# Harris selects Tim Walz as her vice-presidential running mate

Date: 2024

## The fact

On 6 August 2024 [Kamala Harris](/people/kamala-harris) selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate.

## Context

Neighbouring nomination is 21 July. Neighbouring loss is 5 November.

21 July 2024 is the parent nomination. 5 November 2024 is the child result.

The Vice President of the United States presides over the Senate, casts tie-breaking votes, and carries delegated [White House](/organizations/white-house) portfolios. She does not write House bills, CBP operational orders, or Federal Reserve rate decisions. A vice president is not co-author of every presidential statute.

## Evidence and sources

Harris-Walz campaign carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [democratic resilience](/drivers/democratic-resilience): a completed running-mate selection is a dated ticket instrument.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 6 August 2024 Walz selection, independently reported.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Walz accepted. The convention nominated the ticket.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Harris selects Tim Walz as her vice-presidential running mate, not a later speech about Harris selects Tim Walz as her vice-presidential running mate.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Harris selects Tim Walz as her vice-presidential running mate on 2024-08-06 is not a licence to treat every later Harris-Walz campaign communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Harris selects Tim Walz as her vice-presidential running mate into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to She selected. Walz accepted. The convention nominated the ticket. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Kamala Harris: https://factrail.ai/people/kamala-harris

## Drivers

- Democratic Resilience: https://factrail.ai/drivers/democratic-resilience

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harris-picks-walz-running-mate-2024-08-06/
- https://kamalaharris.com/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/us-harris-walz-2024