Tim Walz Not Seeking Re-Election
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UPDATE:
Tim Walz will not seek re-election.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has ended his reelection bid amid mounting pressure over a fraud scandal that has engulfed his administration in recent weeks.
The move comes days after a handful of Republican state lawmakers asked Walz to leave office, citing reports from a U.S. Attorney that, since 2018, at least half of the $18 billion paid through Minnesota’s 14 Medicaid waiver programs could be fraudulent. They argued Walz had done nothing about the “crisis.”
Walz cited the growing pressure among the reasons for his decision to leave the race.
A growing number of Democrats have been concerned about Walz’s ability to win the next election.
Almost a dozen told the Minnesota Star Tribune he shouldn’t seek re-election.
A growing number of elected officias inside Walz’s party also express concerns about the viability of him winning the gubernatorial election, the Minnesota Star Tribune reports.
Nearly a dozen Democrats who have spoken to the newspaper in recent weeks said they thought Walz should not seek re-election – with some even comparing his run for a third term to former President Joe Biden’s doomed 2024 campaign.
‘There’s always sort of gossip and rumblings,’ State Sen. Jen McEwan admitted, though she claimed: ‘I’m not a part of the group that’s talking actively about this.’
The push to ouster Walz comes amid the fallout over a federal investigation found that dozens of Minnesota residents, predominantly Somali refugees, defrauded the federal government potentially of billions of dollars.
Even Democrats don’t think Walz should run!
