Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in his first public remarks since the election, promised to find common ground with those who voted for the Republican ticket, while also sticking to the principles that have guided him while governor.

Gov. Tim Walz faces a new era of divided government in Minnesota when he returns from the presidential campaign trail, now that Republicans appear to have broken the Democratic trifecta that helped put him on Kamala Harris’ radar.

In a significant blow to the Democratic ticket, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, vice presidential candidate alongside Kamala Harris, lost his home county of Blue Earth to Donald Trump. Trump captured 49.6% of the vote in the county where Walz built his political career, compared to Harris’s 48.3%.