What to know about Kamala Harris' running mate Tim Walz
Raw StoryVice President Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate for the 2024 presidential election, kicking off the start of a new team that will be blitzing battleground states trying to secure crucial votes. Born in West Point, Nebraska, in his early life Walz enlisted in the Army National Guard, where he trained in heavy artillery and worked disaster response, as well as overseas deployments including in the Arctic. During that portion of his career he taught both overseas in China and in Nebraska and Minnesota, where he served as a youth football coach and advised the school's first gay-straight alliance. Harris reportedly had told close advisers she was focused on choosing someone with governing experience as her running mate, over someone who would check boxes for electoral groups.