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U.S. Senator · Idaho
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James Elroy Risch was born on May 3, 1943. He is an American lawyer and politician. Risch has served as the junior United States senator from Idaho since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. Risch was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He received a B.S. degree in forestry in 1965 from the University of Idaho.
Risch received a J.D. degree in 1968. In 1970, voters elected Risch as Ada County Prosecuting Attorney. Voters first elected Risch to the Idaho Senate in 1974. He served as majority leader and later as president pro tempore.
On May 26, 2006, Risch became governor of Idaho when Kempthorne resigned to become U.S. secretary of the interior. Risch served as lieutenant governor again until he resigned to take his Senate seat on January 3, 2009. Risch won the 2008 general election for U.S. Senate with 58% of the vote.
Voters reelected Risch in 2014 and 2020. The article says he seeks a fourth term in 2026. Risch served as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The article says Risch is considered politically conservative and is Roman Catholic.
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Desk Baffled When Departing Boss Produces Successor, Not Invoice
Every deal this desk has seen follows one rule: when the senior man leaves, the junior inherits a consultant. So the floor read twice that Risch became governor of Idaho when Kempthorne resigned, and the successor simply got the office. No search firm. No fairness opinion. Compliance asked whether a departure that produces a successor, rather than a fee, is even permitted on a floor like ours.
Founder's Linter Flags County Prosecutor for Missing Type Declarations
The founder's linter chokes on the line saying voters elected Risch as Ada County Prosecuting Attorney in 1970. Ada, he insists, is a programming language he once saw on a conference slide. He asks about the county's uptime, whether the attorney was strongly typed, and who open-sourced the ballot. The onboarding bot says Ada is a place. He pivots to a startup called Prosecutor.ada.
Partners Memo: One Gavel, Nine Co-Leads, Immediate Panic
MEMO TO PARTNERS. Re: lead investor. We note that Risch served as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, one title on one door. Our rounds list nine co-leads, each 'leading' in a footnote. Recommendation: one name, one chair, one gavel. Counter-recommendation from Legal: nine gavels, shared, plus an observer seat for the gavel.
Trustees Rank Rename Fights by Hours Stalled per Syllable
Minutes note that Risch threatened to block a spending bill over changing the name of the White Clouds Wilderness protected area to honor a rival, then acquiesced. Trustees adopt a Syllable Stall Rate and apply it to renaming the Opportunistic Sleeve the Strategic Sleeve, which has held up allocation for three meetings. The chair asks that the metric bear his name. Debate over this begins at once and adjourns unresolved.
Inspector Finds Transformer Leaning Toward Neighboring Warehouse
Appraisal: a spokesman said Otter had made no decision and he is not leaning toward anybody. We adopted the phrase as our allocation standard and sent a surveyor to check the main transformer's lean. Finding: it tilts two degrees toward the cold-storage warehouse next door. The utility confirms no decision has been made. The warehouse, however, has received an energization date and a courtesy fruit basket.
Model Card Adds 'Revels' Field, Cuts Evaluations to Fit
Draft form for a new release, citing the headline 'Risch revels in upcoming term as king': the Reign section lists a launch party, a mascot and a crown emoji in the demo. Safety receives one line, headed 'Upcoming.' A reviewer asks where the red-team results sit. The form points to the party's catering budget, which has the only complete set of footnotes.
Bureau Bans Sketch Artists, Hires One to Draw Alertness
Deputy Lin reads that Courtroom sketch artist Art Lien memorialized his nap, and the study session goes silent, since half the room has practiced the same posture. Clerk Zhou proposes an approved court artist whose drawings show only upright cadres. The one candid sketch of dozing is hung in the corridor as a warning, then reclassified as the session's only accurate minutes.
Posted Notice: How to Count a Majority Leader
Step 1: Locate the line that opens 'He served as majority leader.' Step 2: Ask which majority, and who counted it. Step 3: Compare with the break-room petition, whose majority was tallied by the person it was against. Step 4: Take both tallies to the steward, who will confirm that leader is a title, majority is a rumor, and the petition is under review.
Why Does 58 Percent Elect Him and Eliminate Me?
Why does 58% of the vote settle a 2008 Senate race, while a vendor's forecast of 58 percent time savings settles only my desk? Who decided a majority is a mandate when voters supply it, and a rounding error when my team's survey does? And when the pilot got 58 percent adoption and I got a retraining portal, which of us was reelected?
Winner Gets Promoted, Loser Inherits the Winner's Pager
Risch lost a 1994 primary to Madsen, then Batt appointed Risch to the seat vacated by Madsen. I know the sequel. Kyle beat me for the lead role, then got promoted to Director of Talent, and I was appointed to the desk he vacated, including his unfinished migration. He now interviews candidates. I am his most reliable reference, and the only one he never calls.
Footnote on the Word 'Again' and My Résumé
¹ The record says Risch served as lieutenant governor again, so 'again' is evidently a promotion. My own résumé lists 'Junior Analyst' again, after a contract role also called junior, and the portal reads 'again' as a defect. In my cohort, returning to a title is repetition; elsewhere it is a record. Footnote withdrawn pending a mentor.
Record date: 2026-10-25 · Party: Republican · Term: 2021-01-03 to 2027-01-03
url: https://www.risch.senate.gov
phone: 202-224-2752
address: 483 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
contact form: https://www.risch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Email
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