WASHINGTON - Democrat Walt Minnick still leads first-term Republican incumbent Bill Sali in the fundraising race for western Idaho's 1st District congressional seat, the campaigns reported Tuesday.

Neither campaign had final numbers late Tuesday, the deadline for reporting second-quarter contributions and spending.

But Minnick's campaign said its reports to the Federal Election Commission will show that Minnick has raised more than $360,000 this quarter. Of that, $50,000 was his own money, the campaign said. Minnick has already put more than $100,000 of his own money into the race.

Minnick is one of about a dozen Democratic challengers who are backed by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's Red to Blue campaign.

Minnick's reports will show he has $416,000 in cash on hand, said his campaign spokesman, John Foster.

"We're very pleased with the quarter and we have great momentum as the word gets out about Bill Sali," Foster said.

House Republican leaders have been concerned about whether Sali can hold on to his seat, and the National Republican Congressional Committee put him on a list of vulnerable incumbents. They have appealed to GOP donors nationwide to send contributions to Sali and the others on the endangered list.

Sali's fundraising numbers weren't available late Tuesday, said Wayne Hoffman, a spokesman for the campaign and the congressional office. The campaign was having computer problems and was working with the FEC to file the reports, he said.

The best estimates show the campaign had about $250,000 in cash on hand, Hoffman said, adding that the campaign raised an estimated $155,000 in the past six weeks. Asked Tuesday, Sali wasn't certain of the exact amount he raised over the fundraising period, but it was "our best quarter yet" and said his campaign is "extremely well-positioned."

He also said that he had paid down more than half of the debt owed by the campaign from his 2006 bid for office. His April filings showed that he was still $134,673 in debt. The current debt still owed by the campaign was unavailable Tuesday.

In Idaho's 2nd District congressional race, Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson raised just under $70,000 this quarter and has $134,834 cash on hand. His Democratic opponent, Debbie Holmes, raised $6,331 this quarter and has $3,972 in her campaign account.

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