A year after Tim Walz gained national attention as Kamala Harris’s running mate, he announced on Tuesday that he would seek a third term as governor of Minnesota.
Mr. Walz, who has signaled interest in a presidential run in 2028 by speaking at Democratic conventions in two states, has said that a new term as governor would close the door on a White House bid in two years.
If Mr. Walz, 61, were to be re-elected in 2026, he would be the first governor in Minnesota history to win a third consecutive four-year term.
For now, Mr. Walz is seen as unlikely to face a strong Democratic challenger, but political analysts say an unusually strong slate of Republican rivals is taking shape ahead of the election next year.
Mr. Walz, known over six terms in Congress as a moderate Democrat who was willing to work across party lines, enters the race with significant advantages and liabilities.
Mr. Walz holds deep institutional support as an experienced campaigner with a vast network of donors and supporters after two decades in elected office. And in Minnesota, Republicans have not won a statewide race since 2006, when Tim Pawlenty narrowly won re-election to the governor’s office.
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