As governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz created the largest state Child Tax Credit in the nation and raised taxes for high-income residents.

When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz hit the campaign trail with Vice President Kamala Harris in August, the two made a campaign stop in Glendale, Arizona. The Arizona stop was just three days after Harris picked Walz as her Democratic Party running mate and America was beginning to see the kind of pitch Walz would be making to voters.

The Democratic VP nominee is pitching voters with his working-class background but faces a test in a battleground state accustomed to 'Midwest nice.'