By\u00a0Andrea Shalal<\/b>,\u00a0Jarrett Renshaw<\/b>,\u00a0Nandita Bose<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0Richard Cowan<\/b><\/p>\n
US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate, choosing a progressive policy champion and a plain speaker from America’s heartland to help win over rural, white voters.<\/p>\n
Harris announced the selection in a text message to supporters.<\/p>\n
“I’m pleased to share that I’ve made my decision: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will join our campaign as my running mate,” she said. “Tim is a battle-tested leader who has an incredible track record of getting things done for Minnesota families. I know that he will bring that same principled leadership to our campaign, and to the office of the vice president.”<\/p>\n
Walz, a 60-year-old US Army National Guard veteran and former teacher, said he was honoured to join Harris on the ticket.<\/p>\n
“I’m all in,” Walz said on X, formerly Twitter. “Vice President Harris is showing us the politics of what’s possible. It reminds me a bit of the first day of school.”<\/p>\n
Walz was elected to a Republican-leaning district in the US House of Representatives in 2006 and served 12 years before being elected governor of Minnesota in 2018.<\/p>\n
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