PHILADELPHIA — Democrat Gov. Tim Walz is not a household name outside his home state of Minnesota.
So, in the hours after Vice President Harris named the former longtime congressman and two-term governor as her running mate on the Democratic Party’s 2024 ticket, the Harris campaign instantly began working to showcase Walz.
His biography was blasted out on social media platforms, including Instagram and X, formerly known as Twitter, and the Harris campaign spotlighted the governor in a new video.
And the vice president and Walz on Tuesday evening, in Pennsylvania’s largest city, kicked off a jam-packed campaign swing through the key battleground states that will likely determine the outcome of their 2024 election matchup against former President Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio.
VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS NAMES MINNESOTA GOV TIM WALZ AS HER RUNNING MATE
The campaign said that the rally drew over 14,000 people into the Liacouras Center at Temple University. The figure included the …