The governor returns to Minnesota after months on the national stage. The makeup of the Legislature he will be working with next year remains uncertain, as do his plans when his current term ends in two years.

Walz is set to serve out the remaining two years of his term after spending months crisscrossing the country campaigning with his running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz waited to hear if he would become America’s next vice president on Tuesday night in what was the biggest moment of his political career. Walz was hunkered down with advisers in Washington,

Walz provided a final address on a national platform before the election on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Monday night, where he underscored the Vice President Kamala Harris campaign's focus on Pennsylvania, the hotly contested battleground state that Trump eventually won, along with its 19 electoral votes.