Vice President Kamala Harris has selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.
The selection caps the Midwestern Democrat’s short but swift ascent from a relative unknown to a leading driver of the party’s attacks on Donald Trump and the MAGA agenda. Walz is a former educator, Congressman and who served in the Army National Guard. The duo will appear together in their first joint rally in Philadelphia later today before visiting other battleground states this week.
For more than 40 years, Democrats have nominated presidential and vice presidential nominees who attended law school.
That ended Tuesday when Vice President Kamala Harris selected Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.
He is the first Democrat on a presidential ticket since 1980 to have not attended law school. He has a masters in educational leadership.
Former President Jimmy Carter was the last Democrat on the ticket to have not attended law school. Former Vice President Al Gore left Vanderbilt Law School early to pursue a political career, so he never became a lawyer.
