Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's presumptive presidential nominee, named Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate as she takes on former President Trump in the 2024 election.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's presidential nominee, on Tuesday named Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate as she faces off against former President Trump in the 2024 election, according to the Associated Press. The naming of the 60-year-old Walz was not a shocker, as his name was instantly thought to be in contention in the two weeks since Harris succeeded President Biden as the party's standard-bearer.
Walz, the chair of the Democratic Governors Association, may also help Harris when it comes to bringing in campaign cash, as he has helped steer the DGA to record-breaking fundraising this year. The governor will also be able to showcase a slew of progressive policy victories in Minnesota, including protecting abortion rights, legalizing recreational marijuana and restricting gun access to curb shootings.
He taught English and American History in China for one year through a program at Harvard University before being hired in 1990 as a high school teacher and football and basketball coach in Nebraska. Six years later, he moved to Mankato, Minnesota, to teach geography at Mankato West High. Waltz was deployed to Italy to support Operation Enduring Freedom in 2003 before retiring two years later from the National Guard at the rank of command sergeant major.
Harris is expected to be formally announced as the party's nominee after the virtual roll call ends at 6 p.m. on Monday. The vice president, according to DNC rules, will then be allowed to enter her running mate's name for nomination. According to the DNC, the convention chair would then declare that candidate to be the party's vice presidential nominee.
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