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Kamala Harris has officially announced Gov. Tim Walz as her vice presidential running mate.

"I'm pleased to share that I've made my decision: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will join our campaign as my running mate," Kamala Harris wrote in a text sent to supporters on Tuesday.

"Tim is a battle-tested leader who has an incredible track record of getting things done for Minnesota families. I know that he will bring that same principled leadership to our campaign, and to the office of the vice president."

"As a governor, a coach, a teacher, and a veteran, he's delivered for working families like his.

It's great to have him on the team," she posted on X.

Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., praised Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday, calling him a "rock-solid Democrat."

"Tim Walz is my friend and a former colleague whose Midwest values are rooted in selfless service to our nation, caring for his neighbors, and inspiring students, soldiers and citizens to stand together, dream bigger and never give up," she said in a statement, reacting to the news that Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to pick the Minnesota governor as her running mate.

"Tim is a rock-solid Democrat, a teacher, a football coach, a veteran and a leader who will defend our freedoms and will work to improve the lives of all Americans in every corner of our country," she said.

-ABC News' John Parkinson

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reacted to the news that Vice President Kamala Harris will pick Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate on Morning Joe, saying "Tim Walz is wonderful, and she had many good choices among the six and among the two."

"Tim Walz, I know very well. He served in the House. To characterize him as left is so unreal. It's just not - he's right down the middle. He is a heartland of America Democrat. He was the chair of our veterans affairs committee, and I don't want anybody to forget that - he made tremendous, tremendous gains for our veterans," Pelosi said.

Donald Trump reacted to the news that Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to pick Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.

Trump, in a campaign email, claimed Walz "would be the worst VP in history" and said the governor was "even worse" than Harris.

Read the full statement here:

"It's no surprise that San Francisco Liberal Kamala Harris wants West Coast wannabe Tim Walz as her running-mate - Walz has spent his governorship trying to reshape Minnesota in the image of the Golden State. While Walz pretends to support Americans in the Heartland, when the cameras are off, he believes that rural America is 'mostly cows and rocks'. From proposing his own carbon-free agenda, to suggesting stricter emission standards for gas-powered cars, and embracing policies to allow convicted felons to vote, Walz is obsessed with spreading California's dangerously liberal agenda far and wide. If Walz won't tell voters the truth, we will: just like Kamala Harris, Tim Walz is a dangerously liberal extremist, and the Harris-Walz California dream is every American's nightmare."