Summary

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s running mate, suffered a personal setback in the 2024 election as he lost his home county, Blue Earth, to President-elect Donald Trump.

Trump won 49.6% of the vote there, while Harris received 48.3%, marking a symbolic defeat for Walz, who built his political career in the area.

Walz, a former teacher and congressman known for his moderate stance, had previously turned a Republican seat Democratic and won Minnesota’s governorship by a large margin in 2018.

His campaign faced challenges, including scrutiny over past statements about military service, which the Trump campaign leveraged as a “Stolen Valor” issue.

  • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
    143·
    2 months ago

    I’m really wondering if there’s been election interference from GOP agents. Republicans are known for projecting, so I wouldn’t be surprised.

    • Fosheze@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      2 months ago

      This isn’t election interference. Wals is from a very red county. This wasn’t news for anyone from MN. It was just an easy headline.

      It would have been far more newsworthy if they had voted for him.

    • jeffw@lemmy.world
      7·
      2 months ago

      There was plenty of misinformation peddled by foreign actors(edit: and domestic ones tbh). Call that what you will

    • gerbler@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      We’re morons manipulated into voting against their interests, securing the election for Trump? Absolutely. Unfortunately though, he won the votes fair and square. Democrats sucked at messaging, voters sucked at being decent fucking humans. Now we all get to enjoy the consequences of their psychopathy.