise. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 27.7 years
- First took office
- 1999 (14 terms)
- Seniority
- 30 of 439 by time served
- Age
- 76
- Boise, ID · 208-334-1953
- Twin Falls, ID · 208-734-7219
- Idaho Falls, ID · 208-523-6701
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $1.6M – $3.3M
- Liabilities
- $0 – $0
- Net worth
- $1.6M – $3.3M
- Since 2019
- +$76k
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 10 assets reported
Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Michael K. Simpson's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
Michael K. Simpson (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.
Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.
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Caucuses & committees
Where Simpsonsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Most and least aligned members
Treating Simpson's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.
Recent notable votes
Latest news
Trump's arch placed on notice by senior Republican who'd have to pay for itA senior Republican on the House Appropriations Committee is pushing back on the idea that federal money, particularly Pentagon funding, should go toward building President Donald Trump's planned triumphal arch near the Lincoln Memorial.Rep. Mike Simpson (R-I…
Raw Story · September 21, 2026
Here’s How Many Republicans Have Publicly Denounced Trump’s Media BanSo far, only one Republican lawmaker has publicly condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to ban three major news outlets from the White House. Idaho Representative Mike Simpson told Punchbowl News Monday that restricting CNN, MS NOW, and Politico’s acces…
The New Republic · September 21, 2026
Senior GOP appropriator pours cold water on funding Trump’s archIdaho Rep. Mike Simpson, a senior Appropriations Committee Republican, questioned whether federal funds should be spent on construction of President Donald Trump’s triumphal arch, which the president claimed over the weekend could be used for military purpose…
Biztoc.com · September 21, 2026
An ugly radioactive surprise is buried deep inside Trump's deal for a loyal MAGA stateOne of the most critical issues facing Idaho is one that has received little attention but has profound consequences for the future of our state – the agreement that would make Idaho the dumping ground for a third of the radioactive waste generated in our cou…
Raw Story · September 9, 2026
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