{"id":2409153,"date":"2025-03-03T17:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T22:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-open-to-running-for-president-in-2028-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T17:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T22:45:09","slug":"tim-walz-open-to-running-for-president-in-2028-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-walz-open-to-running-for-president-in-2028-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Walz open to running for president in 2028 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftim-walz-open-to-running-for-president-in-2028-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2409153&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Tim Walz,\u200d the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-backed-bail-fund-freed-alleged-domestic-abuser-now-accused-of-murder\/\" title=\"...-Backed Bail Fund Freed Alleged Domestic Abuser Now Accused Of Murder\">vice presidential nominee<\/a> and current governor of Minnesota, has expressed openness to the idea of\u200c running for president\u200d in \u20632028. In an interview with *The New Yorker* Radio Hour,\u200c he \u200bmentioned that \u2062he had not previously aspired to the\u200c presidency but would consider\u200c it if he felt he could \u200cserve the nation\u2062 effectively. \u2062He highlighted that he is not \u2063driven \u200dby\u2063 ambition but by a desire to help if\u2062 needed, stating, &#8220;I think you should have a desire to do it \u200bif you\u2019re asked to serve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Walz reflected on his experiences and acknowledged his \u200cdisappointment \u200dafter losing the 2024 election with \u200cKamala Harris,indicating he felt he\u2063 had let\u200b people down.Despite rumored interest in a Senate seat in response to Senator Tina\u2063 Smith&#8217;s retirement,he quashed thes suggestions,remarking that \u2064he would rather\u2064 &#8220;eat glass&#8221; than \u2064return to Congress. His potential candidacy for 2028 remains\u200d contingent on the right circumstances \u2062aligning.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tim Walz open to running for president in 2028<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2026563\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former vice presidential nominee Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-walz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Tim Walz\">Tim Walz<\/a> (D-MN) said he might run for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2028-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"president in 2028\">president in 2028<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The governor told <em>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-yorker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New Yorker\">New Yorker<\/a> Radio Hour<\/em> on Sunday that he would &ldquo;certainly consider&rdquo; a run for president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, I never had an ambition to be president or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>. I was honored to be asked,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/podcast\/the-new-yorker-radio-hour\/does-tim-walz-have-any-regrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;If I feel like I can serve, I will. And if nationally, people are, like, &lsquo;Dude, we tried you, and look how that worked out,&rsquo; I&rsquo;m good with that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When asked again about a run for president, Walz, who ran with former Vice President Kamala Harris in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-desantis-beats-trump-in-2024-straw-poll-at-top-conservative-summit\/\" title=\"BREAKING: DeSantis Beats Trump In 2024 Straw Poll At Top Conservative Summit\">2024 presidential race<\/a>, said he was open to the prospect.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, I had a friend tell me, &lsquo;Never turn down a job you haven&rsquo;t been offered,&rsquo;&rdquo; the governor said. &ldquo;If I think I could offer something &hellip; I would certainly consider that. I&rsquo;m also, though, not arrogant enough to believe there&rsquo;s a lot of people that can do this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He made the caveat that he would only run if the moment was right. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Then-vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) arrives to speak at a campaign rally, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo\/Charlie Neibergall, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always said this: I didn&rsquo;t prepare my life to be in these jobs, but my life prepared me well,&rdquo; Walz said. &ldquo;And, if this experience I&rsquo;ve had and what we&rsquo;re going through right now prepares me for that, then I would.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But I worry about people who have ambition for elected office,&rdquo; the Minnesota politician added. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think you should have ambition. I think you should have a desire to do it if you&rsquo;re asked to serve. And that&rsquo;s kind of where I&rsquo;m at.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Walz admitted that he and Harris have only spoken &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">couple times&#038;rdquo<\/a>; since their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"2024 election loss\">2024 election loss<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, maybe she doesn&rsquo;t want to talk to me after we got this thing done. No, I think it&rsquo;s just there&rsquo;ll be a time and a place. But we left good, and my family misses her, my daughter, especially,&rdquo; he responded.<\/p>\n<p>He said he felt that he &ldquo;let people down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It just felt like people would choose a calmness and a hopefulness over that,&rdquo; Walz said to the<em> New Yorker<\/em>. &ldquo;Obviously, Donald Trump knew more about America on Nov. 5, 2024, than I did.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3327415\/kamala-harris-receives-prize-naacp-image-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"KAMALA HARRIS RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS CHAIRMAN'S PRIZE AT NAACP IMAGE AWARDS\">KAMALA HARRIS RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS CHAIRMAN&rsquo;S PRIZE AT NAACP IMAGE AWARDS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Walz was recently rumored to be a contender for Minnesota&rsquo;s open Senate seat after Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) announced her plans to retire in February. Several progressives, including Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, are reported to be eyeing the Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p>The governor quashed talk of his Senate run by telling the <em>New Yorker<\/em> that he&rsquo;d rather &ldquo;eat glass&rdquo; than return to Washington as a member of Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2026563\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2026563\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Walz may consider a presidential run in 2028<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2409154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tim-Walz-6.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[41461,33144,36113],"class_list":["post-2409153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2028-election","tag-presidential-candidates","tag-tim-walz"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tim-Walz-6.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409153"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409157,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409153\/revisions\/2409157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2409154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}