The national political media is making much of preliminary fundraising numbers released by Idaho Congressman Walt Minnick for the upcoming campaign finance report, which isn’t due until July 15; CQ Politics reported today that Minnick’s campaign raised $410,000 from April through June 30, putting his total contributions for the election cycle at more than $1.9 million and leaving him with $1.1 million in cash as of July 1. The political news site called Minnick’s fundraising “impressive” and changed its rating of the race from “tossup” to “leans Democratic/Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise. More here.

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Question: What do you make of the declaration by respected CQ Politics that the 1st Congressional District of Idaho, one of the nation's most conservative, "leans Democratic"?