US vice president Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota governor Tim Walz to be her running mate. Walz, a Midwestern Democrat with deep ties to labour movements, will be seen as an opportunity for Harris to hang on to some of the ‘blue wall’ states that president Joe Biden flipped from Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
CV-wise, Walz is impressive: he was born in a small town in Nebraska, joined the Army National Guard, worked as a high-school social studies teacher and was elected to Congress in 2006. He won the governor’s mansion in Minnesota in 2018 and won reelection in 2022.
Walz has his own history of pro-Israel policies and statements
Progressives over the past few weeks have pushed hard for Walz after his name popped up on the shortlist next to Arizona senator Mark Kelly, Kentucky governor Andy Beshear and Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro. United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain said that Walz and Beshear were his top picks for the veep slot.
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