Had history turned out differently, Tim Walz might be about to begin his second year as vice president. Instead, the Minnesota governor is thinking about going back to teaching geography.
“What I’m really good at is, I’m a really good geography teacher,” Walz said with a laugh at a press conference Tuesday. “I think that’s something where I would find the joy in, in getting back in there, trying to teach.”
Before Walz ran for Congress and later governor, he was a teacher and football coach at Mankato West High School in southern Minnesota.
Walz’s political future looked bright in 2024 when his legislative successes and folksy image helped entice Kamala Harris to choose him as her running mate. Though they lost, Walz was still seen as a rising star within the Democratic Party — even a possible presidential candidate for 2028.
But Walz, who has come under fire for failing to prevent massive fraud in government programs on his watch, on Monday abandoned his quest for a third term as governor.
