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I sat down with Hope Walz just hours after her father announced he would not run for re-election as governor of Minnesota. It was a strange moment to talk. The decision was still fresh, and the reasons behind it were still settling.

We talked about what it’s actually like to grow up in a political family, how the last year changed her life, and what happens when politics stops being abstract and becomes personal. Hope opens up about receiving threats, briefly living with Secret Service protection during the national campaign, and what it felt like to lose that safety overnight.

She also shares how the decision not to run came together inside her family, why her dad believed stepping aside might lower the temperature around Minnesota, and how she thinks about media, social platforms, and responsibility now that she has an audience of her own.

00:00 Recording on the day of the announcement

02:43 What family conversations around stepping away actually looked like

04:36 Threats, harassment, and stepping back from social media

06:34 Living with Secret Service during the national campaign

09:43 Choosing life without security afterward

16:37 Being part of the decision not to run again

18:38 Minnesota as a national political target

37:08 Dating and having a normal life under Secret Service

44:24 Becoming a content creator after the election