Tim Walz: Difference between revisions

Timothy James Walz was born on April 6, 1964,<ref name="Callaghan">{{Cite news |last1=Jackson |first1=Jazzmine |last2=Callaghan |first2=Peter |date=July 24, 2024 |title=Who is Tim Walz, one of Kamala Harris' top contenders for Vice President? |url=https://www.minnpost.com/national/2024/07/who-is-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-one-of-the-top-contenders-for-vice-president/ |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=[[MinnPost]] |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806140930/https://www.minnpost.com/national/2024/07/who-is-minnesota-governor-tim-walz-one-of-the-top-contenders-for-vice-president/ |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[West Point, Nebraska]], to Darlene Rose Reiman,<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=August 9, 1955 |title=Butte girl is wed today in church rite |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/norfolk-daily-news/152106629/ |access-date=2024-07-28 |work=Norfolk Daily News |pages=4 |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806132545/https://www.newspapers.com/article/norfolk-daily-news/152106629/ |url-status=live }}</ref> a homemaker, and James F. Walz, a teacher, school superintendent, and [[U.S. Army]] veteran who served in the [[Korean War]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Coolican |first=J. Patrick |date=October 14, 2018 |title=Tim Walz's campaign for Minnesota governor aiming to bridge the great divide |url=https://www.startribune.com/tim-walz-s-campaign-for-minnesota-governor-aims-to-bridge-the-great-divide/495297961/ |work=Star Tribune |access-date=31 July 2024 |archive-date=February 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224010516/https://www.startribune.com/tim-walz-s-campaign-for-minnesota-governor-aims-to-bridge-the-great-divide/495297961/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c9r3rdkr92pt |title=Harris and Walz attack Trump in first rally as Democratic ticket |date=6 August 2024 |work=BBC News |access-date=7 August 2024 |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807022424/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c9r3rdkr92pt |url-status=live }}</ref> He is of [[German Americans|German]]<ref name=welt/> and [[Swedish Americans|Swedish]]<ref name=dn>{{cite news |title=Tim Walz: Den ”svenska” vänsterpolitikern från Minnesota |url=https://www.dn.se/varlden/tim-walz-den-svenska-vansterpolitikern-fran-minnesota/ |access-date=7 August 2024 |work=[[Dagens Nyheter]]}}</ref> descent. His German great-great-grandfather Sebastian Walz emigrated from [[Kuppenheim]] to the United States in 1867.<ref name=welt>{{cite news |title=Aus dieser deutschen Stadt kommt Tim Walz‘ Ururopa |url=https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/us-wahl/article252888682/US-Wahl-Tim-Walz-Aus-dieser-deutschen-Stadt-kommt-sein-Vorfahr.html |access-date=7 August 2024 |work=[[Die Welt]] |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807170711/https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland/us-wahl/article252888682/US-Wahl-Tim-Walz-Aus-dieser-deutschen-Stadt-kommt-sein-Vorfahr.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Vizekandidat Tim Walz hat Vorfahren in Baden |url=https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.in-kuppenheim-vizekandidat-tim-walz-hat-vorfahren-in-baden.841f5a04-bd3d-490e-9880-4705d092c96e.html |access-date=7 August 2024 |work=Stuttgarter Nachrichten |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807170700/https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.in-kuppenheim-vizekandidat-tim-walz-hat-vorfahren-in-baden.841f5a04-bd3d-490e-9880-4705d092c96e.html |url-status=live }}</ref> One of his grandothersgrandmothers was Swedish American.<ref name=dn/> Both of Walz's parents are Catholic, but Walz is a [[Lutheran]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ncregister.com/news/walz-as-harris-vp-choice |title=Minnesota Catholics React to Walz as Harris' VP Choice |work=[[National Catholic Register]] |first=Jonathan |last=Liedl |date=August 6, 2024 |access-date=7 August 2024 |archive-date=August 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807084844/https://www.ncregister.com/news/walz-as-harris-vp-choice |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Jack |title=Five faith facts about Harris pick Tim Walz, a 'Minnesota Lutheran' dad |url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/five-faith-facts-about-harris-pick-tim-walz-minnesota-lutheran-dad |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=National Catholic Reporter |date=August 6, 2024 |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806161610/https://www.ncronline.org/news/five-faith-facts-about-harris-pick-tim-walz-minnesota-lutheran-dad |url-status=live }}</ref> He and his three siblings grew up in [[Valentine, Nebraska]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Morton |first=Joseph |date=November 8, 2018 |title=Tim Walz, a Nebraska native, elected governor of Minnesota |url=https://omaha.com/news/politics/elections/tim-walz-a-nebraska-native-elected-governor-of-minnesota/article_77f8695f-6344-50c4-a875-4224690ace38.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806151304/https://omaha.com/news/politics/elections/tim-walz-a-nebraska-native-elected-governor-of-minnesota/article_77f8695f-6344-50c4-a875-4224690ace38.html |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=[[Omaha World-Herald]]}}</ref> a rural community near Nebraska's northern border with [[South Dakota]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Bakst |first=Brian |date=October 27, 2022 |title=Minnesota governor hopefuls take small-town roots into big-time showdown |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/10/27/minn-gov-hopefuls-jensen-walz-take-smalltown-roots-into-bigtime-showdown |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806133929/https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/10/27/minn-gov-hopefuls-jensen-walz-take-smalltown-roots-into-bigtime-showdown |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |access-date=31 July 2024 |work=[[Minnesota Public Radio]]}}</ref><ref name=":3" />