Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. Senate · Idaho

4 candidates on the ballot.¹

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Natalie M Fleming

Independent · Challenger

Todd Achilles

Independent · Challenger

Matt Loesby

Libertarian · Challenger

Jim Risch

Republican · Incumbent

Currently serves as a U.S. senator from Idaho.

§2Side by side

Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Natalie M Fleming — 4 issues

Vouchers and education savings accounts
Her campaign website proposes federally equalized per-pupil funding for public schools and a federal Homeschool Family Support Fund that would give homeschool families per-child stipends for curriculum, co-op fees and specialist services.¹⁴
Food assistance (SNAP)
Undo the 2025 changes or expand benefits and eligibility
Her campaign website says she would fight in the Senate to restore the SNAP funding cut by the 2025 law known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, raise the minimum benefit, tie benefits to food costs and protect elderly and disabled recipients from work-reporting requirements.¹⁵
Help for first-time homebuyers
Her American Homeownership Restoration Act proposal includes a $15,000 refundable federal tax credit for first-time buyers earning less than 140% of their area's median income and a federal match for state down payment help of up to $25,000 per household.¹¹
Limits on rent increases
Her housing proposals would require large investors to sell the manufactured home communities they own, with residents given first chance to buy, and would freeze lot rents during that period at their levels before the investors bought the communities.^11,16

Todd Achilles — 7 issues

Farm payments and crop insurance
Keep the programs at current levels
His campaign website says he would protect crop insurance and the Farm Bill programs Idaho producers rely on.⁶
Visas for farmworkers
Make the program easier and cheaper for farms, including for year-round work like dairy
His campaign website says he would support efforts to modernize agricultural worker programs so producers have a legal workforce for both seasonal and year-round work.⁶
Supreme Court term limits
Set fixed terms, such as 18 years
His campaign website says Supreme Court justices should be limited to 18 years.⁶
Drawing district lines (redistricting)
His campaign website says he would work to end gerrymandering.⁶
Stock trading by members of Congress
Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
His campaign website says members of Congress should not be allowed to trade individual stocks.⁶
Term limits for Congress
Shorter limits, such as three House terms (six years) and two Senate terms (12 years)
His campaign website says he supports a constitutional amendment limiting senators to two terms and House members to three, and that he has pledged to serve no more than two terms; it also posts a signed letter resigning the seat, if he wins it, effective January 3, 2039.^6,17
ACA premium tax credits
His campaign website says he would protect the health care tax credits that help Idaho families afford coverage.⁶

Matt Loesby — 14 issues

Who sets abortion law
Leave abortion law to each state
His campaign website says abortion is not a matter for the federal government and that he would oppose any national standard on it.⁷
Marijuana laws
His campaign website says he would push to remove all drugs from the federal controlled substances schedules and to end the drug war.⁷
Federal minimum wage
His campaign website says he would push to repeal minimum wage laws.⁷
Federal Reserve independence
His campaign website says he would push to audit and then end the Federal Reserve.⁷
US Department of Education
His campaign website says he would work to dismantle government-run education, which he calls the education industrial complex.⁷
Aid to Ukraine
End US weapons and aid for Ukraine, including weapons paid for by allies
His campaign website says the US should send no more money or weapons to Ukraine.⁷
Foreign aid
Cut foreign aid further or end most of it
His campaign website says the US should give no foreign aid to any country.⁷
Military aid to Israel
Reduce or end military aid to Israel
His campaign website says the US should send no more money or weapons to Israel.⁷
Health insurance system
His campaign website says he would push to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which he says raises the cost of hiring workers.⁷
Medical transition for minors
His campaign website says he believes gender dysphoria should not be treated with hormones or surgery, and that the federal government should not set a standard on the issue.⁷
Asylum rules
His campaign website says people seeking asylum should be sent to the first safe country they passed through after leaving home.⁷
Birthright citizenship
His campaign website says he would work to end birthright citizenship by changing naturalization law.⁷
Legal immigration levels
His campaign website says the US should admit only immigrants invited by US citizen landowners who take financial responsibility for them.⁷
Private care for veterans
His campaign website says he would push to abolish the VA and give its budget to veterans as direct payments to spend on the medical and psychiatric care they choose.⁷

Jim Risch — 5 issues

Police funding
His campaign website says he opposes efforts to cut funding for law enforcement agencies.¹⁰
State K-12 school funding
His campaign website says that as governor he set aside $100 million for schools.⁹
Nuclear power
His campaign website says he works to strengthen the country's nuclear energy infrastructure.¹⁰
Federal income tax rates
His campaign website says he helped push through President Trump's 2017 tax cuts.¹⁰
Property taxes
His campaign website says that as governor he cut Idaho property taxes by 20%.^9,10

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.

All 2026 races in Idaho

Fact	Natalie M Fleming	Todd Achilles	Matt Loesby	Jim Risch
Party on the ballot	Independent¹	Independent¹	Libertarian¹	Republican¹
Status	Challenger	Challenger	Challenger	Incumbent²
Raised	Not found in the public sources we checked	$1,921,132 through October 14, 2026³	Not found in the public sources we checked	$3,935,512 through October 14, 2026⁴
Cash on hand	Not found in the public sources we checked	$195,819³	Not found in the public sources we checked	$2,122,235⁴
Outside spending	Not found in the public sources we checked	$119,800 for · $0 against⁵	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Abortion law	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says he supports Idaho's Reproductive Freedom and Privacy Act ballot initiative and would align his Senate work with its outcome.⁶	His campaign website says he believes abortion is homicide.⁷	Not found in the public sources we checked
Campaign finance rules	Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United Her campaign website says she would work to overturn Citizens United and reform campaign finance.⁸	His campaign website says states should be able to prohibit corporate money in elections and that companies with government contracts should be barred from donating to federal candidates.⁶	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Conservation and development on federal lands	Her campaign website says she would protect public lands, balancing conservation with responsible use and keeping access for hunting, fishing and hiking.⁸	His campaign website says he would defend Idaho's Roadless Rule to protect clean water, wildlife habitat, hunting, fishing, outdoor recreation and the landscapes that are part of Idaho's heritage.⁶	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says that as governor he led a plan for managing Idaho's roadless areas that gave added protection to critical lands while keeping multiple-use provisions.⁹
Selling or transferring federal lands	Not found in the public sources we checked	Keep federal lands in federal ownership His campaign website says he opposes the sale or transfer of any of Idaho's public lands.⁶	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says he led the effort in the Senate to stop a proposal to sell some of Idaho's public lands.¹⁰
Same-sex marriage	Not found in the public sources we checked	Keep same-sex marriage legal in every state His campaign website says he would defend Idahoans' freedom to marry the person they love.⁶	Let each state decide whether to allow it His campaign website says marriage is a covenant between a man, a woman and God, and that he would push to undo the Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision and leave the question to states and localities.⁷	Not found in the public sources we checked
Who decides on military action	Not found in the public sources we checked	Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack His campaign website says he would work to reassert Congress's constitutional authority so troops are not sent into combat without its explicit authorization.⁶	Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack His campaign website says no US troops should be deployed outside US territory unless Congress declares war.⁷	Not found in the public sources we checked
AR-15-style rifles	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says he would vote against new federal bans on firearms or magazines and against a federal registry of gun owners.⁶	No bans or added limits on these rifles His campaign website says he opposes all efforts to restrict owning or making any weapon.⁷	Not found in the public sources we checked
Homelessness	Provide permanent housing first, without requiring treatment or sobriety beforehand Her campaign website says she supports Housing First together with job training, rehabilitation and mental health support.⁸	Not found in the public sources we checked	Enforce bans on public camping and move people into shelters or treatment, including court-ordered treatment for some His campaign website says people camping in public places not meant for it should be detained and offered rehab, a shelter that will take them, or a trip to a city that will allow them to stay.⁷	Not found in the public sources we checked
Large investors buying single-family homes	Tighten the ban, such as by covering smaller investors or ending exceptions Her campaign website says she would curb corporate landlords, and her American Homeownership Restoration Act proposal would cap every company, fund or other entity at six single-family homes, require larger owners to sell the rest with first-time buyers getting first chance to buy, and bar foreign buyers from purchasing single-family homes.^8,11	His campaign website says he supports the progress the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act made toward limiting large institutional investors from buying single-family homes, and would build on those reforms.⁶	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Zoning and new housing	Give extra state or federal money to communities that allow more homes Her American Homeownership Restoration Act proposal would give extra federal housing money to states that eliminate parking minimums and allow duplexes by right in residential zones.¹¹	Give extra state or federal money to communities that allow more homes His campaign website says he would back legislation that rewards cities for building more housing and ends discriminatory rules against manufactured housing.⁶	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked
Immigration enforcement inside the country	Her campaign website says immigration enforcement should focus on criminals, traffickers and security threats rather than workplace raids or separating families, and that far more immigration judges should be hired to clear the court backlog.¹²	Not found in the public sources we checked	Deport as many people here without legal permission as possible, with or without criminal records His campaign website says any immigrant who was not invited should be deported to the country they most recently lived in.⁷	Not found in the public sources we checked
Federal spending levels	Not found in the public sources we checked	His campaign website says Congress must reduce the national debt by eliminating waste, fraud and abuse and collecting revenue already owed under existing law.⁶	Cut overall federal spending His campaign website says he would fight to cut federal budgets across the board rather than only slowing their growth.⁷	His campaign website says Congress needs to rein in waste, fraud and abuse as federal spending grows.¹⁰
Data privacy	Limit collection to what a service needs, and let people sue companies that break the rules Her campaign website says personal data should be treated as private property, and her Freedom From Surveillance Act proposal would bar collecting or selling personal data without specific consent, give people rights to see, correct and delete their data, let them sue violators, and create a federal privacy enforcement agency.^8,13	His campaign website says people should have the right to control their personal information and demand that it be deleted.⁶	Not found in the public sources we checked	Not found in the public sources we checked