Walter Clifford Minnick (born September 20, 1942) is an American politician who served as a U.S.
Representative for Idaho's 1st congressional district, serving from 2009 until 2011.
He is a member of the Democratic Party.
The district is in the western part of the state, and includes roughly one-fourth of Boise and most of its suburbs, as well as Meridian and Nampa.
It also includes the cities of Lewiston, Moscow and Coeur d'Alene.
Minnick was defeated by Raúl Labrador in the November 2010 election.
After leaving office, he co-founded the lobbying firm The Majority Group with his former chief-of-staff Rob Ellsworth and Wall Street attorney Chris DiAngelo.