Timothy James Walz is an American politician serving as the 41st governor of Minnesota since 2019. He was the U.S. Representative for Minnesota’s 1st congressional district from 2007 to 2019. Walz enlisted in the Army National Guard in 1981, and served for 24 years. In March 2017 Walz announced that he would not run for reelection to Congress and instead run for Governor of Minnesota.
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Timothy James Walz is an American politician serving as the 41st governor of Minnesota since 2019. He was the U.S. Representative for Minnesota’s 1st congressional district from 2007 to 2019. Walz enlisted in the Army National Guard in 1981, and served for 24 years, retiring with the rank of Master Sergeant. In March 2017 Walz announced that he would not run for reelection to Congress and instead run for Governor of Minnesota. On November 6, 2018, Walz was elected to the governorship, defeating the Republican nominee, Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson. He is the son of Darlene R. and James F. “Jim’s” Walz, a public school administrator and community activist. He graduated from Butte High School in a class of 25 students, and went on to earn a bachelor of science degree in social science education from Chadron State College. In 1989, he earned the title of Nebraska Citizen-Soldier of the Year. He resumed teaching as a geography teacher and football coach at Mankato West High School. He and his wife, Gwen, ran Educational Travel Adventures, accompanying high school juniors and seniors on summer educational trips to China. He decided to run for Congress in 2006, and had no opponent for the DFL nomination in the September 12, 2006 primary election.
He beat incumbent Republican Gil Gutknecht in the general election on November 7, 2007, and took office on January 3, 2007. In 2008, he became only the second non-Republican to win a second full term in the district. He won a third term in 2010, defeating State Representative Randy Demmer with 50% of the vote. In 2012, he was reelected in 2012, 2014, and 2016. He received a 100% rating from Planned Parenthood in 2012. He voted against the act Prohibitally Funded Abortion Services in 2009–10, and voted to advance the Affordable Care Act out of the House in 2010. He has also voted to continue funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and against the 2008 TARP bill, which purchased troubled assets from troubled financial institutions. In his first week as a legislator, he cosponsored a bill to raise minimum wage, voted to allow Medicare to negotiate pharmaceutical prices, and voiced for pay-as-you-go tax rules, requiring that new spending changes or not add to the federal deficit. He opposed President Bush’s plan to increase troop levels in Iraq.
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