NEW: Gov. Tim Walz turns his fire toward President Trump after announcing he won't seek re-election amid the Minnesota fraud fallout: "I don't want to mince words here. Donald Trump and his allies in Washington and in Saint Paul and online want to make our state a colder, meaner place." "They want to poison our people against each other by attacking our neighbors and ultimately, they want to take away much of what makes Minnesota the best place in the country to raise a family." | Fox News

Gov. Walz announces the end to his re-election bid. | NBC News

January 2, 1960: Senator John F. Kennedy announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States. He entered the race a little over 10 months before Election Day. He would go on to win his party's nomination in July of that year, and in November, be elected president in one of the closest elections in US history. Film: Universal Newsreel, IFP-83B in the JFK Library | JFK Library Foundation