Har­ris, Walz kick off bat­tle­ground state swing as VP’s run­ning mate intro­duced to Amer­i­cans

<div>Harris, Walz kick off battleground state swing as VP's running mate introduced to Americans</div>

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, will kick 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 MATEThe i …