OAN Staff James Myers
9:28am – Thursday, November 7, 2024
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz not only lost the overall election to Donald Trump, he also lost his home county on the Republican ticket.
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President-elect Trump's victory gave him 49.6% of the vote in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, where Walz's family lived for more than 20 years before he was elected governor.
His running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris, fell below that level with 48.3% of the vote.
This is a reversal from 2020, when current President Biden won the county with 51% of the vote to Trump's 46.5%. politiko.
Walz was born in Nebraska, but moved to Blue Earth County as an adult, where he taught social studies and coached football at Mankato West High School.
Democrats flipped 1 in the Gopher Statecent He was elected to the Democratic House District in 2006 and represented the area in Congress for 12 years.
Walz then ran for governor, defeating his Republican opponent by a double-digit margin in 2018.
Minnesota ultimately went to Harris on election night, but Trump defeated his Democratic opponent and reached the golden electoral college of 270.
Minnesota has traditionally supported Democratic candidates, even though the state has moved more to the right. politiko Reported.
Meanwhile, Minnesota hasn't voted for a Republican president since Richard Nixon in 1972.
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