United States Vice President and Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris chose Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (60) as her vice presidential candidate. Because he comes from rural areas and is a politician who knows the working class, he is seen as an interesting name for Democrats.
Former US President and Republican Party presidential candidate Donald Trump chose Ohio Senator James David (JD) Vance (39) as his presidential candidate.
Tim Walz, who served in Congress for 12 years before becoming the Governor of Minnesota in 2019, attracted attention when he called Donald Trump and JD Vance "weird". Subsequently, "weird" became one of the most frequently used words in political polemics in the United States.
Timothy James Walz (born April 6, 1964) is an American politician, former schoolteacher, and retired United States Army non-commissioned officer who has served as the 41st governor of Minnesota since 2019 and as the chair of the Democratic Governors Association since 2023. He is the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2019, representing Minnesota's 1st congressional district.
Walz was born and raised in a small town in Nebraska on April 6, 1964. He worked as a teacher, first in China, then in Nebraska, and finally in Minnesota, where he taught geography and coached the football team. Because he comes from rural areas and is a politician who knows the working class, he is seen as an interesting name for Democrats.
He worked for gay rights in 1999, long before Democrats began fighting for gay rights across the country; He was a consultant at the school where he worked. Walz was a symbol that people from different worlds could coexist peacefully.
Walz, who joined the National Guard at the age of 17, served across the country and in many parts of Europe during his 24 years in the army.
Walz took part in former Massachusetts Senator John Kerry's campaign in 2004 and thus entered politics.
60-year-old Walz, # 60-year-old Walz, died in 2020 in Minneapolis, one of the largest cities in the state of Minnesota, after black George Floyd died as a result of a police officer named Derek Chauvin pressing his neck with his knee for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. He pioneered the Black Lives Matter movement. “The pain carried across generations is manifesting itself before the eyes of the world, and the whole world is watching,” Walz said.
Walz has something in common with JD Vance: He likes Diet Mountain Dew.
In 2022, Democrats won both houses of the House in Minnesota.
Walz and his colleagues, with a 1-Democratic majority, have gotten to work and have pushed for some progressive steps over the years, including free school meals, abortion rights, gun restrictions, and marijuana legalization.
According to experts, Democrats are asking, "How to govern a state well?" To answer the question, one should look to Minnesota.
Walz is married and has two children.