Walz stopped in Iowa several times in 2023 as a surrogate for then-President Joe Biden, floating around the state fair, fundraising for local Democrats and holding media availabilities to contrast Biden with the Republican candidates campaigning in the run-up to Iowa’s GOP caucuses.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stood before hundreds of Iowans on Friday and admitted he doesn’t have all the answers about issues facing the country. Walz is back on the road to talk to voters, but he’s no longer a vice presidential candidate. He isn’t any kind of candidate, at least not for now.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is hitting the road this weekend on the first leg of a national tour to hold town halls in Republican districts where representatives aren’t holding public meetings of their own.

Walz is planning stops beginning on Friday in Iowa's 3rd District, which is represented by Rep. Zach Nunn, and will then head to Nebraska's 2nd District, home to Rep. Don Bacon, according to national media reports. His office also has stops planned in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ohio as well.

The Minnesota governor is kicking off a series of town hall meetings in Republican-represented congressional districts across the Midwest, as Democrats cite the need for them after Congressional Republicans were instructed to halt their town halls.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will return to Wisconsin next week as part of a tour to highlight Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls.

Should the Omaha area replace Republican U.S. Rep. Don Bacon with a Democrat and help curb the worst impulses of the Trump administration?