Why Tim Walz was Kamala Harris' choice

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Walz had one line on his resume no one else could offer, and that is what put him above the others in Harris's choice for VPOTUS candidate. . .

https://washingtonmonthly.com/2024/08/06/walz-had-one-line-on-his-resume-no-one-else-could-offer/

Unlike Shapiro, Beshear, and Pritzker, Walz clocked in 12 years as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

And Harris could use a wingman who knows Congress.

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Hailing from deep blue California, Harris needed geographic balance. And as a woman of color, probably racial and gender balance as well.

But Democrats currently cling to the Senate by their fingernails. To pluck an incumbent senator from a non-coastal red or purple state would either risk an immediate lost seat (in the cases of Montana’s Jon Tester or Ohio’s Sherrod Brown, now on the ballot battling for their political survival), or in 2026 (such as with Arizona’s Mark Kelly or Michigan’s Gary Peters.)

Walz, however, is a sitting governor who also has a solid House resume.

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Knocking out progressive wins in a blue state with a friendly state legislature is nice. But Harris knows all too well that legislating in Washington, even when your own party controls both chambers, is an entirely different beast of a task.

More than anyone else who fit Harris’s political needs for a running mate, Walz knows how Congress works and how to make Congress work.