Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate and governor of minnesota Tim Walz faced a double defeat in recent elections, losing to opponents both nationally and in his home state of Blue Earth County. Donald Trump.
Vice President Kamala Harris Walz won the statewide vote in Minnesota, and President-elect Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance outperformed them in Blue Earth County, where Walz launched his political career and Lived with family for over twenty years.
Walz represented Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District, which includes Blue Earth County, from 2006 until becoming governor in 2019, and his family lives in Mankato, the county seat.
Donald Trump received 49.9% of the vote in Blue Earth County, or 18,002 votes, while Walz’s ticket mate Kamala Harris received 48.18%, or 17,558 votes, according to unofficial results from the Minnesota Secretary of State.
Statewide, Harris surpassed Trump, receiving 50.88% support to Trump’s 46.66%.
This result in Blue Earth County is in stark contrast to the 2020 election, in which Joe Biden According to CBS News, he led Trump by about 1,600 votes and received 51% support, while Trump’s approval rating was 46.5%.
Trump previously won the county in 2016 by about 1,200 votes.
Although born in Nebraska, Walz has roots in Blue Earth County, serving as a social studies teacher and football coach at Mankato West High School.
His political career included winning the state’s first congressional district for Democrats in 2006, then serving 12 years in Congress and successfully running for governor in 2018.
Although Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes went to Harris early Wednesday morning, Trump still secured the presidency with 270 electoral votes.
Although Minnesota has almost swung to the Republican side, the state has historically supported Democratic candidates, with the last Republican presidential candidate being Richard Nixon in 1972.
Earlier, Walz’s first reaction to the US election debacle was caught on camera, breaking down when Kamala Harris mentioned his name in her concession speech yesterday.
Minnesota’s governor returned to the state Wednesday to resume his responsibilities for the remainder of his second term. He issued a statement saying he was “grateful to the millions of Americans who joined our campaign and fought for our greatest ideals: integrity, compassion and love of neighbor.”
The governor has yet to make any statement regarding his intentions to run for a third term.
