Walt Minnick

Walt Minnick is a first-term member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 1st Congressional District of Idaho.

He is a fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrat, who voted against both the November 2009 and March 2010 final health care bills.

Committee assignments

• House Agriculture Committee
• House Financial Services Committee

Congressional caucuses

• Congressional Native American Caucus

Voting ratings

Organization	Rating	Date
AFL-CIO
American Civil Liberties Union
American Conservative Union
Americans for Democratic Action
Cato Institute
Christian Coalition
Human Rights Campaign
League of Conservation Voters
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NARAL
National Rifle Association
National Right to Life Committee
National Taxpayers Union
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Sources: Links to the voting ratings guides of the above organizations together with brief descriptive information on the organizations themselves, may be found at: http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Interest_group/Catalogs

2008 Election

Candidate	Party	Vote total	Percentage
Walt Minnick	Democrat	175,898	50.61%
Bill Sali	Republican	171,687	49.39%

Source: Federal Election Results - final official tally

2010 Elections

Sarah Palin endorsed Vaughn Ward as a candidate against him.

Reference

• Representative Walt Minnick - official Congressional web site