What hap­pens to Tim Walz’s seat if he gets elect­ed vice pres­i­dent

Gov. Tim Walz (D‑MN) might wind up with a new job next year after being tapped to join Vice Pres­i­dent Kamala Har­ris on the Demo­c­ra­t­ic tick­et.
Walz won’t have to leave office straight away as he hits the road with Har­ris to run against for­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance (R‑OH). He will have to bal­ance his duties as gov­er­nor and a vice pres­i­den­tial can­di­date the same way Har­ris had to split her time between the Sen­ate and the cam­paign trail in 2020.
When Har­ris was elect­ed vice pres­i­dent in 2020, she had to resign from her U.S. Sen­ate seat rep­re­sent­ing Cal­i­for­nia, allow­ing Gov. Gavin New­som (D‑CA) to appoint her replace­ment, now-Sen. Alex Padil­la (D‑CA).
Here is what would hap­pen to the gov­er­nor­ship in Min­neso­ta if Walz is elect­ed vice pres­i­dent.
What would Walz be leav­ing?
Walz, a two-term gov­er­nor in Min­neso­ta, was reelect­ed to his cur­rent …