Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Is Bringing A Powerful Message Of Joy In 2024!
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Tim Walz Is The Governor Of Minnesota
Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to be her running mate in the 2024 Presidential elections!
He is a very popular governor. You can see why in this great video by Keith Edwards: 5 Minutes and 27 Seconds of Tim Walz Being AWESOME.
While he is most famous for signing a bill to guarantee free school lunches for every child in the state (that’s why the children are hugging him in that video!), he has also done many great things for the state of Minnesota!
His Accomplishments As Governor of Minnesota
Some of Tim Walz’s Signature Accomplishments:
- Historic investments in education
- Protecting personal freedoms
- Improving public health and safety
- Expanding workers’ rights
- Strong communities and infrastructure
- Tax cuts for working families and the middle class
- Workforce development
- Expanding voting rights
- Lowering prescription drug costs
- Protecting our environment
- Cutting child poverty
- Increasing access to affordable housing
- Legalizing adult-use cannabis
- Protecting Minnesota consumers
- Protecting seniors
His Background
Walz was a member of the National Guard for 24 years and used the GI Bill to attend college.
He became a high school social studies teacher and football coach.
His football team had a losing record when he started coaching and three years later became state champions!
He was elected to Congress in 2006, serving in the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2019.
In 2018 he was elected Governor of Minnesota and was reelected in 2022.
He will be a GREAT Vice-President!
What You Can Do To Make This Happen
You can donate to the campaign and also volunteer!
Here are some links for great volunteering opportunities, not only to elect Harris and Walz, but for Democrats to TAKE BACK THE HOUSE and try to keep the Senate!
You can volunteer for phone banks, text banks, door-to-door canvassing, sending postcards, organizing events – there are so many ways to do this!
Field Team 6 Volunteering Opportunities
Swing Left 2024 Super State Strategy
Further Reading
Please read my other posts on RESISTANCE and politics:
Berlin 1936: Fascism, Fear, and Triumph Set Against Hitler’s Olympic Games (2016) | Book Review
Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert Matzen | Book Review
State of the Blog Address 2024
Heronfield by Dorothy Balchin | Book Review
Marie: A True Story by Peter Maas | Book Review
How the Good Guys Finally Won: Notes From An Impeachment Summer by Jimmy Breslin | Book Review
All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein | Book Review
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich | Book Review
and some other book reviews:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith | Book Review
Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp | Book Review
Diary of a Mad Housewife by Sue Kaufman | Book Review
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath | Book Review
Cassandra at the Wedding by Dorothy Baker | Book Review
Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey | Book Review
and check out my other blog:
The Famous Sunnybank Collies | Wayne, New Jersey
March For Our Lives in Morristown!
Bahrs Landing Is Still Standing in 2024
The Funky Town of Red Bank, New Jersey
Delicious Orchards 2023 | Colts Neck, New Jersey
First Presbyterian Church of Oxford at Hazen and the Spooky Graveyard 2023 | Belvidere, New Jersey
The Historic Cooper Gristmill | Chester Township, New Jersey
The Little Red Schoolhouse | Florham Park, New Jersey
Clara Barton Schoolhouse | Bordentown, New Jersey
Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital Is About To Be Torn Down 2015 | Morris Plains, New Jersey
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