Tim Walz: A Timeline
Tim Walz: A Timeline
| May 25 - Murder of George Floyd by a police officer
in Minneapolis triggers riots and looting in the succeeding
days. |
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Nov. 8 - Elected
Governor, def. Dr. Scott Jensen (R) by 52.3% to 44.6%. |
Aug. 6 - VP
Harris announces
Walz as her running mate. Aug. 21 - Acceptance speech. |
Jan. 20 - Age on Inauguration Day: 60 years, 9.5 months. |
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| Nov. 2 - Re-elected def. Randy Demmer (R) and
Steven Wilson (I) by 49.4% to 44.1% and 5.3%. |
Nov. 6 - Re-elected def.
Allen Quist (R) by 57.5% to 42.3%. |
Nov. 4 -
Re-elected def. Jim Hagedorn (R) by 54.2% to 45.7%. |
Nov. 8 - Re-elected def. Jim
Hagedorn (R) by 50.3% to 49.6%. |
Nov. 6 - Elected
Governor, def. Hennepin County Commissioner Jeff Johnson
(R) by 53.8% to 42.4%. |
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| Jan. - Daughter Hope born. |
Earns M.S. in
experiential education from Minnesota State
University, Mankato. |
Minnesota National Guard
deploys to Vicenza, Italy for nine months. |
- Fall -
After an experience at a Bush rally in Mankato, Walz
volunteers on Kerry's campaign. - Sept. - Promoted to sergeant major. |
May - Retires
from the National Guard. |
Oct. 13 - Son Gus born. Nov. 7 - Elected to Congress in MN CD-1, defeating incumbent Gil Gutknecht (R) by 52.7% to 47.1% in an upset. |
Nov. 4 - Re-elected, def.
Brian J. Davis (R) and G. Mikkelson (I) by 62.5% to
32.9% and 4.5%. |
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| Teaches geography for six years at Alliance High School in western Nebraska... | ... |
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4 - Marries fellow teacher Gwen Whipple. Also, the Walzes started Educational Travel Adventures, Inc., coordinating annual tours to China (to 2003). |
Sept. - Arrested for drunk driving. (Later
pleads guilty to reckless driving). |
Moves to Mankato.
Teaches social studies and geography at Mankato West
High School and starts as defensive coordinator on the
football team. |
Mankato West
football team wins Class 4A state championship. |
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| April - Enlists in Nebraska
Army National Guard. |
Graduates from Butte High School in Butte, NE. | Jan. - Father
dies of lung cancer. (Tim Walz was 19 years old). |
Fall
1985-Spring 1986 Takes classes in social sciences at
University of Houston, and joins the Texas National
Guard. |
Works in tanning bed factory
in Jonesboro, AR, and instructor in the Arkansas
National Guard. |
Returns to
Nebraska. |
B.S. in
social science education from Chadron State College. Teaches English and U.S. history classes at Foshan No. 1 High School in Southern China. |
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| Born April 6, 1964 in West
Point, NE to Jim (a superintendent of schools) and
Darlene Walz. Grew up in Valentine, NE. |
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Appleman/Democracy in Action |
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