Tim Walz picked as Kamala Harris' VP in the 2024 presidential election

Kamala Harris picked Minnesota's progressive politician Tim Walz arsenic her moving mate to return connected Donald Trump and J.D. Vance aft weeks of speculation and a bitter conflict betwixt candidates.

The 60-year-old father-of-two, who has been joined to his coach woman Gwen since 1994, joins nan summons successful a triumph for nan acold near of nan statement who were concerned astir immoderate of nan different contenders' support of Israel.

In Minnesota Walz has codified nan correct to abortion, signed cosmopolitan free schoolhouse meals, legalized recreational marijuana and gave voting authorities to erstwhile prisoners.

The erstwhile coach is besides credited pinch being nan Democrat who started calling Republicans 'weird', a craze that has dominated nan run since Joe Biden dropped retired of nan title past month.

Walz turned nan North Star State into a refuge for LGBTQ Americans and has besides backed making Minnesota nan 13th 'sanctuary' authorities for undocumented migrants.

Harris announced her determination aft a hotly-watched veepstakes successful nan 2 weeks aft taking complete Biden's campaign.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly were successful nan last 3 pinch Walz to tally pinch Harris connected November's Democratic ticket.

The 2 are expected to beryllium officially nominated arsenic nan president and vice statesmanlike nominees astatine nan Democratic National Convention Starting August 19 successful Chicago.
Harris earned capable support from delegates conscionable 2 days aft Biden announced he was ending his reelection bid.

Now Walz will subordinate Harris connected Tuesday nighttime for their first tandem run extremity successful Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The 2 will past caput to nan six different swing states for a five-day run blitz this week done Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Nevada and Arizona.

After increasing up successful a mini Nebraska municipality he started teaching. First he went to China and past moved to classrooms successful Nebraska and Minnesota.

In Makato he taught surface science and was nan first module advisor for nan school's first gay-straight alliance, group up successful 1999.

He besides coached nan school's shot team. 

Walz and his woman Gwen person 2 children together – Hope, who precocious graduated from assemblage successful Montana, and Gus, who is successful nationalist precocious schoolhouse successful St. Paul, Minnesota. 

He doesn't portion intoxicant aliases coffee, he is simply a immense instrumentality of Diet Mountain Dew and was arrested for DWI successful Nebraska successful 1995, earlier he discontinue drinking.

Their children were conceived by IVF and fertility treatments, a broadside of his communicative that tin beryllium utilized to onslaught Republicans connected reproductive rights.

According to nan Star Tribune, Walz rides successful nan rider spot connected charismatic duties because he gets carsick successful nan back. 

He is besides a runner, served successful nan Army National Guard and has hundreds of situation coins he has collected successful his office.

Walz became politician of Minnesota successful 2019 aft serving six position successful nan House of Representatives for nan state's 1st legislature district, which encompasses its full confederate border.

He served arsenic Democratic ranking personnel of nan House Veterans' Affairs Committee for his last word earlier taking residence successful nan Minnesota Governor's Mansion successful Saint Paul.

Along pinch Shapiro and Kelly, location was a slew of speculation astir others being considered for Harris' VP pick, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. 

On Monday afternoon, reporting emerged that Harris narrowed her determination to Shapiro and Walz. 

Some thought picking a moving mate from a plaything authorities would use Harris – for illustration Shapiro from Pennsylvania aliases Arizona's Sen. Kelly.

But galore leftists were worried that Shapiro, who is Jewish, would beryllium excessively pro-Israel and Democrats were concerned it would re-spark arguable conversations astir Gaza and wounded Harris' campaign. 

Along pinch Shapiro and Kelly, location was a slew of speculation astir others being considered for Harris' VP pick, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.

But Walz's authorities of Minnesota is already solidly bluish and voted for nan Democratic candidates successful 2016 and 2020.

Minnesota voted for Hillary Clinton 1.5 percent complete Donald Trump and 4 years later widened nan bluish to reddish ratio by voting 7.1 percent for Biden complete nan erstwhile president.

The authorities is considered to beryllium a 'lean Democrat' for nan 2024 election, according to Cook Political Report.

On Monday afternoon, reporting emerged that Harris narrowed her determination to Shapiro and Walz.