Harris selects Minn. Gov. Tim Walz as running mate

Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, looking to strengthen the Democratic ticket in Midwestern states.

She will introduce Walz at a rally Tuesday evening in Philadelphia.

Harris was the only candidate eligible to receive votes after no other candidate qualified by a deadline last week. She officially claimed the nomination Monday night when the DNC released final results.

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Voter Voices: ‘I was open for whoever she picked’

Marnie Fowler, a 44-year-old Philadelphia who works in concert touring, wore a blue T-shirt she recently purchased online that said: “Childless Cat Lady,” a reference to remarks by GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance. Farlow said she wanted Walz all along. “He’s America’s dad,” Farlow said. “Everything he’s done in Minnesota aligns with my values.”

Cheryl Pitts, a 77-year-old retired state worker from Sicklerville, New Jersey, said she was “a little bit” disappointed that Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro wasn’t picked, “but it won’t stop us from voting; it didn’t diminish my excitement.” She called Walz “a regular kind of guy that I can believe what he says.”

Bernie Strain, 66, wore a shirt he made himself for the rally that said: “OLD WHITE MEN FOR HARRIS & FREEDOM.” Strain said he’d met Shapiro through politics but was ready to support whoever Harris selected. “I was open for whoever she picked,” he said. “I was going to support them with both feet.”

A Republican strategist actually praising Harris’ VP pick

Mark Campbell is a rare Republican who’s publicly praising Harris’ choice of Walz, calling it “a home run.”

Campbell, a veteran GOP strategist who managed Glenn Youngkin’s winning 2021 Virginia governor’s campaign, ticked through a number of areas he suggests Walz reinforces Harris, first as an authentic surrogate in the northern battleground states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

An enlisted Army veteran, “not officer class,” Walz is “plainspoken, folksy in a way that will play well in the burbs and rural areas,” Campbell said.

He’s “progressive, but not too far from center,” he said, and will align with “Harris on policy 90% of the time.” Campbell called the selection “rock steady.”

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says Walz is a good pick for Harris’ running mate

Beshear said it was “a true honor of a lifetime” to be considered for Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate and that

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was a good pick.

“He is a great friend,” Beshear told reporters outside his office in the Kentucky Capitol on Tuesday afternoon. “He’d be an amazing vice president. I am 100% onboard with doing everything I can to elect the Harris-Walz ticket this November.”

Beshear declined to comment on the process — when he was interviewed for the job and if he heard from Harris or her team Tuesday morning.

Man who owned rights to HarrisWalz.com says he’s sold the domain; declined to name the buyer

Jeremy Green Eche, the trademark lawyer who purchased HarrisWalz.com for $8.99 in 2020, sold the domain – and a slate of others linked to Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris – on Tuesday for $15,000, he told The Associated Press shortly after the order was made.

Eche declined to say who bought the domains, but said they have “no obvious connection to either campaign or anything political.”

Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate Tuesday.

Eche bought the rights to the site and others in 2020 when the would-be vice president was in the midst of a primary campaign for president. When he learned Walz was the pick, Eche was particularly excited, both because the Harris supporter liked Walz best out of the men the vice president was considering, and because it meant someone paying his $15,000 asking price was more likely.

Now that the site was sold, however, Eche says he feels glad but odd.

“I feel strange,” he said, “like it happened too soon.”

The domains were sold on the website for Eche’s start-up, Communer, a forum that allows people to buy and sell domains and trademarks online. Eche said the website will now draw up a domain transfer contract between himself and the buyer.

Group founded by Republican women opposed to Trump support Walz

A group founded in June by current and former Republican women who oppose Donald Trump for president came out in favor of Walz as Harris’ pick, in part for Walz’s fiscal measures and policy accomplishments aimed at women.

“As Governor, he’s cut taxes for the middle class while balancing the budget, supported paid family leave so new mothers can be home to care for their children, expanded access to pre-kindergarten, and make sure that no Minnesotan child goes hungry at school,” a release from Women4U.S. states.

The group is a federal superPAC whose honorary advisers include former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, former New Hampshire Republican Chair Jennifer Horn and founding editor of The Weekly Standard, Bill Kristol.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi welcomes Walz to the race

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi welcomed the Minnesotan to what she called the Harris-Walz “freedom ticket.”

“In the Congress, I saw firsthand Tim Walz’s leadership, collaborative spirit and effectiveness in bringing people together and getting the job done,” Pelosi said in a statement.

The former Democratic House speaker was pivotal in reshaping the presidential race as President Joe Biden stepped aside and she said the field of potential VP candidates “demonstrated the strength and vitality of the next generation of Democratic leadership.”

Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin: ‘We’re thrilled to see a fellow Midwesterner at the top of the ticket’

It didn’t take Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin long to seize on Harris’ selection of Walz as a fundraising tool for her competitive reelection campaign.

“We’re thrilled to see a fellow Midwesterner at the top of the ticket,” Baldwin said in a fundraising email sent late Tuesday morning.

Voto Latino co-founder says Walz as running mate will help energize Latino voters

Voto Latino co-founder and President Maria Teresa Kumar said Walz’s selection to the ticket would help energize Latino voters who want a more inclusive democracy.

Sen. Mark Kelly urges supporters to contribute to the Harris-Walz ticket

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly said he and his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords, will do everything they can to elect Harris and Walz after Kelly was passed over for the Democratic ticket.

Kelly sent an email to supporters urging them to contribute to the Harris-Walz ticket.

Vance blames Harris’ policies for drug addiction deaths

Vance is aiming to tie what he portrays as Harris’ failures along the U.S.-Mexico border to deaths from drug addiction.

Vance told several hundred supporters gathered in a South Philadelphia event space that, “thanks to the policies of Kamala Harris, you’ve got children who’ve been orphaned” when their parents die from drugs.

Barack and Michelle Obama say Harris ‘has chosen an ideal partner’

“Governor Walz doesn’t just have the experience to be vice president, he has the values and the integrity to make us proud,” the former president and first lady said in a statement.

Vance says he tried to get Walz on the phone

The Republican told reporters aboard his campaign plane Tuesday that he called Walz earlier in the day but “I left him a voicemail, I didn’t get him.”

President Joe Biden calls Harris-Walz ticket ‘a powerful voice for working people’ and middle class

Biden called on Democrats and all Americans to rally behind them.

Vance says Walz pick as running mate ‘highlights how radical’ Harris is

In his first public comments since his general election foe was set, J…

Former colleagues on Capitol Hill appear thrilled with Walz as the VP pick

“Great choice,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Walz “has always put our country first,” Van Hollen said, and he’s excited to campaign for the Harris-Walz ticket for “a brighter future for all Americans.”

Rep. Mark Takano of California recalled how after Walz beat him during an internal House caucus vote to become the top Democrat on the Veterans Affairs Committee, his colleague “immediately brought me into the fold because that’s the type of leader he is: a collaborative bridge builder.”

Polling shows the appeal of Tim Walz’s biography

Tim Walz’s biography as a military veteran and former high school teacher – two broadly trusted professions – may also help him appeal to Americans as he campaigns with Vice President Kamala Harris.

AP VoteCast shows Tim Walz’s electoral strengths and weakness in Minnesota

Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is hoping her VP choice, Tim Walz, will strengthen the Democratic ticket in Midwestern states and among working class voters.

Tim Walz will need to introduce himself to America

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will need to introduce himself to the vast majority of Americans.

Fellow Minnesotan Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Walz is ‘just unendingly optimistic and joyous’

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar says Walz is someone who is “just unendingly optimistic and joyous, and that is very, very important right now in our politics.”

Several black and white SUVs have left the Governor’s residence in St. Paul

Harris’ running mate pick is good news for man who owns rights to HarrisWalz.com

Jeremy Green Eche was in the middle of getting his toddler dressed the moment news broke that Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris had selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her running mate.

Walz says he’s ‘all in’

In a Tuesday morning post on X, Walz said joining the ticket with Harris is “the honor of a lifetime.”

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Walz

Shapiro called Walz “an exceptionally strong addition to the ticket” who’ll help Harris become the 47th president.

At the Governor’s mansion, a Minnesota resident says why he likes Walz

David Ivory, 46, stood outside the Governor’s mansion with his two children. Ivory found out Walz was selected after his wife texted him “OMG” from work.

Harris says her new running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has ‘delivered for working families’

“It’s great to have him on the team,” Harris said.

Voter Coalition Pushes Issue-Based Outreach Strategy to Increase Registration, Shifting from Top of Ticket Politics

State Voices launched a $3 million nationwide campaign Tuesday to encourage voters of color to vote based on the issues that affect their day-to-day lives, like grocery price spikes or growing rent and mortgage payments.

Environmental group cheers selection of Walz as the Democratic vice presidential candidate

Manish Bapna, president and CEO of the NRDC Action Fund, the political arm of the Natural Resources Defense Council, called Harris and Walz “the winning ticket on climate. The Harris-Walz administration will be ready, on day one, to build on the strongest climate action ever and lead by example in the global fight against the existential challenge of our time.”

The National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund praises Walz’s selection

“The National LGBTQ Action Fund expected a strategic and bold choice as a strong addition to the ticket as a Vice-Presidential candidate,” Sayre E. Reece, vice president of the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund, said Tuesday in a statement. “In Governor Walz we have gotten both.”

At Walz’s residence in Minnesota

A growing crowd of residents and news reporters gathered outside Walz’s residence in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Tuesday morning.

No immediate comment from Vance on Harris picking Walz as her running mate

Boarding his campaign plane Tuesday morning in Cincinnati for a swing through battleground states this week, Ohio Sen. JD Vance did not answer shouted questions about Harris picking Walz as her running mate.

Trump attacks Walz in a fundraising email

Donald Trump sent a fundraising email calling Walz “Dangerously Liberal” and saying he would “unleash HELL ON EARTH.”

The selection process that led Harris to pick Walz as her running mate

A team of lawyers and political operatives led by former attorney general Eric Holder pored over documents and conducted interviews with potential vice presidential selections.

A Minnesota Democratic strategist praises Walz’s ability to connect with voters

Minnesota Democratic strategist Abu Amara says Walz will be a good surrogate for Harris across the upper Midwest, because he represented a rural U.S. House district but won statewide in a state with large metropolitan and suburban areas.

Some Republicans are already reacting to the selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Harris’ VP pick

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called it the “most left-wing ticket in American history” and accused Walz of not doing enough to protect Minnesota during the 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd.

Tropical Storm Debby continues to upend Harris’ travel plans this week

The campaign had already pulled down a planned stop in Savannah, Georgia, because of the weather.

But the Democratic presidential nominee will now no longer travel to Raleigh, North Carolina, either, according to the campaign. She was set to travel to Raleigh on Thursday.

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