Walz’s selection will draw excitement from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. And though political observers expected that Harris would pick a white man to provide some demographic balance to the ticket, naysayers worried that Walz was just a little too bland—a replay of the solid but uninspiring choice of Senator Tim Kaine to run with Hillary Clinton in 2016. Walz’s pick sets the Democratic ticket with two weeks to go before the party’s convention.