Dionne Searcey

Tim Walz moved several times during his childhood in Nebraska, where his high school graduating class had just 25 students.

The major-party vice-presidential candidates — Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota and Senator JD Vance of Ohio — are presenting dramatically different recollections of their small-town roots.

In Wisconsin, Tim Walz’s regular-guy image, a selling point for the Democratic ticket, is up against skeptics who find Donald J. Trump’s politics more relatable.

A photo widely circulating on social media shows “Walz’s for Trump” from a side of the family Gov. Tim Walz’s sister said the Walzes “don’t even know.”

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, has lamented the angry splits within families over politics. But he and his Republican brother rarely speak.

Former President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on his opponent could affect the vote. “It’s a stirring of the pot,” one voter said.

Reliably conservative Nebraska is one of just two states that splits its Electoral College votes. That’s why its one small “blue dot” could make a difference to Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign.

Tim Walz, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, is a fan of the ground-beef treat. On a recent stop at a Runza restaurant in Omaha, he managed to spend $600.

Her opponent, Dan Osborn, an independent, seized on the gaffe. A spokesman for the Fischer campaign blamed a “screw-up by a vendor.”

Kamala Harris would have been the first female president in the nation’s nearly 250-year history. But many women chose Donald Trump, despite his history of sexism and his support for the end of Roe v. Wade.