Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her vice presidential running mate for the 2024 election. Walz, 60, is a military veteran, former public school teacher, and congressman who has served as Minnesota's governor for six years. As a congressman, Walz represented a Republican-leaning district in Minnesota for six terms and styled himself as a moderate who could connect with rural voters. Minnesota became the first state to codify abortion rights after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
