Tim Walz
Governor of Minnesota since 2019
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| March 2025 | Walz expressed regret about the Harris campaign's strategy, criticizing their 'prevent defense' approach during the election. |
| 2024 | Walz appointed Melanie Benjamin of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and Johnny Johnson of the Prairie Island Indian Community to the Minnesota Racing Commission. |
| 2024 | Hope and Gus Walz appeared onstage at the 2024 DNC, where their tearful cheering went viral, contributing to the representation of neurodivergence known as the 'Gus Walz effect.' |
| 2024 | After the 2024 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary, where 19% of voters cast 'uncommitted' ballots, Walz expressed a sympathetic view towards those voters, citing their civic engagement in response to President Biden's handling of the war in Gaza. |
| November 2024 | Defeated in the 2024 presidential election alongside Kamala Harris by Republican nominees Donald Trump and JD Vance. |
| October 1 2024 | Participated in the vice-presidential debate at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City, facing off against JD Vance in a policy-focused discussion. |
| October 1 2024 | The vice-presidential debate was held, where Tim Walz participated and was confronted about his past statements regarding a teaching position in Hong Kong during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. |
| August 2024 | Walz announced nearly $10 million to support Minnesota's special education workforce with The Education Pipeline grants, aiding special education teachers in over 35 districts and charter schools. |
| August 2024 | Tim Walz addressed the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, emphasizing the connection between strong unions and a strong America. |
| August 21 2024 | Tim Walz officially accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president during the third day of the 2024 Democratic National Convention. |
| August 6 2024 | Kamala Harris selected Tim Walz as her vice presidential running mate after a vetting process involving several other potential candidates. |
| August 6 2024 | Announced as Vice President Kamala Harris's running mate for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. |
| August 6 2024 | Vice President Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz as her running mate in the 2024 presidential election. |
| July 2024 | Walz was among 20 Democratic governors who met with Biden at the White House after the first presidential debate, commenting that the debate was a 'bad hit' for Biden's campaign. |
| July 22 2024 | Tim Walz endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris after incumbent president Joe Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential race. |
| June 2024 | In June 2024, Tim Walz signed the Minnesota Debt Fairness Act to protect individuals from having their medically necessary treatment denied due to outstanding medical debt and to prevent medical debt from impacting credit scores. |
| May 2024 | Walz signed and implemented a bipartisan energy permitting reform bill, which faced criticism from some environmentalists for fast-tracking the expansion of the Line 3 pipeline. |
| March 2024 | In a March 2024 interview with CNN's Kaitlin Collins, Tim Walz expressed his support for a legal right to abortion, labeling the policies of neighboring states attempting to criminalize women's health care as a 'health care crisis.' He emphasized the need to trust women in their health care decisions. |
| 2023 | Hope Walz graduated from Montana State University and began working as a ski instructor at Big Sky Resort and at a homeless shelter in Bozeman, Montana. |
| 2023 | Tim Walz signed a law that bans captive audience meetings and non-compete clauses, mandates paid sick leave for employees, increases safety inspections, and enhances ergonomics requirements for workers in warehouse, meatpacking, and healthcare sectors. |
| 2023 | As governor, Walz signed bills that banned the practice of conversion therapy and protected gender-affirming care in Minnesota. |
| 2023 | Walz signed into law HF2887, which provides $9 billion over the long term to transportation projects, including reforms to climate impact considerations and transit infrastructure permitting. |
| 2023 | Walz signed a bipartisan $2.6 billion infrastructure spending package that funded numerous union construction jobs focused on repairing roads, bridges, and other essential infrastructure. |
| 2023 | He signed a bill providing free school meals to all students regardless of income. |
| 2023 | As governor, Tim Walz signed into law a public safety bill that establishes universal background checks and red-flag laws in Minnesota. |
| 2023 | Hope Walz graduated from Montana State University. |
| 2023 | Tim Walz stepped down as chair of the Democratic Governors Association after being selected as Kamala Harris's running mate. |
| 2023 | Walz signed the Minnesota Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act (the READ Act) to ensure every child reads at or above grade level from kindergarten. |
| 2023 | Walz signed a bill allocating $2.2 billion in additional K-12 education funding, increasing annual funding per student by about $400 and linking it to inflation. |
| 2023 | Walz vetoed a bill intended to increase pay for rideshare drivers, marking his first veto as governor, stating it did not strike the right balance. |
| 2023 | Governor Walz described the 2023 legislative session as the 'most productive session in Minnesota history'. |
| 2023 | Walz implemented California's stricter tailpipe emissions standards for cars and established a target for 20% of vehicles on Minnesota roads to be electric by 2030. |
| 2023 | During the 2023 legislative session, significant reforms were passed, including requiring paid leave, banning noncompete agreements, and legalizing cannabis. |
| 2023 | Tim Walz was named chair of the Democratic Governors Association, a position that involves supporting other governors in close races. |
| 2023 | The legislature also addressed environmental issues, tax modifications, codified abortion rights, and instituted universal free school meals and universal gun background checks. |
| 2023 | Following the October 7 attacks, Walz ordered flags to be lowered to half staff. |
| December 2023 | Walz became the first Minnesota governor to visit all 11 tribal nations in the state. |
| December 2023 | Tim Walz adopted another cat named Honey after Afton went missing. |
| October 2023 | In October 2023, Tim Walz joined the striking United Auto Workers' picket line in solidarity with the workers. |
| October 2023 | Walz publicly supported President Biden for reelection and dismissed U.S. Representative Dean Phillips's announcement of a run for the Democratic nomination for president. |
| October 7 2023 | Tim Walz condemned Hamas's attacks in Israel. |
| September 2023 | Walz signed the return of parts of Upper Sioux Agency State Park land to the Upper Sioux Community. |
| August 2023 | Tim Walz's cat, Afton, went missing. |
| August 2023 | Walz signed an education bill that included the education of Indigenous cultural heritage for all students. |
| August 1 2023 | The law legalizing recreational cannabis in Minnesota, signed by Tim Walz, officially went into effect. |
| June 2023 | Walz spoke about the importance of climate action while signing the electricity legislation, referencing the catastrophic flooding that had recently impacted communities across Minnesota due to climate change. |
| May 30 2023 | Tim Walz signed into law House File 100, which legalized recreational cannabis in Minnesota. |
| April 2023 | In April 2023, Tim Walz signed the Reproductive Freedom Defense Act, which prohibited state agencies from enforcing out-of-state subpoenas and arrest warrants for individuals traveling to Minnesota for legal abortion, restricted the release of related health records, and reduced funding for crisis pregnancy centers. |
| January 2023 | The 93rd Minnesota Legislature began its session, marking the first fully Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party-controlled legislature since 2013–2015. |
| January 2023 | In January 2023, Governor Tim Walz signed the Protect Reproductive Options Act, which safeguards access to reproductive health care, including abortion, contraception, and fertility treatments in Minnesota. |
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