Sherri Blasing, principal of Mankato West High School and former neighbor of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, poses for a portrait at the high school, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Mankato, Minn., where Walz was a teacher and football coach. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivers his third State of the State address, March 28, 2021, from his old classroom at Mankato West High School in Mankato, Minn. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

Nicole Griensewic, left, and Ann Vote, former students of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, walk at Mankato West High School Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Mankato, Minn., where Walz was a teacher and football coach. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)

Mankato West High School is shown Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Mankato, Minn., where Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was a teacher and football coach. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)

A plaque showing the team and coaching staff, including Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, from the year Mankato West High School won its first state championship, sits in a display case at Mankato West High School Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Mankato, Minn. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)

Mankato West High School's football field is shown Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Mankato, Minn., where Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was a teacher and football coach. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)

Cars drive down a street Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Mankato, Minn., the city where Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz spent much of his adult life. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)

Nicole Griensewic, a former student of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, poses for a portrait at Mankato West High School Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Mankato, Minn., where Walz was a teacher and football coach. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)

Ann Vote points out Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, then a football coach, in a photo taken Nov. 27, 1999, of Mankato West High School's first football state championship, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Mankato, Minn. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)

Ann Vote, a former student of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, poses for a portrait at Mankato West High School, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Mankato, Minn., where Walz was a teacher and football coach. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)

A plaque showing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sits in Mankato West High School's Hall of Fame Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Mankato, Minn. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)

Mankato West High School's football state championship wins are painted on a storage room near the football field, beginning with the 1999 win while Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was on the coaching staff in Mankato, Minn., Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)

Ann Vote, left, and Nicole Griensewic, former students of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, pose for a portrait at Mankato West High School, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Mankato, Minn., where Walz was a teacher and football coach. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)

The Walz family's former house is shown Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Mankato, Minn., where Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz spent much of his adult life. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)

A mural by Guido van Helten on the Ardent Mills silo stands over the Minnesota River, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Mankato, Minn., the city where Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz spent much of his adult life. (AP Photo/Nicole Neri)