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Two years before winning the Oval Office in 2008, former President Obama
was one of the few high-profile Democrats in the nation to campaign for
Tim Walz when he first launched a career in politics.

"I just remember standing on that stage, and we were coming off it, and
there was someone there who was a supporter of mine who said, ‘Stop, let
me take a picture,’" Walz said in 2017 of how Obama traveled to Minnesota
to support him during his first congressional run in 2006.

The pair, as well as then-Hennepin County Attorney Amy Klobuchar, took a
photo together, which Walz framed and hanged in his house, he told the
MinnPost in 2017.

"A future congressman, a future senator, and a future president," Walz
said he captioned the photo, noting that Obama was one of the few high-
profile Democrats at the time to support him back in 2006.

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Tim Walz behind podium on stage at Harris rally
Gov. Tim Walz at a campaign rally on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Las
Vegas. (Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Another high-profile Democrat, then-Sen. John Kerry, was also scheduled to
join Walz on the campaign trail that year but canceled after Kerry came
under fire for infamously telling a group of college students if "you make
an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in
Iraq."

Walz was elected to the House that year, holding onto the seat until 2019,
when he was elected as governor of the Gopher State. Now, the Minnesota Democrat has landed on the 2024 ticket for the White House, joining Vice President Kamala Harris as her running mate.

Harris has had a long and documented history with Obama ahead of becoming
the nation’s vice president and the Democratic Party’s 2024 nominee. She
was among the first elected Democrats in the nation to endorse Obama’s
first run for president in the 2008 election, snubbing Hillary Clinton in
favor of the then-Illinois senator.

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Harris was in attendance when Obama announced his candidacy for president
in 2007, after first meeting him in 2004 when he was an Illinois state
senator running for the U.S. Senate, the Washington Examiner previously reported.

Barack Obama, right, and Kamala Harris at event
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Obama attend an event in
the East Room of the White House on April 5, 2022. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

As Harris built her political career from San Francisco district attorney
to California attorney general and then senator, Harris was even dubbed
"the female Obama" by some political analysts.

Walz’s relationship with Obama has not been as publicly cozy or
longstanding, but the country’s 44th president has been supportive of
Walz’s political career from the start, and he continued endorsing him in
his various elections after he left the Oval Office.

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BIDEN AHEAD OF OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

"I am proud to endorse coach, teacher, soldier, and Congressman Tim Walz
for Governor of Minnesota. Tim is running a campaign on the idea that
there is more that unites than divides us. He is running for one Minnesota—where everyone, no matter where they live or what they look
like, has affordable healthcare, a quality education, and the chance to
get ahead. I've worked with Tim in Congress, and I know firsthand he has
what it takes to get it done," Obama said in his endorsement of Walz’s gubernatorial campaign in 2018.

OBAMA TAKES SUBTLE SWIPE AT VANCE WHILE PRAISING WALZ AS 'IDEAL' HARRIS
RUNNING MATE

"??Minnesota, our rights and our future are on the ballot this year.
That’s why I’m supporting Tim Walz and Peggy Flanagan," Obama said in an
ad in 2022 during Walz’s re-election campaign for governor. "As governor,
Tim balanced the state budget while cutting taxes for the middle class. He
has pushed for tax rebate checks to help with the cost of living. And he
has fought to make critical investments in public safety and education."

The endorsements and praise have been mutual, with Walz endorsing Obama
over Hillary Clinton in the 2008 election.

Then-Sen. Barack Obama speaking in Jan. 2006
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Sen. Barack Obama, House Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi and other House and Senate Democrats at a rally at the Library of Congress decrying the "corrupt" Republican congressional
leadership. (Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)

"The voters of southern Minnesota overwhelmingly supported Senator Barack
Obama and his hopeful vision for positive change," Walz said in 2008,
though he noted at the time that he believed both Obama and Clinton were
up to the challenge of addressing "eight years of mismanagement from
George W. Bush."

Walz also declared his support and admiration for former first lady
Michelle Obama in 2019, when he declared March 19 of that year "Michelle
Obama Day."

"We are so grateful for everything that you've done for children, for
families, for women, and especially for women of color. That's why,
because of all the work you've done, we are happy as governor, lieutenant governor of the State of Minnesota to proclaim March, 13, 2019 Michelle
Obama day across the state of Minnesota. Happy Michelle Obama Day," Walz
and Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan said in a video posted to X in 2019
while Michelle Obama was visiting the state during a book tour.

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After Biden’s departure from the presidential race late last month amid mounting concerns surrounding his mental acuity, Harris began building out
her campaign team, most notably adding a bevy of Obama orbit insiders and advisers to her election effort.

Harris brought on Obama advisers, such as David Plouffe, who managed
Obama's presidential campaign in 2008 and served as a senior aide to
Obama’s successful 2012 re-election effort. Harris also brought on veteran Democratic operative Jennifer Palmieri as senior adviser to Harris’
husband, Doug Emhoff. Palmieri served as White House director of
communications under the Obama administration and as director of
communications for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 White House bid.

MEET KAMALA HARRIS' RUNNING MATE WHO CALLED REPUBLICANS 'WEIRD PEOPLE'

Harris also tapped Obama’s former attorney general, Eric Holder, to lead
the vetting process of her potential running mates, while Jennifer
O'Malley Dillon, who worked as Obama’s 2012 deputy campaign manager and
Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign chair, was announced as Harris’ campaign manager.

The 44th president had remained coy for days last month before offering
his endorsement of Harris’ presidential run.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flashback-obama-one-earliest-big-name- dems-endorse-walz-dawn-his-political-career

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