Har­ris taps Walz as her vice pres­i­den­tial pick

Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris has cho­sen Gov. Tim Walz (D‑MN) to be her run­ning mate, few­er than 100 days before the 2024 elec­tion and four years to the week that Pres­i­dent Joe Biden tapped her to become his No. 2.
Harris’s choice, con­firmed by the Asso­ci­at­ed Press, caps a trun­cat­ed vet­ting process after Democ­rats quick­ly coa­lesced behind Har­ris as their replace­ment nom­i­nee last month after Biden sus­pend­ed his reelec­tion cam­paign in response to par­ty pres­sure to step aside over con­cerns about his age, men­tal acu­ity, and elec­toral prospects against for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump.
Harris’s deci­sion sets a tone for her cam­paign and poten­tial admin­is­tra­tion.
Almost a dozen vice pres­i­den­tial can­di­dates were report­ed­ly vet­ted by for­mer Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma Attor­ney Gen­er­al Eric Holde …