As Vice President Kamala Harris continues to search for her 2024 running mate, one potential candidate getting some buzz is Minnesota's Tim Walz.
Walz, a veteran and former public school teacher now in his second term as governor, is making a name for himself in the veepstakes conversation as he stumps for Harris on the campaign trail and in cable news hits on CNN, MSNBC and even Fox News.
"I put him pretty low, as most of us did, as a candidate for vice president but he's absolutely everywhere at this point and he's getting a really good bounce," said David Schultz, a professor of political science at Hamline University in Minnesota. "He's good at articulating the argument for the Democratic Party's agenda and he himself can say, 'Look, I'm an example. My state is an example of what happens when you elect Democrats,'" said Schultz.
Hogg has said Walz would make an "incredible VP" and praised the governor as "so down to earth and such an excellent communicator." "He speaks in a way that is real, and the more voters learn about him, the more they like him," Hogan said. "With a slim majority in Minnesota, he lowered costs for families and improved health care. It's a Prairie Populist agenda that has worked in the Midwest, and he's now bringing it to the national stage."
Still, there are things working against him when it come to what Harris may be seeking in a running mate, Schultz said.
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