# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-risch
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:42:53.718Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-risch"
name: "Jim Risch"
slug: "jim-risch"
description: "James Elroy Risch is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Idaho since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he served as lieutenant governor of Idaho under governors Dirk Kempthorne and Butch Otter, and briefly as governor between their terms."
tagline: "American lawyer and politician (born 1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Risch_official_portrait.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1943-05-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           65.79
  momentum:             1.36687277496721
  historical:           22.70345466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1010
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/SenatorRisch"
    handle:    "SenatorRisch"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/senatorrisch/"
    handle:    "senatorrisch"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/senatorjimrisch"
    handle:    "senatorjimrisch"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.risch.senate.gov"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCncKW8xyT5UbPNO27YuQnBA"
    handle:    "@senatorjamesrisch"
    followers: 1010
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jim Risch"
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    title: "Jim Risch"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ջիմ Ռիշ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jim Risch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jim Risch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jim Risch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Risch"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Риш, Джим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump