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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, right, laughs as he stands with Fridley, Minn., Mayor Scott Lund during a visit to the Cummins Power Generation Facility in Fridley, Minn., Monday, April 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

From football coach to VP pick: Walz blazes unusual path to nomination

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz listens to Vice President Kamala Harris speak at Planned Parenthood, March 14, 2024, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher, File)

Harris, Walz raise more than $10 million in hours after vice president pick announcement

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speak at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Harris introduces running mate Walz to nation as Midwestern, middle-class warrior

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A PlannedParenthood sign is displayed outside the clinic Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Democratic governors offer public appeals to women amid neighboring Iowa’s 6-week abortion ban

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks to reporters after meeting with President Joe Biden, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at the White House in Washington, as New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz listen. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democratic governors offer support to embattled Biden, vow to ‘have his back’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Judge Natalie E. Hudson smiles as she is appointed to the Minnesota Supreme Court at the Minnesota Judicial Center, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015, in St. Paul, Minn. Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, promoted Hudson to be chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, making her the first Black person to lead the state's highest court, and named his former general counsel, Karl Procaccini, to fill Hudson's spot as associate justice. (Renee Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Minnesota names first Black chief justice of state Supreme Court, Natalie Hudson

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

Marijuana plants grow at a Minnesota Medical Solutions greenhouse on May 5, 2015, in Otsego, Minn. Senators in Minnesota passed a bill Saturday, May 20, 2023, that would legalize recreational marijuana for people over the age of 21, making it the 23rd state to legalize adult-use cannabis. The measure has already been approved by the House and now goes to Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, who has pledged to sign it into law. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Minnesota governor signs bill to legalize marijuana, effective this summer

By Trisha Ahmed - Associated Press

Gov. Tim Walz spoke before the ceremonial bil signing Wednesday, May 24, 2023 St. Paul, Minn. (Glen Stubbe /Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota governor vetoes Uber/Lyft driver pay raise bill, citing cost and service concerns

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a news conference on the Minnesota economic and budget forecast in St. Paul, Minn., Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota governor signs ‘driver’s licenses for all’ bill

Associated Press

Surrounded by DFL legislators, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz holds up a bill he signed that adds a "fundamental right" to abortion access into state law in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Behind him, from left to right, are first lady Gwen Walz, Tim Stanley of Planned Parenthood and Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn, DFL-Eden Prairie. Walz's signature makes Minnesota the sixteenth state to spell out a right to abortion access in its law books or constitution, and the first state Legislature to take such action since Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota Gov. Walz signs abortion bill decried by GOP as most ‘extreme’ in nation

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A visitor leaves the Mall of America, Thursday, June 11, 2020 in Bloomington, Minnesota. The mall reopened Wednesday after being closed since March due to the coronavirus. Police in Minnesota say the Mall of America has been placed on lockdown after a reported shooting, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

State-run vaccination site at Mall of America shuts down

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Incumbent Governor Tim Walz debates gubernatorial candidate Scott Jensen in the third and final gubernatorial debate at the Fitzgerald Theater, Oct. 28, 2022, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri, File)

Democrat Tim Walz wins 2nd term as Minnesota’s governor

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, at the Minnesota Department of Public Safety in St. Paul, Minn., where he pushed back against critics who say his administration should have done more to thwart what federal prosecutors have called a scheme to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to defraud the U.S. government of at least $250 million. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

GOP attacks Minnesota governor in $250M food fraud case

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

GOP attorney general candidate Jim Schultz leaves the stage with his wife Molly and their children during the first day of the Minnesota State Republican Convention, Friday, May 13, 2022, at the Mayo Civic Center in. Rochester, Minn. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP)

Race is tight as Minnesota GOP picks candidate for governor

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

FILE - Critical care nurses and respiratory therapists flip a COVID-19 patient upright in North Memorial's South Six and South Seven Intensive Care Units on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020 at North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale, Minn. Hospitals in Michigan and Minnesota on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, reported a wave of COVID-19 patients not seen in months as beds were filled with unvaccinated people and health care leaders warned that staff were being worn down by yet another surge. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Defense Department will help relieve 2 Minnesota hospitals

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 22, 2021 file photo, a health worker inoculates a woman with China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary vaccination center in Manila, Philippines. The U.S. is shipping more than 3.2 million doses of Johnson &amp; Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines. The White House tells the Associated Press the donated single-shot vaccines will begin arriving in the Philippines later this week through COVAX, the international program coordinating vaccine sharing with lower- and middle-income countries. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Minnesota reports 5,600 breakthrough COVID-19 cases, 57 deaths

By Steve Karnowski - Associated Press

Minnesota community vaccination sites now taking walk-ins

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Minnesota Twins' Nick Gordon, right, steals second base as the throws gets past Texas Rangers second baseman Nick Solak in the second inning of a baseball game, Thursday, May 6, 2021, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Walz lifts most Minnesota virus restrictions by Memorial Day

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press

FILE - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks from the Governor's Reception room at the State Capitol Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn. George Floyd's killing last year and the protests that followed led to a wave of police reforms in dozens of states, from changes in use-of-force policies to greater accountability for officers. At the same time, lawmakers in a handful of states have had success addressing racial inequities. Walz said after the verdicts were read Tuesday that he’s ready to go on the offensive if there is no progress toward racial equity and police accountability. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Walz to issue timeline for lifting all COVID-19 restrictions

Associated Press

FILE - Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks from the Governor's Reception room at the State Capitol Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in St. Paul, Minn. George Floyd's killing last year and the protests that followed led to a wave of police reforms in dozens of states, from changes in use-of-force policies to greater accountability for officers. At the same time, lawmakers in a handful of states have had success addressing racial inequities. Walz said after the verdicts were read Tuesday that he’s ready to go on the offensive if there is no progress toward racial equity and police accountability. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Walz plans to announce easing of virus rules on Thursday

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press