THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IS HEATING UP: HARRIS PICKS WALZ

THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL TICKET—KAMALA HARRIS, TIM WALZ. HARRIS ANNOUNCED ON AUG. 6 THAT GOV. WALZ WOULD BE HER RUNNING MATE IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s mother was an educator, his father was a medical officer, then a pediatrician. He grew up in Montgomery County, Pa., outside Philadelphia, where only 6 percent of the residents lived at or below the poverty level, and Shapiro’s family was not a part of that 6 percent. Following college, Shapiro attended and finished law school at Georgetown University. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, meanwhile, was raised in the middle of nowhere, Nebraska. His first job was on a farm. His father died when he was 19. Senator of Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar, said on CNN on Aug. 6 that he essentially “came from nothing.” As for law school? Don’t even think about it. Walz enlisted in the Army National Guard when he was 17 following high school, earned his bachelor’s degree on the G.I. Bill from Chadron State College (Nebraska) in 1989, moved to Minnesota, worked as a high school teacher and foot­ball coach, and ultimately became governor in 2019. Governor Tim Walz— that’s the man who Kama­la Harris decided would be her running...