Despite getting trounced in the 2024 presidential election, former Democratic Vice Presidential nominee and current Minnesota governor Tim Walz says he’s seriously considering a run for president in the next election.
Walz said he would “certainly consider” running for president in 2028 — despite his crushing defeat alongside then-Vice President Kamala Harris this past November.
“Look, I never had an ambition to be president or vice president. I was honored to be asked,” the Minnesota governor told “the New Yorker Radio Hour” on Sunday.
“If I feel I can serve, I will. And if nationally, people are like, ‘Dude we tried you, and look how that worked out,’ I’m good with that.”
“If I think I could offer something … I would certainly consider that.”
Walz told host David Remnick he was “not arrogant enough to believe there’s a lot of people that can do this,” but added that “if the circumstances are right” and he feels he “has the right skill set for the moment … I’ll do it.”
Walz said the defeat last November is “one I’ll take with me to the grave.”
“An old white guy who ran for vice president, you’ll land on your feet pretty well. But I still struggle with it … when I see Medicaid cuts happening, when I see LGBTQ folks being demonized, when I see some of this happening, that’s what weighs on me personally,” he told Remnick.
Walz, 60, recently ruled out running to replace the retiring Democratic US Sen. Tina Smith in 2026.
He is eligible to run for a third term as governor in 2026, but has not said whether he will do so.
If Walz is re-elected as governor of Minnesota and serves through 2031, he would become the longest-serving chief executive in the state’s history.