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How Did Walz Win Kamala’s Veepstakes?
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz appear for the first time as running mates at a Philadelphia rally on August 6, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)
The Minnesota governor is a folksy progressive and a good soldier. And Josh Shapiro may be too ambitious to accept second place, reports Salena Zito.
By Salena Zito
08.07.24 — U.S. Politics
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Many American voters heard the name Tim Walz for the first time on Tuesday. The 60-year-old governor of Minnesota was picked as Kamala Harris’s running mate, after weeks of speculation that she would choose the young and charismatic Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro. 

But Democratic insiders weren’t so surprised. Walz, a father of two, is a good servant…

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Salena Zito
Washington Examiner national political reporter, Washington Post Special Contributor -author of Butler: Inside the near Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump and the fight for America's Heartland based in Western Pennsylvania
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