# Chris Bruce

Chris Bruce is a Republican member of the Idaho House for district 23A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Idaho House, district 23A
- Serving since: 2024-12-01
- Current term: ID 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/dbc641db-1cb7-4110-9121-96ddf5d877d7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dbc641db-1cb7-4110-9121-96ddf5d877d7 (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

41% of Bruce’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Idaho, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

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

236 classified statements: 236 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Bruce | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.3% | 2.9% | 365 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 14.0% | 9.3% | 189 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 37.3% | 31.9% | 308 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 11.9% | 12.7% | 351 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.4% | 1.4% | 395 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 18% (State House Republicans 12%); Health 18% (State House Republicans 10%); Government Operations and Politics 13% (State House Republicans 18%); Taxation 10% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Public Lands and Natural Resources 9.1% (State House Republicans 1.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.49 (standard error 0.03), from 44 donors and 298 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ID 2025–26 session)

916 roll calls. Attendance 98.5% (Idaho House 96.8%). Party unity 93.5% (84%). 157 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · passage · H 516 EDUCATION – Amends and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding the prohibition of taxpayer funding of teachers unions. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H516/
- 2026-04-02 · voted nay · Rules Suspended: Ayes 58 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 12, read in full as required – · 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 nay · Rules Suspended: Ayes 59 Nays 6 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – · 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 yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 58 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 12, read in full as required – · 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: Ayes 59 Nays 6 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – · S 1438 APPROPRIATIONS – PUBLIC SCHOOLS – IDAHO DIGITAL LEARNING ACADEMY DIVISION – Relates to the appropriation to the Public Schools Educational Support… · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/S1438/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 59 Nays 6 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – · S 1247 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding law enforcement entering into a memorandum of agreement. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/S1247/
- 2026-04-02 · voted nay · Rules Suspended: Ayes 62 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 8, read in full as required – · S 1454 APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – EARLY LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH SAFETY AND PERMANENCY, AND FAMILY AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS – Relates to… · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/S1454/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 59 Nays 6 Abs/Excd 5, read in full as required – · 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/
- 2026-04-02 · voted yea · Rules Suspended: Ayes 58 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 12, read in full as required – · 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: Ayes 62 Nays 0 Abs/Excd 8, read in full as required – · S 1448 MINORS – Amends existing law to revise provisions regarding material harmful to minors. · pass · https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/S1448/

## Legislation (ID 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0.

Recent sponsored bills:

- H 428: BROADCASTING OF HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding priority public broadcasting rights of Idaho high school sports… (in committee, 2025-03-21) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2025/H428/
- H 429: LOCAL LAND USE PLANNING – Amends existing law to require a school district that receives mitigation fees to adopt a capacity plan and to use such moneys in… (in committee, 2025-03-21) https://openstates.org/id/bills/2025/H429/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $22.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 41% 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.

- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ChrisBruceID/status/2111644784633024856
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisBruceID/status/2098423794830540840
- 2026-08-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisBruceID/status/2086225594161971256
- 2026-08-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisBruceID/status/2083612449505480800
- 2026-07-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisBruceID/status/2081319627942969699
- 2026-07-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ChrisBruceID/status/2080994415905005992
- 2026-07-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisBruceID/status/2080022130641834445
- 2026-07-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ChrisBruceID/status/2074591541407220028
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisBruceID/status/2073431221108121733
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisBruceID/status/2073531123897073798

## Links

- Official site: https://legislature.idaho.gov/house/membership/
- Campaign site: https://www.cbruce4idaho.com/
- X: https://x.com/ChrisBruceID
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChrisForKuna/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/electedbythepeople/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-bruce-39951b46

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dbc641db-1cb7-4110-9121-96ddf5d877d7