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Formed by Nebraska small towns, Tim Walz brings unconventional background to race

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Tim Walz grew up and taught high school in Butte , Nebraska .

The Minnesota governor spent half of his life in the Cornhusker State .

The Harris-Walz campaign is leaning into those Nebraska roots as they seek rural voters’ support.

Some longtime Republicans who know Walz's family said they are considering voting for the Democrat this year .

Walz was mostly raised in Valentine , Nebraska , a few miles from Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge.

It's also a “cowboy town,” as locals say, where Young’s Western Wear takes up nearly a block of Main Street .

Cherry County , where Valentine is located, is larger than Connecticut but has about 6,000 people.

Walz's Midwestern folksiness merely serves to soften too-liberal policies, some say.

Students, coaches recall Mr. Positive ’ Walz as consistently positive and someone who had a lot of trust in his students.

Walz taught geography and was an assistant coach for the football and basketball teams.

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