Kamala Harris chooses Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as running mate

The Democrats, whose national convention begins in two weeks, are working hard to shore themselves up in an expanding number of swing states.

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00:00Kamala Harris has confirmed her running mate in the 2024 presidential election will be

00:06Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Harris praised Walz's record as governor, writing he'd delivered

00:12for working families like his in a post on X.

00:15Walz, who grew up in a small town in Nebraska, was a social studies teacher, a football coach

00:22and a union member before he got into politics.

00:27He ran for governor in 2018 and defeated Hennepin County Commissioner Geoff Johnson by more

00:33than 11 points.

00:36He governed through the COVID-19 pandemic and the protests that emerged in the wake

00:41of the murder of George Floyd.

00:44Harris will introduce Walz at a rally on Tuesday evening in Philadelphia.