[ST. PAUL, MN] – 2018 saw a new crop of new governors elected, including Governor Tim Walz. Governing recently evaluated the success of these “rookie governors” in their first six months based on approval ratings and signature achievements, assessing Governor Walz’s status as “thriving”:

Walz has taken an energetic approach to governing, and he and his lieutenant governor, Peggy Flanagan, have traveled the state extensively.

Walz's major accomplishment has been a bipartisan budget deal that gave him political cover for increasing license fees and business taxes. He's also taken up the thankless task of fixing long-running technical problems with the state auto licensing system, bringing aboard a private vendor.

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