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In the final days of 2024, Minnesota Now is looking back at some of the year’s most significant moments in politics. At the top of the list is Gov. Tim Walz’s rise to become the Democratic vice presidential nominee alongside Kamala Harris.
The day after President Joe Biden dropped out, Walz broke the news to Minnesotans that he would consider joining a presidential ticket.
“She mentioned she would need my help, and I said she has it in any way that she sees fit. If that’s the direction she goes, I guess that’s fine,” he told MPR News on July 22.
Fifteen days later, on Aug. 6, he was tapped as the VP nominee.
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MPR News host Nina Moini and politics editor Brian Bakst revisit Walz’s journey to the VP nomination and the months of campaigning that followed. Plus, they talk about what’s in store as he begins another year as Minnesota’s governor.
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