06 January 2026

Tim Walz Abandons Governor’s Race

In the least-surprising news of the past month... Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Abandons Re-election Bid, and Amy Klobuchar May Run Instead - The New York Times

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota said on Monday that he was abandoning his bid for re-election to a third term. And Senator Amy Klobuchar, a fellow Democrat, is considering seeking the office, two people briefed on conversations between the two politicians said.

Did he ever give the "I am not a crook," speech?

Mr. Walz’s decision jolts a race that had drawn an unusually large and strong slate of Republican candidates, including the speaker of the Minnesota House, Lisa Demuth, and Mike Lindell, the chief executive of MyPillow and an ally of President Trump. Republicans have not won a statewide race in Minnesota since 2006.

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