Governor · Minnesota

Tim Walz

Governor of Minnesota

Tim Walz is the governor of Minnesota, a Democrat whose first term began on January 7, 2019. He represented Minnesota's First Congressional District in the U.S. House from 2007 to 2019 and earlier was a high school teacher and an Army National Guard member.

Background

Biography

Tim Walz was born on April 6, 1964, in West Point, Nebraska. He graduated from Butte High School in Butte, Nebraska, in 1982, earned a B.S. from Chadron State College in 1989 and an M.S. from Minnesota State University, Mankato, in 2001. He served in the Nebraska National Guard from 1981 to 1996 and the Minnesota National Guard from 1996 to 2005. His official biography says he moved to Mankato in 1996, taught social studies at Mankato West High School, and retired from the 1-125th Field Artillery Battalion in 2005 as a command sergeant major.

Walz was elected as a Democrat to the House in 2006 and served six terms, from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2019, representing Minnesota's First Congressional District. He did not seek reelection to the House in 2018 and was instead elected governor of Minnesota.

He is Minnesota's 41st governor. His first term began on January 7, 2019, and after reelection in 2022 his second began on January 2, 2023. In 2024 he was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president of the United States.

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Governor · Minnesota

Tim Walz

Governor of Minnesota

Background

Biography

Voting record

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Governor of Minnesota is an executive office. The Baseline will not manufacture a congressional voting score for it; sourced checks, statements, and coverage appear below.

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Biography

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Published claim checks

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Biography

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Published claim checks

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