# Phil Hart

Phil Hart is a Republican member of the Idaho Senate for district 2.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Idaho Senate, district 2
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: ID 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/202344ed-fa6e-4d6d-b746-516abb5c962d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/202344ed-fa6e-4d6d-b746-516abb5c962d (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

60% of Hart’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Idaho, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## What Hart says (ID 2025–26 session)

233 classified statements: 233 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Hart | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.3% | 2.3% | 135 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 11.2% | 9.5% | 114 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 46.4% | 37.3% | 113 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.7% | 2.3% | 165 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 18.9% | 15.4% | 125 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 2.6% | 1.3% | 54 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 20% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Law 14% (State Senate Republicans 3.7%); Economics and Public Finance 11% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 9.3% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Taxation 9.3% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.61 (standard error 0.02), from 48 donors and 590 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 84% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ID 2025–26 session)

791 roll calls. Attendance 96.4% (Idaho Senate 97.3%). Party unity 87% (87%). 151 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – · H 974 APPROPRIATIONS – IDAHO STATE POLICE – Relates to the appropriation to the Idaho State Police for fiscal year 2027. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H974/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – · H 972 APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – DIVISION OF WELFARE – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2027. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H972/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – · H 973 APPROPRIATIONS – MILITARY DIVISION – Relates to the appropriation to the Military Division for fiscal year 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H973/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – · H 959 TAXATION – Amends and adds to existing law to provide for an initiative petition to raise or lower the property tax budgets for fire protection… · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H959/
- 2026-04-02 · voted nay · Read third time in full – · H 896 SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding compliance with the law. · fail · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H896/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – · H 975 APPROPRIATIONS – Relates to the appropriation and transfer of moneys in the state treasury for fiscal year 2027. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H975/
- 2026-04-02 · voted nay · Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – · H 978 APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal year 2027. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H978/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote Read in full as required) – Read third time in full – · H 976 APPROPRIATIONS – Relates to the appropriation and transfer of funds for strategic initiatives and local highway districts. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H976/
- 2026-04-01 · voted yea · Read third time in full as amended – · S 1336 EDUCATION – Amends and adds to existing law to revise and establish provisions regarding civics education. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/S1336/
- 2026-04-01 · voted yea · Read third time in full – · H 949 APPROPRIATIONS – WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND STEM ACTION CENTER – Relates to the appropriation to the Workforce Development Council and the STEM… · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H949/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,199 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 60% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorPhilHart/status/2113891014805234026
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorPhilHart/status/2109778397929033987
- 2026-09-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorPhilHart/status/2101341261487890815
- 2026-09-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorPhilHart/status/2101017184701227197
- 2026-09-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorPhilHart/status/2100334556226502965
- 2026-09-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorPhilHart/status/2097059941794431258
- 2026-09-02 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorPhilHart/status/2095220890120396973
- 2026-08-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/SenatorPhilHart/status/2091396145205727611
- 2026-08-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/SenatorPhilHart/status/2091653983769374749
- 2026-08-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/SenatorPhilHart/status/2090590919762620820

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/membership/2024/id26/
- Campaign site: https://www.hart4idaho.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorPhilHart
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phil.hart.58
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/repphilhart
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-hart-idaho-55b01a161/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/202344ed-fa6e-4d6d-b746-516abb5c962d