FULCHER, RUSSELL

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. House · Idaho · District 1 · Election 2026 · IncumbentH8ID01124

Overview

Raised: $848.4Kvs $637.6K 2023–2024
Spent: $818.4Kvs $626.9K 2023–2024
Cash on hand: $209.9Kvs $180K 2023–2024
Debts owed: $0vs $0 2023–2024

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Race forecast

Chance of winning: 99%
Rating: Safe R
Predicted margin: R+29.1

VotePredictor gives Russ Fulcher a 99% chance of winning as of November 2, 2026. Based on 3 polls of the race, blended with its fundamentals.

Russ Fulcher’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Nov 2, 2026	99%

As VotePredictor published it each day since September 25, 2026, including changes to its model.

Forecast by VotePredictor , updated daily. Its probabilities stay between 1% and 99%; no race is called before it is decided.

Compliance review · No open linked indicators

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Idaho · District 1
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2026
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: RUSS FULCHER FOR IDAHO (C00648295)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Who's funding Russ Fulcher? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$407.7K
Unitemized individual contributions$27.7K
Other committees$397.4K
Party committees$1,000

Top contributors

ROOPE, CALEB14% Democratic / 86% RepublicanDerived from contributions$13.8K4 contributions
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS PACMixed activity · 39% Democratic / 53% Republican · 7% unclassifiedInferred from activity$9,0002 contributions
LAVE, DENNY

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$675.3K
Contribution refunds$3,622
Other disbursements$139.5K

Largest operating payments

RUTH'S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE$20.3KEVENT CATERING · Feb 23, 2026
RUTH'S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE$19.5KCATERING · Mar 20, 2025
THE COEUR D'ALENE RESORT$13.8KCATERING · Sep 17, 2025
AUTOSORT$12.4KDIRECT MAIL SERVICE · Apr 24, 2026
MONTAGE DEER VALLEY$5,389LODGING · Mar 30, 2026
CUMULUS MEDIA$5,200ADVERTISING - RADIO · Apr 21, 2026
TOWN SQUARE MEDIA$5,000ADVERTISING - RADIO · Apr 16, 2026
UPSCALE MAIL$4,198ADVERTISING - PRINT · Apr 28, 2026
THE COEUR D'ALENE RESORT

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jan 25	$100	$0
Feb 25	$27,250	$0
Mar 25	$71,950	$45,000
Apr 25	$1,740	$6,000
May 25	$4,350	$0
Jun 25	$14,500	$1,500
Jul 25	$26,311	$19,000
Aug 25	$42,636	$0
Sep 25	$7,325	$0
Oct 25	$275	$0
Nov 25	$75	$0
Dec 25	$3,025	$2,000
Jan 26	$45,525	$1,000
Feb 26	$20,835	$3,000
Mar 26	$26,771	$1,000
Apr 26	$19,034	$2,000
May 26	$14,110	$1,500
Jun 26	$11,883	$35,000

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Idaho · District 1
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Incumbent
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026, 2024
Registered address: PO BOX 1375 · MERIDIAN, Idaho, 83680-1375
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

LEAN FORWARD AMERICAC00930396 Joint fundraising participantRUSS FULCHER FOR IDAHOC00648295
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1930604Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
SECURING THE FUTURE FUNDC00951913 Joint fundraising participantRUSS FULCHER FOR IDAHOC00648295
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1979992Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
RUSS FULCHER FOR IDAHOC00648295 Authorized candidateFULCHER, RUSSELLH8ID01124
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
RUSS FULCHER FOR IDAHOC00648295 Connected organizationGT FARM TEAMReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
GEM STATE PACC00729897 Leadership PAC sponsorFULCHER, RUSSELLH8ID01124
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 2011410Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $3,622
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash0b5aaf865f963f89a97159da6a092e561304e8cb06c7a483de7ffc4e8870e0e2

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FULCHER, RUSSELL

Overview

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Candidate & race

Money in

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Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

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