Radical Pro-Abortion Gov. Tim Walz Won’t Seek Re-Election After Fraud Scandal
Radical pro-abortion Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who signed a law allowing infanticide by letting babies die who survive abortions, announced Monday he will not seek reelection amid an ongoing fraud scandal plaguing his administration.
Walz, a pro-abortion Democrat who initially launched his bid for a historic third term in September, reversed course, citing the need to focus on combating widespread fraud in state programs rather than campaigning.”
Every minute I spend defending my own political interests would be a minute I can’t spend defending the people of Minnesota against the criminals who prey on our generosity and the cynics who prey on our differences,” Walz said in a statement.
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“I’m passing on the race with zero sadness and zero regret. After all, I didn’t run for this job so I could have this job. I ran for this job so I could do this job,” he added. “Minnesota faces an enormous challenge this year. And I refuse to spend even one minute of 2026 doing anything other than rising to meet the moment. Minnesota has to come first – always.”
Walz, who will leave office in January 2027, expressed confidence a Democrat would hold the seat.
The decision comes as Walz’s administration grapples with what he described as an “extraordinarily difficult year” in 2025, marked by organized criminals exploiting the state’s generous programs, including childcare funding.
While Walz blamed Republicans and former President Donald Trump for politicizing the crisis, pro-life advocates see his exit as a victory after years of extreme policies that endanger unborn and newborn life.
In 2023, Walz signed omnibus bill SF 2995, which repealed key provisions of Minnesota’s Born Alive Infants Protection Act. The previous law, enacted in 1976 and updated in 2015, required “reasonable measures consistent with good medical practice” to preserve the life and health of infants born alive after abortion attempts.
The new law shifts to mere “care” for such infants, which bill author Rep. Tina Liebling described as “comfort” care, as opposed to lifesaving care. It eliminates civil penalties for violations and repeals reporting requirements to the Minnesota Department of Health, potentially allowing viable babies to be denied treatment and left to die.
Under the changes, the law no longer mandates preserving life for abortion survivors or infants with disabilities, raising alarms that “unwanted” newborns could be set aside without intervention. Minnesota Department of Health reports from 2015 indicated some infants “were reported to have lethal fetal anomalies incompatible with life and thus no measures were taken to preserve the life of these infants.”
Pro-life groups like Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life have pushed to restore protections, highlighting that at least three to five born-alive abortion survivors were reported annually in most years since 2015, with national figures showing at least 143 such cases from 2003-2014.
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