Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz will be in Arizona on Tuesday.
The Minnesota governor is scheduled to arrive at Sky Harbor around 11 a.m., then deliver remarks at a political event in the afternoon.
It’s his first solo trip to the Sun Belt since becoming Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate. It will be his second trip to Arizona in just over a month, after he rallied alongside Harris at an event in Glendale in early August.
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