Walz headed to Ann Arbor for Michigan-Minnesota football game
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will campaign in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Saturday, attending the football game between the University of Michigan and the University of Minnesota. The vice-presidential nominee and former Minnesota high school football coach will meet with students during the trip to speak about the importance of registering to vote and the power of their participation, according to a campaign official.
Walz, a former public school teacher, “knows the critical role young voters will play in the election,” and his trip aims to build on the campaign’s “efforts to activate and organize on college campuses,” according to the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share internal plans.
The campaign has leaned into Walz’s identity as a former coach, including at the Democratic National Convention in August, where he was introduced by a former student he coached in baseball and track. Walz was later joined onstage by some of his former football players from Mankato West High School.
Michigan is a key state for both the Harris-Walz and Trump-Vance campaigns. A USA Today/Suffolk University poll of likely voters in the state taken this month found a close race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, with Harris at 48 percent and Trump at 45 percent support — within the poll’s margin of error. Walz campaigned in the state earlier this month.
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