Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz kicks off his first solo campaign stop as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate Tuesday with a speech to a labor group in Los Angeles.
Walz will speak at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees convention. This year’s union annual meeting revolves around a “courage” agenda.
“Tim is a good friend of our union, someone who has always put the interests of workers first,” AFSCME President Lee Saunders said in a speech Monday.
The event marks the first time Walz has hit the campaign trail alone, and exactly a week after Harris named him as her running mate. In the whirlwind week that followed, Walz went from a little-known Midwestern governor to a national sensation. He and Harris spent the week on intensive campaigning in battlegrounds, with stops in Pennsylvania and Michigan. They spent the weekend on a swing through the West, headlining rallies in Nevada and Arizona.
In Las Vegas, Harris told supporters she backed a policy to end tip taxes, a proposal her opponent, former President Trump, has frequently promoted in recent weeks. Trump’s campaign called Harris “desperate” to copy his proposal, but the Nevada Culinary Workers Union quickly endorsed Harris and her plan.
Harris then traveled to San Francisco for a homecoming fundraiser, where she raised $13 million.
