Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz introduced Tuesday he’ll run for an unprecedented third four-year time period.
Whereas the transfer was not surprising, making it official ended months of will-he-or-won’t-he uncertainty. As not too long ago as late August he was nonetheless on the fence. If elected he can be the primary governor in state historical past to make it previous two four-year phrases.
“We’ve made historic progress in our state, but we’re not done yet,” Walz stated in a video on his social media channels saying his candidacy. “And that’s why I’m running for reelection. I want to make Minnesota a place where everyone has a chance to succeed — in every corner of the state.”
He prefaced that with a rundown of his administration’s accomplishments and performed up the bipartisan cooperation it took to steadiness the funds. “I’m staying in the fight — and I need you with me,” he stated on X.
Walz’s announcement in impact assured he wouldn’t plan a presidential run. He ran alongside Kamala Harris of their 2024 White Home bid, after they narrowly misplaced the favored vote to Trump and JD Vance however have been trounced within the electoral school tally.
FILE – Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and operating mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz seem on the Fiserv Discussion board throughout a marketing campaign rally in Milwaukee, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Picture/Jacquelyn Martin)
Republicans are prone to spotlight a $250 million fraud scandal involving public funds meant to offer meals for youngsters, which they contend Walz’s administration ought to have caught earlier, in addition to different perceived failures.
Walz has fielded a variety of crises since first being elected in 2018, together with the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 homicide of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
This 12 months has seen the assassination in June of Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband by a gunman who additionally killed their canine and severely wounded one other lawmaker and his spouse. Earlier this month, one other shooter attacked Annunciation Catholic Church and College throughout a Mass stuffed with schoolchildren, killing two and wounding 21.
“I’ve seen how we help each other through the hard times,” Walz stated. “And boy, we’ve seen terrible times this year. I’m heartbroken and angry about the beautiful people we lost to gun violence. But it’s in these moments we have to come together. We can’t lose hope, because I’ve seen what we can do when we work together.”
