Walz , a mainstream progressive , has drawn Democratic praise for his sting attacks on Sen. J.D. Vance .
Vice PresidentKamala Harris , the presumptive popular presidential nominee , has choose Minnesota Gov. Tim Walzas her running mate , CNNandThe Associated Pressreported Tuesday .
There was no immediate check from the Harris campaign or Walz on the option .
Given Minnesota ’s status as a dependably , albeit narrowly , Democratic state , the selection of Walz does not immediately put a battleground state in play for Democrats .
But the plainspoken , 2nd - term state principal executive has emerge recently as a prominent blast dog against former PresidentDonald Trumpand Sen. J.D. Vance(Ohio ) , Trump ’s running mate .
illuminate into the Republican Party ’s seek to restrict abortion right and certain books in public libraries , Walz has helped blow up Democrats ’ “ uncanny ” moniker for the GOP . “ These are weird masses on the other side,”he said on MSNBCin July .
Walz , a former public school teacher and old stager of the U.S. Army National Guard , antecedently be southern Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2019 .
He has highlighted his upbringing in a small town in Nebraska to go on offence against Vance , argue that the GOP vice presidential pick neglect to take account the small - town truism , “ Mind your own damn business . ”
Walz made his career in Mankato , a small , Democratic urban center amid a sea of rural , conservative agricultural community in southern Minnesota .
Since his reelection in 2022 , Walz leverage a minute legislative majority to pass a bevy ofmajor reform-minded reform , including a Medicaid buy - in , paid family and medical parting , a form - out of fossil fuels , and free shoal lunches for all .
But Walz ’s southern Minnesota roots have failed to arrest Democrats ’ steady slide at the polls in the rural areas bed as Greater Minnesota . The Republican incumbent take Minnesota ’s 1st Congressional District — Walz ’s former House seat — bymore than 11 share pointsin 2022 .
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