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From the Washington Examiner: Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) might wind up with a new job next year after being tapped to join Vice President Kamala Harris on the Democratic ticket.
Walz won’t have to leave office straight away as he hits the road with Harris to run against former President Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). He will have to balance his duties as governor and a vice presidential candidate the same way Harris had to split her time between the Senate and the campaign trail in 2020.
Here is what would happen to the governorship in Minnesota if Walz is elected vice president.
Walz, a two-term governor in Minnesota, was reelected to his current term in November 2022, with the actual term beginning on Jan. 2, 2023. His term will end on Jan. 4, 2027, when the winner of the 2026 gubernatorial election is sworn into office in the North Star State.
Who would replace Walz as Minnesota governor if he is elected as vice president?
The report explains that according to the Minnesota Constitution, “when a vacancy occurs in the governorship “from any cause,” the lieutenant governor is elevated to governor, and the president of the state Senate is elevated to lieutenant governor for the remainder of the term.”
Therefore, should this happen, Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan will become governor, and Democratic state Senate President Bobby Joe Champion will become lieutenant governor.
Flanagan, 44, described as a community organizer and Native American activist, is a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe. She is touted as the highest-ranking Native American woman in elected executive office in the country.
Flanagan is a supporter of “transgender rights” and “providing gender-affirming care” to children who identify as transgender.
Conservative strategist Greg Price shared a video on social media with the reminder: “This is Tim Walz’s Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. She went viral a few months ago for saying “When our children tell us who they are, it is our job as grown-ups to listen and to believe them.” While wearing a shirt with a knife on it that says “protect trans kids.””
This is Tim Walz’s Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan.
She went viral a few months ago for saying “When our children tell us who they are, it is our job as grown-ups to listen and to believe them.”
While wearing a shirt with a knife on it that says “protect trans kids.” pic.twitter.com/7j1zWfzpjM
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 6, 2024
Flanagan announced Tuesday, “I’ve been friends with Tim Walz for almost 20 years. And for more than five years, he’s been my partner in justice at the Minnesota Capitol. He has the grit and the grace to keep our country moving forward alongside Kamala Harris. Let’s get @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz elected!”
I’ve been friends with Tim Walz for almost 20 years. And for more than five years, he’s been my partner in justice at the Minnesota Capitol.
He has the grit and the grace to keep our country moving forward alongside Kamala Harris.
Let’s get @KamalaHarris and @Tim_Walz elected! pic.twitter.com/3QN829Kplo
— Peggy Flanagan (@peggyflanagan) August 6, 2024
What happens to Tim Walz’s seat if he gets elected vice president https://t.co/U4EMoG7tH9
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) August 6, 2024
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