Minnesota Governor Tim Walz says he will never run for office again following criticism over a massive fraud scandal involving over $1 billion in stolen funds.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says his time as a political candidate is over.
« I will never run for an elected office again. Never again », Walz, the Democratic Party’s 2024 vice presidential nominee, said in an interview with MS NOW.
Facing stinging criticism from President Donald Trump, other Republicans, and even some Democrats over a massive fraud scandal rocking Minnesota, Walz earlier this month announced that he was dropping his 2026 bid for an unprecedented third term as governor of the blue-leaning state.
But at the time, he didn’t rule out any future runs for elected office.
Since Walz’s announcement, the state has become the epicenter in the heated battle over Trump’s aggressive crackdown on illegal immigration, following the fatal shootings by federal agents of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis who were protesting deportation operations.
Pointing to the protests against the actions by federal agents, Walz said there are « heroes on the streets that we don’t know their names. »
« They’re never going to run for office, and those grass-tops leaders brought this administration to their knees this week to do something about it. So there’s other ways to serve, and I’ll find them », the governor added.
Walz launched his re-election bid in September but in December started facing a barrage of incoming political fire from Trump and Republicans, and some Democrats, over the large-scale theft, under his watch as governor, in a state that has long prided itself on good governance.
