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.

A spokesperson for the National Republican Campaign Committee said the event was designed "to distract voters from the Democrats' failed and out-of-touch record."

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.

Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country.

The event was a kickoff to a tour of town halls in Republican-represented congressional districts across the Midwest.