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RandySF

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Sun Sep 1, 2024, 11:16 AM Sep 2024

Tim Walz Heads Home to the Minnesota State Fair

Shortly after Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota was tapped by Vice President Kamala Harris to be her running mate, a photo of Mr. Walz at the Minnesota State Fair in 2019 went viral.

He wore a gold University of Minnesota T-shirt, a maroon University of Minnesota hat emblazoned with the Gophers mascot and a smile that his face could barely contain. In his arms was a small, sleeping piglet.

It was peak Midwestern dad energy — one of the regular-guy reasons that Ms. Harris chose him to join the Democratic ticket despite his limited national profile. Over the last few weeks, Mr. Walz has been on a whirlwind tour introducing himself to the rest of the country. He has campaigned before crowds of over 10,000 in battleground states like Wisconsin and Georgia; hosted fund-raisers in California and Maryland; and completed his transformation into a party leader with a rousing speech accepting the vice-presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

But Mr. Walz will need no introduction when he steps back onto the grounds of the Minnesota State Fair in St. Paul on Sunday, where he is expected to make a campaign stop.




https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/us/politics/walz-minnesota-state-fair.html

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Tim Walz Heads Home to the Minnesota State Fair (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2024 OP
Governor Walz with a pork chop on a stick made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2024 #1
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