Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is VP Pick for Harris

Kamala Harris has made the first major choice as a Presidential Candidate by picking Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate.

Walz joins the Democratic ticket as the 41st Governor of Minnesota, he was elected in 2019 and won reelection in 2022, before becoming governor he was elected to the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2019, representing Minnesota's 1st congressional district.

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Walz will leave Minnesota today and hit the campaign trail at a rally with Harris in their first joint appearance in Philadelphia. The two will continue to campaign together with stops this week in Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada.

Walz has had a rapid rise to fame in national politics, he recently made some headlines by leading a group of democratic governors to talk to President Joe Biden about his reelection chances before he dropped out of the race, and since the announcement of Harris as the candidate, he's been a fierce advocate of hers.

In a poll conducted in May 2023, KSTP-TV/SurveyUSA found that Walz is popular in Minnesota with an approval rate of 54%, and 41% disapproval, but he is a relativity unknown politician outside of Minnesota, he did recently make some news by calling Trump and his supporters "weird", a term that has since been adopted by many supporting Harris.

Walz is 60 and was born in West Point, Nebraska, he currently lives at the governor's residence in St. Paul with his wife and two kids, before moving to St. Paul, Walz spent 20 years living in Mankato.

While Walz is running for VP, Minnesota Lieutenant Governor, Peggy Flanagan, will take over some of the day-to-day duties of governor, and if Walz is elected VP, she will become Minnesota's first female Governor and one of the youngest governors in the country.