Forbes August 6, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, has selected Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate. On healthcare, Walz’s policies align with Harris. From abortion rights to healthcare affordability to medical debt, he has sought to do at the state level what Harris aims to accomplish federally.
Walz is in his second term as governor of Minnesota. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Minnesota’s 1st congressional district, from 2007 to 2019.
In the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the Supreme Court in 2022, Governor Tim Walz signed a bill into law in 2023 that protects people seeking or providing abortions in Minnesota. On the issue of...