Idaho's 1st congressional district
Current Representative		Walt Minnick (D)
Population (2000)	648,744
Median income	$38,364
Ethnicity	91.6% White, 0.3% Black, 1.4% Asian, 6.8% Hispanic, 0.9% Native American, 0.2% other
Cook PVI	R+18

The Idaho First Congressional District encompasses the western and northern parts of Idaho. It includes the western third of the state capital, Boise, and most of Boise's suburbs, including the cities of Nampa and Meridian. It also includes Lewiston, Moscow, and Coeur d'Alene. George W. Bush received 69% of the vote in this district in 2004.

Since 2009, the district has been represented by Walt Minnick, a Democrat from Boise. Minnick defeated Bill Sali, a Republican, in the 2008 election in a close race.^[1] According to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, it is one of the most heavily Republican districts in the nation represented by a Democrat. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index score of R +18.

[edit] History

The district was created for the 1918 election by the Idaho Legislature, although the boundaries have been changed several times since then by reapportionment.

[edit] Voting in Presidential Elections

[edit] References

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