Vice President Kamala Harris has officially named her running mate on the 2024 Democratic presidential ticket.
After more than a week of speculation and drama surrounding multiple candidates, the Harris campaign has announced that Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota will be Harris’ running mate, according to multiple media outlets.
The news comes after several black Suburbans were spotted leaving his residence in St. Paul, Minnesota, early Monday.
Three black suburbans just rolled out of Governor Tim Walz’s St. Paul residence. He is expected to attend a fundraiser for Kamala Harris in Minneapolis tonight. @WCCO pic.twitter.com/yn8ZbY3P9Z
— Kirsten Mitchell (@Kirsten_TV) August 5, 2024
Walz has been governor of Minnesota since 2019, having won election in 2018 and re-election in 2022.
Walz was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008, where he served until he ran for governor. Prior to that, he served in the National Guard after enlisting in 1981 at age 17. He eventually achieved the rank of command sergeant major and became the highest-ranking retired enlisted soldier to be elected to Congress.
Harris and her running mate are set to make their first public appearance together in Philadelphia on Tuesday. The campaign is hoping that the running mate choice will keep key swing areas in play and bring them back toward the Democrats after months of them trending toward former president Donald Trump, Harris’s opponent in November.
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