If Tim Walz is elected vice president, his current lieutenant governor could make history

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Now that Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to run alongside her for the 2024 presidential campaign, Walz could have to step down as governor in the near future.

If Harris and Walz win in November, or Walz steps down to focus on campaigning, his second in charge, Flanagan, would take charge, per Minnesota's constitution.

In doing so, Flanagan would make history as the first woman governor of Minnesota and the first Native American woman to assume the role of governor in any state.

According to Flanagan's official biography, she is a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe and the highest-ranking Native woman elected to an executive office.

Flanagan began her political career in 2002 working for former US Sen. Paul Wellstone's campaign, per the MinnPost.


 
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