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OMAHA, Nebraska — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s consistent effort on the campaign trail will continue this weekend with a rally in his native state.

Though he may be best known for his public service in Minnesota, Walz was born and raised in West Point, Nebraska, and eventually graduated from Chadron State College in the state’s northwest corner. He even met his wife, Gwen, in Nebraska.

And on Saturday, Aug. 17, Walz will hold a rally in Omaha, the largest city in Nebraska.

Nebraska is unique in that the state doesn’t assign all of its electoral votes in a winner-take-all fashion.

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In each presidential election since 1992, Nebraska assigns two electoral votes to the candidate who wins the state’s popular vote. The state’s remaining votes are assigned to the most popular candidate in each of Nebrask’s congressional districts — one for the Omaha area, one for a portion of east-central Nebraska and a third for the rest of the state.

Only Nebraska and Maine split their electoral votes.

Nebraska’s second congressional district, in which Omaha lies, could play an important role in Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, as it’s the only district that has voted for a Democratic president since 1964, when Lyndon B. Johnson won the state as a whole.

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Joe Biden received the second congressional district’s single electoral vote in 2020, 12 years after Barack Obama won the district’s vote in 2008. Donald Trump won the district by two points over Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Walz’s appearance in Omaha follows two weeks of aggressive campaigning across the United States, featuring appearances at five rallies and six fundraising events from New York to Los Angeles.

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Following Saturday’s rally, Walz is expected to appear in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Aug. 20, just two days before a Thursday speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.