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Tim Walz's history on the issues
Since taking office in 2019, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has enacted several major policies and laws.
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Fresh off a newly minted Democratic ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are set to go on tour, hitting several battleground states in five days -- alongside them and mirroring their schedule state by state is Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance.
On Monday, Harris introduced Walz to a fired-up crowd in Philadelphia; Vance was also in Pennsylvania on Monday. The candidates will campaign next in Wisconsin and Michigan.
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Here's how the news is developing.
Aug 06, 2024, 4:16 PM EDT
Harris campaign says it raised more than $10M since Walz announcement
The Harris-Walz ticket has raised more than $10 million since this morning's reveal of Tim Walz as the vice president's running mate, the campaign said in a release, making it "one of the campaign's best fundraising days this cycle."
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Lauren Hitt, a spokeswoman, added that Pennsylvania's top elected officials will join the pair at their Philadelphia rally tonight.
Sens. John Fetterman and Bob Casey are expected to speak, as is Gov. Josh Shapiro, who had been one of the contenders to be Harris' running mate.
-ABC News' Will McDuffie, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Fritz Farrow
Aug 06, 2024, 4:16 PM EDT
DNC calls Walz the 'presumptive nominee for vice president'
The Democratic National Committee, in a post on X, called Tim Walz the "presumptive nominee for Vice President."
"Kamala Harris has selected Governor Tim Walz to be the presumptive Democratic nominee for vice president of the United States," the party wrote, with a graphic of it's "official Democratic ticket."
-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim, Isabella Murray and Brittany Shepherd
Aug 06, 2024, 3:26 PM EDT
Harris releases video of phone call with Walz
Vice President Kamala Harris released a video showing her speaking with Gov. Tim Walz about being her running mate.
Harris is seen speaking on a cellphone with Walz, who is dressed in a T-shirt, khakis and a camouflage-colored baseball cap, alerting him that he would be her pick.
"The joy that you're bringing back to the country, the enthusiasm that's out there it will be a privilege to take this with you across the country," Walz says in the video.
