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Michael Simpson is running for reelection to the U.S. House in Idaho’s 2nd Congressional District. The Republican incumbent is part of a nine-candidate field for the Nov. 3, 2026, general election.
The field includes four Republicans, three Democrats and two independent candidates. No documented policy positions are on file for any of the nine candidates. Biographies and campaign finance totals also are not on file.
Michael Simpson’s candidacy
Simpson is identified as the incumbent and a Republican candidate in the ID-2 contest. He is the only candidate in the field identified as the current officeholder.
No biography is on file for Simpson. There also are no figures on file for how much his campaign has raised, how much it has spent or how much cash it has on hand. No issue positions are documented for his 2026 candidacy.
The full ID-2 candidate field
Each candidate is seeking the U.S. House seat representing Idaho’s 2nd District in the 2026 general election.
- Tripp Charles Hutchinson is running as an independent candidate. No biography, funds-raised total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file. No documented policy positions are on file for Hutchinson.
- Michael Simpson is running as a Republican candidate and is the incumbent. No biography, funds-raised total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file. No documented policy positions are on file for Simpson.
- Elinor Gilbreath is running as a Democratic candidate. No biography, funds-raised total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file. No documented policy positions are on file for Gilbreath.
- Perry Shumway is running as a Republican candidate. No biography, funds-raised total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file. No documented policy positions are on file for Shumway.
- Emre Houser is running as an independent candidate. No biography, funds-raised total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file. No documented policy positions are on file for Houser.
- Keven Paul Lewis is running as a Democratic candidate. No biography, funds-raised total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file. No documented policy positions are on file for Lewis.
- Julie Marisa Wiley is running as a Democratic candidate. No biography, funds-raised total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file. No documented policy positions are on file for Wiley.
- Eric Clarke is running as a Republican candidate. No biography, funds-raised total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file. No documented policy positions are on file for Clarke.
- Sean Higgins is running as a Republican candidate. No biography, funds-raised total, spending total or cash-on-hand amount is on file. No documented policy positions are on file for Higgins.
Party breakdown and campaign positions
Republicans Simpson, Shumway, Clarke and Higgins make up four of the nine candidates. Democrats Gilbreath, Lewis and Wiley account for three candidates. Hutchinson and Houser are running as independents.
None of the candidates has a documented position on a specific policy issue on file. That means no stance can yet be attributed to Simpson or any of his eight opponents on the basis of the official race information.
Election date and race status
The ID-2 general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. The race is listed as contested, with all nine candidates seeking the same U.S. House seat.
Candidate biographies, policy positions and campaign finance figures may give voters more points of comparison if they are added during the election cycle. For now, the established distinctions are the candidates’ names, party affiliations and Simpson’s status as the incumbent.
