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Tim Walz

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Democratic · Governor of Minnesota · Minnesota · Spectrum score -39

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Tim Walz is Governor of Minnesota in Minnesota. Political positions and ideology score -39 (Left). Walz is the coach.

College: Chadron State College, B.S. 1989 · Minnesota State University, Mankato, M.S. 2001
Spouse: Gwen Walz (m. 1994)
Children: Two
Résumé: Governor of Minnesota · 2019–
U.S. Representative · Minnesota-1 · 2007–2019
Teacher / football coach · Mankato West High School · 1989–2006

Net worth: $2.0M
Salary: $127,629
Before office: $300K
2026 raised: —
Years in office: 19

Where Tim stands on the spectrum

Tim Walz scores -39 on Spectrum’s left–right line (left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -39 · Left · economic -53 · social -48 · authoritarian -20

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Walz is the coach. The file is a public-school salary history, a VP run that turned his Guard record into a super-PAC war, and a state that still looks like 2012 in the ads and 2024 in the results.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$2.0M

+567% since taking office

Disclosure midpoint, 2025

Before office$300K

Now$2.0M

Teacher and Guard to Congress to governor. The 2024 VP run was the first time the household saw national money. Still not rich.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised: $0
Cash on hand: $0

Top industries

Unions
Unions (teachers)
Small-dollar leftover

Stock holdings

Index / retirement funds

Teacher and Guard. Funds, thin.

Disclosure midpoint, 2024–25 · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market
Joint
$50K–$250K
VXUS
Vanguard Total International
Joint
$15K–$75K

Ticker	Name	Owner	Range
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market	Joint	$50K–$250K
VXUS	Vanguard Total International	Joint	$15K–$75K

Sum of ranges $65K–$325K · midpoint $195K

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

Live · checked just now

New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

Conflicts

Guard-retirement and Tampon Tim as a 2024 content war.
Minnesota nice vs a nationalized culture file.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: -53
Social: -48
Authoritarian: -20
Confidence: 94

Taxes & spending-50
Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget
Health care-60
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy-56
Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down
Business regulation-48
Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules
Labor & wages-54
Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power
Immigration-40
A broader legal path, less interior enforcement
Abortion-80
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns-62
Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws
Crime & policing-24
Reform, diversion, less incarceration
Schools & speech-48
Public-school investment, DEI frameworks
Defense & alliances-14
Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint
Civil liberties-28
Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.28

Compass

Auth · leftAuth · rightLib · leftLib · rightAuthoritarianLibertarianEconomic leftEconomic right

Sources

House NOMINATE
State record
Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.