Kamala Harris Picks Minnesota Governor Tim Walz As Running Mate

Tim Walz, the twice elected governor of Minnesota, has been chosen by Vice President Kamala Harris as her running mate in the 2024 presidential election, the Associated Press and other media outlets reported this morning.

Walz, 60, comes from a state that Democrats are widely expected to win, but his folksy charm and non-Ivy League roots vaulted him to the top of the veepstakes in the past week. He’s also been a choice of progressives in the party.

Boosters of the former schoolteacher who served in the National Guard said he would help bolster the party’s standing among working class voters, as he grew up in rural Nebraska.

Walz and Harris will appear together at a Philadelphia rally later today.

CNN first reported on the choice of Walz.

A former member of the House of Representatives who was first elected governor in 2018, Walz nevertheless did not have the same national profile as other VP contenders, including Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ).