Kamala Harris Has Selected Governor Tim Walz as Her Running Mate.

It was the best pick she could have made, and I’m very happy with the decision.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readAug 7, 2024
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Kamala Harris did it.

She actually did it.

After a couple of weeks of speculation and deliberation, Kamala Harris officially announced her running mate would be none other than Minnesota governor — and the most popular option among those on the left — Tim Walz.

Lauren Gambino and Melissa Hellmann with The Guardian writes:

“Kamala Harris introduced her running mate, Tim Walz, as “the kind of vice-president America deserves” at a raucous rally in Philadelphia that showcased Democratic unity and enthusiasm for the party’s presidential ticket ahead of the November election.

Casting their campaign as a “fight for the future”, Harris and Walz were repeatedly interrupted by applause and cheering as they addressed thousands of battleground-state voters wearing bracelets that twinkled red, white and blue at Temple University’s Liacouras Center — a crowd Harris’s team said was its largest to date.

“Thank you for bringing back the joy,” a beaming Walz told Harris after she debuted the little-known Minnesota governor as a former social studies teacher, high school…

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Lauren Elizabeth

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