Five weeks after losing a national election, Gov. Tim Walz is keeping his options open both in Minnesota and nationally, gearing up for the 2025 legislative session and trying to understand why the ticket he joined with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t win over enough voters.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is back at the Capitol and reacclimating to life after his vice presidential bid. Politics Friday host Brian Bakst and senior politics reporter Dana Ferguson unpack an interview with Walz about three months on the national stage and what awaits next year.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz lamented losing the 2024 race for the first time in a series of local media interviews this week.

In his first interview with MPR News since his vice presidential run, Tim Walz said he still has “privilege” of serving as Minnesota governor, urged lawmakers to work together in divided government.

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Before this year's presidential election, polls had suggested that the vice president was marginally ahead of her opponent, Donald Trump.

In one of his first interviews since Election Day, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says he thought “that the momentum was going our way and it obviously wasn’t at the end of time.”

Rogan, who backed President-elect Donald Trump, said he wanted to prevent "liar" Walz from becoming vice president.

I feel like I had to. This is so nuts. When that Tim Walz guy — it’s so nuts that guy was going to be the vice president."

In his first interviews since the election, Kamala Harris’s running mate told Minnesota television stations that he had thought the country would embrace the Democratic ticket’s positive message.

Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, reflected on the Democratic Party's loss in the presidential election, saying he was "a little surprised" by the outcome.

The interview was conducted in his office where he’s been busy preparing for the 2024 legislative session. Although disappointed by the election loss, he says getting back to work in Minnesota is gratifying.