Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will be presumptive Deomocratic nominee Kamala Harris' running mate, according to reports.
Walz, 60, served in the U.S. House from 2007 to 2019 and has been Minnesota's 41st governor since 2019. Here's a visual look back at moments from Walz's political career. Find more Tim Walz news here .
1/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz talks to media at a DFL event to energize and organize canvassers in St. Paul on July 27, 2024. Tim Evans for MPR News
2/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, left, shakes hands with Duluth Fire Chief Shawn Krizaj on Thursday afternoon, July 20, 2023. Jed Carlson / Superior Telegram
3/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday, May 25, 2023, signed into law a bill creating a paid family and medical leave program. Standing to his left is House bill sponsor Rep. Ruth Richardson, DFL-Mendota Heights. Behind him to the right is Senate bill sponsor Sen. Alice Mann, DFL-Edina. Alex Derosier / Forum News Service
4/61:Speaking to a crowd in front of the Minnesota Capitol Wednesday, May 24, Gov. Tim Walz acknowledges DFL lawmakers for moving forward a $72 billion two-year budget. Alex Derosier / Forum News Service
5/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan sit to take vaccine boosters on Sept. 15, 2022, to encourage Minnesotans to get their booster shot before fall weather kicks in. Brian Bakst / MPR News
6/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz smiles as Webster Elementary students greet his arrival before signing a bill providing free school meals in Minneapolis on March 17, 2023. Ben Hovland | MPR News
7/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks on June 1, 2024, during the 2024 DFL State Convention held at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center. Erica Dischino for MPR News file
8/61:Gov. Tim Walz speaks to union leaders at the annual Minnesota Building and Construction Trades Council convention in Duluth on July 20, 2023. Max Nesterak / Minnesota Reformer file photo
9/61:U.S. Rep. Tim Walz, who serves southern Minnesota, speaks at Farmfest in early August 2017. He is a candidate in a crowded 2018 Minnesota Democratic governor race. Don Davis / Forum News Service
10/61:Governor candidate Tim Walz speaks to the June 2018 Minnesota Democratic convention. He was not endorsed then, but came out ahead in Tuesday's primary vote. Don Davis / Forum News Service
11/61:Minnesota Governor-elect Tim Walz announced his latest set of cabinet picks Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, in Hastings, Minn. Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service
12/61:Gov.-elect Tim Walz named some of the last picks to join his cabinet Friday, Jan. 4, in Minneapolis. Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service
13/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz addressed reporters at the Capitol Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. He took the oath of office to become the state's 41st governor earlier in the day. DANA FERGUSON / FORUM NEWS SERVICE
14/61:Gubernatorial candidates Tim Walz for the DFL (left) and Jeff Johnson for the Republican Party address a wide range of issues at the first governor's debate Friday, Aug. 17, since their primary victories last Tuesday. The debate took place at Grand View Lodge in Nisswa. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch - Video
15/61:Gov. Tim Walz (left) and Mayor Emily Larson watch a video at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation's (LISC) Annual Luncheon Celebration at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center on Wednesday. Clint Austin /caustin@duluthnews.com
16/61:Governor-elect Tim Walz greets long-time Park Point resident Tom Mackay before the start of Monday’s listening session at the DECC. Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com
17/61:Governor-elect Tim Walz gestures while talking to the audience at the start of Monday’s listening session at the DECC. Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com
18/61:Paul Smith of Mahtowa (left) gives DFL gubernatorial candidate Tim Walz a pat on the shoulder while they talk during the Labor Day picnic in Bayfront Park Monday. Bob King / rking@duluthnews.com
19/61:Gov. Tim Walz (left) and Melissa Hortman, speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, react to a pitch from Katelyn France, one of five startup entrepreneurs to explain their concepts and their needs in “Shark Tank” style event at the Natural Resources Research Institute in Hermantown on Wednesday. Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com
20/61:Gov. Tim Walz (left) and Melissa Hortman, speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives, asks questions of Nathan Lipinski, the CEO of MC-Cubed during a “Shark Tank” style event at the Natural Resources Research Institute on Wednesday. Clint Austin / caustin@duluthnews.com
21/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz bagged a pheasant on opening day of the 2019 season. (Minnesota DNR photo)
22/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a launch ceremony for the Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at the East Seelye Bay campground near Deer River. Madelyn Haasken / Bemidji Pioneer
23/61:Gov. Tim Walz speaks Friday about the importance of masks following a tour at Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank in Duluth. Walz only took his mask off to address members of the media. (Tyler Schank / tschank@duluthnews.com)
24/61:Former Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden poses for a photo with Duluth firefighters and Gov. Tim Walz Friday, Sept. 18 after a small campaign event in Hermantown. (Photo courtesy of the Duluth Fire Department)
25/61:Gov. Tim Walz speaks in Duluth last fall. Walz's executive powers during the peacetime emergency related to COVID-19 have been ripe for debate among state legislators. (Tyler Schank / 2020 file / News Tribune)
26/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gestures while speaking during a press conference in 2019 outside Duluth City Hall. (Clint Austin / File / News Tribune)
27/61:Gov. Tim Walz, right, thanks Anthony Flamio of Farmington, Connecticut, an engine boss with the Connecticut Interstate Fire crew on Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, in the Superior National Forest near Lake County Highway 2 and the Jackpot Trail OHV trailhead south of Isabella. Clint Austin / Duluth News Tribune
28/61:U.S. Rep. Tim Walz offers up a proposal Wednesday, July 18, 2018, to provide up to $12 billion a year to small communities throughout the country. The proposal came from Walz as a congressman, but it could help him in his run for Minnesota governor. Don Davis / Forum News Service
29/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz address attendees during a dedication ceremony for the Bemidji Veterans Home on Monday, July 1, 2024, in Bemidji. Madelyn Haasken / Bemidji Pioneer
30/61:U.S. Rep. Tim Walz make a point during a forum at Farmfest, near Redwood Falls, Minn., Aug. 2, 2016. Don Davis / Forum News Service
31/61:Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, announced his plan for spending part of the state's projected $7.75 billion budget surplus during a news conference at Minneapolis Community College. Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service
32/61:President Biden gestures while greeting Minnesota governor Tim Walz and his wife Gwen Walz on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, at the Duluth International Airport. Clint Austin / Duluth News Tribune
33/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Sunday, March 6, 2022, speaks to demonstrators at a rally outside the Minnesota Capitol. Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service
34/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Sunday, April 24, 2022, delivers his State of the State address to lawmakers and guests in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service
35/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Monday, May 2, 2022, speaks at a news conference at the Capitol before ceremonially signing into law a compromise unemployment insurance and worker pay bill. Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service
36/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, right, and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, left, speak with reporters at the Capitol following a news conference on Monday, May 2, 2022. Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service
37/61:Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan on Thursday, May 19, 2022, met with parents, health care providers, lawmakers and grocery store leaders to discuss the ongoing shortage of baby formula across the country. Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service
38/61:Sen. Amy Klobuchar, from left, Gov. Tim Walz and commanding officer Commander Alfonza Octtavais White stand at attention during commissioning ceremonies for the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at the Port of Duluth. Clint Austin / Duluth News Tribune
39/61:Mike Bakk, right, with U.S. Steel shows Gov. Tim Walz samples of the new pellet during a celebration marking the construction $150 million direct-reduced-grade pellet plant on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at the U. S. Steel Keetac iron ore mining and pellet processing facility in Keewatin. Clint Austin / Duluth News Tribune
40/61:Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Chairman Faron Jackson Sr., left, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz fish on Lake Winnibigoshish during the Minnesota Governor’s Fishing Opener on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Madelyn Haasken / Bemidji Pioneer
41/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, presents his Council on Economic Expansion's roadmap for growing the state's economy over the next decade. Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service
42/61:Gov. Tim Walz is greeted by U.S. Steel officials as he arrives for a celebration marking the construction of a $150 million direct-reduced-grade pellet plant on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at the U. S. Steel Keetac iron ore mining and pellet processing facility in Keewatin. Clint Austin / Duluth News Tribune
43/61:Gov. Tim Walz, center, talks to members of the United Steelworkers after attending a celebration marking the construction $150 million direct-reduced-grade pellet plant on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at the U. S. Steel Keetac iron ore mining and pellet processing facility in Keewatin. Clint Austin / Duluth News Tribune
44/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, during a Get out the Vote tour event at Paul Bunyan Park in Bemidji. Annalise Braught / Bemidji Pioneer
45/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz holds up signed legislation removing the immigration status proof requirement from state driver's license applications. The bill he signed into law Tuesday, March 7, 2023, goes into effect Oct. 1. Alex Derosier / Forum News Service
46/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan talk with agency commissioners Thursday, March 16, 2023, following a news conference announcing new public safety spending requests in the Walz administration's updated budget proposal. Alex Derosier / Forum News Service
47/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz shares a laugh with kids as he reads "Pete the Cat" at YWCA Early Childhood Center-Spirit Valley in Duluth on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Jed Carlson / Superior Telegram
48/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz fist-bumps kids at YWCA Early Childhood Center-Spirit Valley in Duluth after reading a book to them Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Jed Carlson / Superior Telegram
49/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during President Joe Biden's visit to Cummins Inc. in Fridley, Minn., as part of his administration’s "Investing in America" tour Monday, April 3, 2023. Macy Moore / West Central Tribune
50/61:Gov. Tim Walz greets attendees during President Joe Biden's visit to Cummins Inc. in Fridley as part of his Administration’s Investing in America tour on Monday, April 3, 2023. Macy Moore / West Central Tribune
51/61:Gov. Tim Walz listens to Duluth Mayor Emily Larson as she explains how the city is replacing lead water supply pipes on the 1100 block of East Eighth Street on Thursday, May 18, 2023. Clint Austin / Duluth News Tribune
52/61:Minnesota’s Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan interact with students during a visit to Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in Cass County. Maggi Fellerman / Bemidji Pioneer
53/61:Gov. Tim Walz talks to the media at a job site where lead water supply pipes are being replaced on the 1100 block of East Eighth Street on Thursday, May 18, 2023, in Duluth. Clint Austin / Duluth News Tribune
54/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, from left, President Joe Biden and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers walk to a limousine after Biden arrived on Air Force One on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at Duluth International Airport. Clint Austin / Duluth Media Group
55/61:Gov. Tim Walz on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019, showed off his family's new puppy at the governor's residence. Dana Ferguson / Forum News Service
56/61:State and local officials, including Gov. Tim Walz, third from left, take part in a groundbreaking event for the U.S. Highway 14 expansion project between Dodge Center and Owatonna Friday, Nov. 1, 2019, near Claremont. The project will begin by expanding more than 12 miles of highway from two lanes to four lanes. (Joe Ahlquist / jahlquist@postbulletin.com)
57/61:Gov. Tim Walz and Dave Burritt shake hands after cutting the ribbon on U.S. Steel's new Keetac DR-grade pellet plant Thursday, May 23, 2024. Wyatt Buckner / Duluth Media Group
58/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a visit by President Joe Biden at Earth Rider Brewing in Superior in Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Dan Williamson / Duluth Media Group
59/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, left, talks with Duluth Police Chief Mike Ceynowa after the governor’s ride-along with a Duluth police officer Thursday afternoon, July 20, 2023. Jed Carlson / Superior Telegram
60/61:Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz holds up a bill legalizing recreational marijuana just after signing it into law Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Former Gov. Jesse Ventura, a longtime advocate of legalization, stands behind Walz. Senate bill sponsor Sen. Lindsey Port, DFL-Burnsville, stands to Walz's right. Alex Derosier / Forum News Service
61/61:Students react when they see Minnesota’s Governor Tim Walz walk by the classroom during a visit to Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in Cass County. Maggi Fellerman / Bemidji Pioneer
