Tim Walz says he will not run for third term as Minnesota governor
Announcement comes after ongoing fraud of social services cases became focus of ire for Republicans and TrumpUS politics live – latest updatesTim Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota who ran for vice-president in 2024, announced on Monday that he is abandoning his quest for a third term in...
<p>Announcement comes after ongoing fraud of social services cases became focus of ire for Republicans and Trump</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/05/venezuela-live-updates-trump-us-interim-president-collaborate">US politics live – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/tim-walz">Tim Walz</a>, the Democratic governor of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/minnesota">Minnesota</a> who ran for vice-president in 2024, announced on Monday that he is abandoning his quest for a third term in office.<br><br>
The move comes after ongoing fraud of social services cases caught the attention of US Republicans, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/trump-walz-omar-minnesota-childcare-funding">including Donald Trump</a>, who then used the cases as a pretext to go after Somali residents.</p><p>Walz said in a statement that he wasn’t able to “give a political campaign my all”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/05/tim-walz-minnesota-governor-reelection">Continue reading...</a>
The move comes after ongoing fraud of social services cases caught the attention of US Republicans, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/trump-walz-omar-minnesota-childcare-funding">including Donald Trump</a>, who then used the cases as a pretext to go after Somali residents.</p><p>Walz said in a statement that he wasn’t able to “give a political campaign my all”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/05/tim-walz-minnesota-governor-reelection">Continue reading...</a>
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