Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks during a political gathering. — Reuters/File
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday, choosing a progressive policy champion and a plain speaker from America’s heartland to help win over rural, white voters, said people familiar with the matter.
Walz, a 60-year-old US Army National Guard veteran and former teacher, was elected to a Republican-leaning district in the US House of Representatives in 2006 and served 12 years before being elected governor of Minnesota in 2018.
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