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.

    • Fosheze@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      8 hours ago

      This isn’t even news. Walz is from a deeply red area of the state. There was basically a 0% chance they went blue.

      • would_be_appreciatedEnglish
        7·
        5 hours ago

        Yeah, home advantage is less and less relevant every year. Once upon a time this would be news, but it’s a new era and he wasn’t even the presidential candidate.

    • JaymesRS@literature.cafeEnglish
      10·
      9 hours ago

      Yep, sure we’ve got Mankato, but there’s a reason he was the first democrat elected to congress in forever from CD 1.

      • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        9 hours ago

        Yep I never thought for a second Harris-Walz would’ve won that district from the moment he was selected

      • rockSlayer@lemmy.world
        13·
        8 hours ago

        The entire southeastern corner of Minnesota is deeply conservative. As someone who grew up in Fillmore county, the only surprise from my state is that Olmsted county went blue

  • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
    71·
    9 hours 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.

    • gerbler@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 hours 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.

    • Fosheze@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      8 hours 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·
      7 hours ago

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