Who Is Gwen Walz, the First Lady of Minnesota and Potential Second Lady of the United States? [Video]

Tuesday was an exciting day for Democrats, with the news finally breaking that 2024 presidential candidate Kamala Harris had selected Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Walz is known for his strong progressive record and affable personality, but his wife of 30 years, longtime educator Gwen Walz, is arguably just as popular within their home state’s political circles. Now that the Walzes are facing off against J.D. Vance and his wife, Usha, to become the second family of the United States, catch up on everything you need to know about Gwen:

She hasn’t shied away from public service

Gwen—the first Minnesota first lady to have an office in the Capitol—has been describedas one of her husband’s closest advisors. In 2019, Walz told a Minnesota Public Radio reporter: “Tim said, ‘Well, maybe you want to just have a desk here and come and go out of my office,’ and I said, ‘Oh no, you talk …