Mike Simpson
Bio |
Mike Simpson is an American Republican politician who earned his degrees from Utah State University and Washington University. Simpson served in the House and the Senate at Idaho’s state level and currently represents Idaho’s 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, a position he has held since 1999. |
Status and Position |
Current US House of Representatives of Idaho |
Political Party and Jurisdiction |
Republican, Idaho |
Elections |
Election Jurisdiction |
Started Campaign |
Campaign Status |
Poll Rankings (of the vote) |
| 2020 House of Representatives Election ID-02 | ID-02 | Yes | Running | N/A |
Campaign Financing |
Simpson raised a total of $1,008,846 for his 2020 campaign. https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/mike-simpson/summary?cid=N00006263 |
Voting Rights |
Simpson's stance on voting rights is unknown. |
Opinions on Issues
Issues |
Stance |
Summary |
| Universal Healthcare | Nuance | Simpson has stated that he wants to make the healthcare system available and affordable. Simpson wants to repeal the ACA and does not believe that it is the answer to healthcare for everyone. |
| Socialized Healthcare | Unknown | Simpson's stance on socialized healtcare is unknown. |
| Private Healthcare | Unknown | Simpson's stance on private healthcare is unknown. |
| LGBT Rights | Against | Simpson does not believe in LGBT rights. In 2021, the house passed a bill that would protect LGBT rights and Simpson voted no. https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/208/house-approves-equality-act-lgbtq-legal-safeguards/277-218aca1b-58a2-4b57-88e8-357e2c0373ec |
| Taxes | Against | Simpson supports lowering taxes. Simpson believes will help billions of Americans by having bigger checks, helping with refunds, and lower bills. https://simpson.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=121116 |
| Flat Tax Rate | Unknown | Simpson's stance on flat rate taxes is unknown. Simpson believes will help billions of Americans by having bigger checks, helping with refunds, and lower bills. https://simpson.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=121116 |
| Abortion | Against | Simpson is pro life. Simpson only believes an abortion is acceptable in the cases of rape, incest, or the life of the mother is in danger. https://simpson.house.gov/issuestatements/abortion.htm |
| Gun Control | Against | Simpson says he will never support any legislation that takes away or limits the second amendment. He believes that limiting, banning, having waiting periods or any other type of restriction violates the second amendment right. https://simpson.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=121116 |
| Assisted Suicide | Unknown | Simpson's stance on assisted suicide is unknown. He believes that limiting, banning, having waiting periods or any other type of restriction violates the second amendment right. https://simpson.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=121116 |
| Government Interference | Against | Simpson states he will work on stopping the government interfering with small buissnesses. https://simpson.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=5023 |
| Planned Parenthood | Against | Simpson supports defunding Planned Parenthood.https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/health/locals-demonstrate-for-against-planned-parenthood/277-175219278 |
| Welfare | Unknown | Simpson's stance on welfare is unknown. |
| Welfare | Unknown | Simpson's stance on stem cell research is unknown. |
| Death Penalty | Unknown | Simpson's stance on the death penalty is unknown. |
| Mandatory Prison Sentence | Unknown | Simpson's stance on mandatory prison setences is unknown. |
| Military Spending | For | Simpson is devoted to making sure that our military has what resources they need. https://simpson.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=121116 |
| War on Terrorism | For | Simpson states he will always supoprt our troops elimating a terrorist threat. https://simpson.house.gov/issuestatements/waronterror.htm |
| Foreign Policy International Interaction | Unknown | Simpson's stance on Foreign Policy International Interaction is unknown. |
| United Nations power | Unknown | Simpson's stance on united nations is unknown. |
| Nationalism | Unknown | Simpson's stance on nationalism is unknown. |
| Free Markets | Unknown | Simpson's stance on free markets is unknown. |
| Brexit | Unknown | Simpson's stance on brexit is unknown. |
| Affirmative Action | Unknown | Simpson's stance on affirmative action is unknown. |
| Government Spending | Against | Simpson wouldl ike to reduce spending and the national debt. https://simpson.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=13377 |
| Charter Schools | Unknown | Simpson's stance on charter schools is unknown. |
| Common Core | Unknown | Simpson's stance on common core is unknown. |
| Clean Energy | For | Simpson supports cleaner energy. Simpson states that finding alternative sources, reducing energy costs, and iimproving energy innovation will help the country with it's future of high energy use. https://simpson.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=121116 |
| Religious Freedom | For | Simpson'sbelieves everyone has the right to religiosu freeodm. Simpson states religous based organizations should not have to purchase insurance for employees that violate their long-standing beliefs. https://simpson.house.gov/issuestatements/conscience.htm |
| Separation of Church and State | Against | Simpson does not beleive in seperation of church and state. https://simpson.house.gov/issuestatements/religiousfreedom.htm |
| Slavery Reparations | Unknown | Simpson's stance on slavery reparations are unknown. |
| Border Control | Nuance | Simpson believes in border control and fixing the immigration system. Simpson states he has been working on fixing the immigration system since it has failed current citizens and those who come to the U.S. leaglly. He also supports law enforcement doing "whatever is nesscary" to keep illegal immigrants from corssing the border. https://simpson.house.gov/issues/issue/?IssueID=5021 |
| Passenger Profiling | Unknown | Simpson's stance on passenger profiling is unknown. |
| DACA | Unknown | Simpson's stance on DACA is unknown. |
| Sanctuary Cities | Unknown | Simpson's stance on sanctuary cities is unknown. |
| Legalizing Marijuana | Against | Simpson is against legalizing marijuana. https://earlyinvesting.com/activist-guide/idaho/ |