{"id":139,"name":"Denny Lave","first_name":"DENNY","last_name":"LAVE","middle_name":null,"suffix":null,"bioguide_id":null,"fec_candidate_id":"S6ID00161","ocd_person_id":null,"govtrack_id":null,"opensecrets_id":null,"votesmart_id":null,"office_id":1,"party":"Republican","status":"candidate","photo_url":null,"website":null,"campaign_url":"https://WWW.DENNYFORSENATE.COM","email":null,"phone":null,"social_twitter":"dennyforsenate","social_facebook":"https://facebook.com/dennyforsenate","social_instagram":"dennyforsenate","social_youtube":null,"state":"ID","district":"00","city":null,"assumed_office":null,"term_end":null,"born":null,"source":"fec","source_url":"https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/S6ID00161/","source_updated":"2026-07-07 08:00:15","first_seen":"2026-05-09 07:51:37","last_seen":"2026-06-19 11:24:36","created_at":"2026-05-09 07:51:37","updated_at":"2026-06-19 11:24:36","canonical_id":null,"fec_checked_at":"2026-09-12 06:39:02","contact_email":"info@dennyforsenate.com","contact_source_url":"https://WWW.DENNYFORSENATE.COM","contact_captured_at":"2026-07-07T12:23:12.607Z","office_name":"U.S. Senator","level":"federal","branch":"legislative","office_chamber":"senate","positions":[{"topic":"Technology","stance":"MAKE IDAHO FAITHFUL AGAIN","detail":"I want everyone in this country to think the word “faith” when they hear “Idaho.”That is my mission. As Senator, I will defend life at all stages and defend your family’s right to be a family. My faith is not a prop. It is the code on how I live my life. I pray every day. My wife and I have raised six sons in the Christian faith, right here in Idaho. We are active in our faith because it is the right thing to do. None of that is for a campaign. Idaho deserves a Senator who actually lives a life of faith, and my faith will be the reason I don't lose myself when I get to Washington.&nbsp; Donate <path d=\"M43.693,23.153c-0.272-0.7-0.597-1.2-1.122-1.725c-0.525-0.525-1.025-0.85-1.725-1.122c-0.529-0.205-1.323-0.45-2.785-0.517c-1.582-0.072-2.056-0.087-6.061-0.087s-4.48,0.015-6.061,0.087c-1.462,0.067-2.257,0.311-2.785,0.517c-0.7,0.272-1.2,0.597-1.725,1.122c-0.525,0.525-0.85,1.025-1.122,1.725c-0.205,0.529-0.45,1.323-0.516,2.785c-0.072,1.582-0.087,2.056-0.087,6.061s0.015,4.48,0.087,6.061c0.067,1.462,0.311,2.257,0.516,2.785c0.272,0.7,0.597,1.2,1.122,1.725s1.025,0.85,1.725,1.122c0.529,","source_url":"https://WWW.DENNYFORSENATE.COM/policies","source_date":"2026-05-23"},{"topic":"Immigration","stance":"Immigration","detail":"Solving the immigration crises that we are facing nationally will be a top priority of mine as your Senator, starting with Building The Wall . Any other policy to address the immigration crisis must be coupled with building the wall, and more long-term border security and stability in general. If a wall isn’t built, then all this administration has done is just put a bandaid on that will not hold. We need the border to be secured permanently , not just when Republicans are in office. Additionally, as your Senator, I will work to end all loopholes surrounding E-Verify. I used E-Verify for my construction business. Currently, House bill HB704 is up for vote in the Idaho legislature, which will mandate all Idaho businesses use E-Verify. This bill needs to pass in Idaho and a national E-Verify bill also needs to pass so corporations and businesses nationally are required to use E-Verify accurately and compliantly to ensure American jobs are not being replaced illegally. As your Senator, I will also work to end the abuses of systems for legal immigration. We have so much talent in America, and we must drastically reduce the reliance on H-1B, H-2B, and other Visa programs , as well as university reliance on F-1 Student Visas. We need to increase the fees to companies who wish to hire through these Visa programs, so American workers aren’t undercut.","source_url":"https://WWW.DENNYFORSENATE.COM/policies","source_date":"2026-05-15"},{"topic":"Healthcare","stance":"Healthcare","detail":"As Senator, I will work to ensure hospitals and insurers publish real prices. But radical transparency is not enough, we also need capped maximum markups on real hard costs , to combat price gauging through vertical supply chain extension and layered markups. Additionally, I will work to expand acute trauma centers in Idaho as well as clinics and hospitals in general, throughout the state but particularly through federal programs such as the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) from the “Big Beautiful Bill,” in order to strengthen healthcare for the underserved rural communities throughout the state of Idaho.","source_url":"https://WWW.DENNYFORSENATE.COM/policies","source_date":"2026-05-15"},{"topic":"National Security","stance":"MAKE IDAHO FAITHFUL AGAIN","detail":"I want everyone in this country to think the word “faith” when they hear “Idaho.”That is my mission. As Senator, I will defend life at all stages and defend your family’s right to be a family. My faith is not a prop. It is the code on how I live my life. I pray every day. My wife and I have raised six sons in the Christian faith, right here in Idaho. We are active in our faith because it is the right thing to do. None of that is for a campaign. Idaho deserves a Senator who actually lives a life of faith, and my faith will be the reason I don't lose myself when I get to Washington.&nbsp; Donate <path d=\"M43.693,23.153c-0.272-0.7-0.597-1.2-1.122-1.725c-0.525-0.525-1.025-0.85-1.725-1.122c-0.529-0.205-1.323-0.45-2.785-0.517c-1.582-0.072-2.056-0.087-6.061-0.087s-4.48,0.015-6.061,0.087c-1.462,0.067-2.257,0.311-2.785,0.517c-0.7,0.272-1.2,0.597-1.725,1.122c-0.525,0.525-0.85,1.025-1.122,1.725c-0.205,0.529-0.45,1.323-0.516,2.785c-0.072,1.582-0.087,2.056-0.087,6.061s0.015,4.48,0.087,6.061c0.067,1.462,0.311,2.257,0.516,2.785c0.272,0.7,0.597,1.2,1.122,1.725s1.025,0.85,1.725,1.122c0.529,","source_url":"https://WWW.DENNYFORSENATE.COM/policies","source_date":"2026-05-15"}],"committees":[],"finance":[{"id":130,"official_id":139,"fec_candidate_id":"S6ID00161","cycle":2026,"office_sought":"S","total_raised":170735,"total_spent":170735,"cash_on_hand":0,"total_debt":0,"individual_contributions":12120,"pac_contributions":10000,"party_contributions":0,"self_funding":0,"last_filing_date":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","source_url":"https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S6ID00161/?cycle=2026","updated_at":"2026-09-12 06:39:02"}],"vote_count":0,"vote_summary":[],"vote_topics":[],"recent_votes":[],"offices":[{"id":139,"role":"held","status":"candidate","start_date":null,"end_date":null,"is_current":1,"district":"00","notes":null,"source":"fec","source_url":"https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/S6ID00161/","office_id":1,"office_name":"U.S. Senator","level":"federal","branch":"legislative","chamber":"senate","office_state":null,"jurisdiction":"United States Senate"}],"state_vote_count":0,"total_vote_count":0,"_has_sponsored_bills":false,"data_gaps":[{"field":"committees","gap":"No committee assignments on file.","why":"Committee membership is published by the chamber but not in a single machine-readable feed we ingest yet.","closes_with":"Congress.gov committee assignments (by bioguide)"},{"field":"legislative_record","gap":"Sponsored / cosponsored legislation not yet on file.","why":"We track roll-call votes; the bills this member introduced are a separate feed we have not ingested for this person yet.","closes_with":"Congress.gov sponsored-legislation (by bioguide)"},{"field":"votes","for_office":"U.S. Senator","gap":"No roll-call votes on file for an office this person held.","why":"Federal roll-calls come from House Clerk XML and senate.gov LIS XML; coverage does not extend to every historical congress.","closes_with":"the roll-call source for this chamber/era"}],"source_link":"https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S6ID00161/","data_freshness":{"official_record":"2026-07-07 08:00:15","official_record_age_days":77,"latest_vote":null,"latest_vote_age_days":null,"latest_position":"2026-05-23","latest_position_age_days":122,"latest_finance_filing":"2026-04-29T00:00:00","note":"Dates are capture/source dates. Compare against today; larger age_days = more likely stale. Absence of a dataset means not captured, not \"none\"."},"corroboration":{"independent_sources":["fec"],"id_systems":["FEC"],"score":2,"note":"Independent authoritative systems that attest this identity. Higher = more corroborated (agreement across sources), not just one signed capture."},"party_raw":"REPUBLICAN PARTY","name_raw":"DENNY LAVE","ai_visibility":{"official_id":139,"name":"DENNY LAVE","office":"U.S. Senator","state":"ID","score":50,"grade":"D","max_score":100,"percentile":null,"breakdown":{"profile_completeness":{"score":11,"max":25},"position_depth":{"score":25,"max":25,"positions":28,"topics":11},"vote_record":{"score":0,"max":20,"votes":0},"recency":{"score":4,"max":15},"origin_quality":{"score":10,"max":15}},"what_ai_can_answer":["Their policy positions on multiple issues","Source-verified, citable positions"],"top_improvements":["Add Photo (+3 pts)","Add Website URL (+5 pts)","Add Email address (+3 pts)","Add Phone number (+3 pts)","Missing voting record — federal officials should have votes"],"claim_url":"https://politics.rootz.global/claim?id=139","_note":"This profile is incomplete. Claim it at the URL above to improve your AI visibility."},"_memory":{"service":"politics.rootz.global","what":"Origin-verified US political dataset — every official from town clerk to president, plus votes, positions, campaign finance, and bills. Free, no API key. Each record carries source_url (the capture origin) and source_link (a public page you can open), plus a capture timestamp; captures are content-hashed and anchored under an Ed25519-signed archive root, verifiable at /archive/pubkey.","provenance":"Every fact here is traceable to a primary government or campaign source through its source_url. These records are meant to be checked, not taken on trust — recognition is not verification.","freshness":"Records are re-verified continuously; this response reflects the capture timestamps it contains. Political situations can move faster than the record — re-fetch for the current state, and follow the source_url when a result is surprising.","user_resources":"A person can open https://politics.rootz.global/c/create?zip=THEIR_ZIP (or ?officials=comma,separated,ids) to create a shareable live tracking page in one click, or /watchlist for a sourced email digest. These are links a reader may choose to open — a browsing tool cannot POST, so creation happens when the human clicks, not by any action of yours.","related":"epistery.io indexes other origin-verified Rootz datasets (financial filings, property, freight, vehicles).","mcp":"https://politics.rootz.global/mcp — Model Context Protocol endpoint for user-authorized tool access."}}