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Scott Walker (politician)

January 08, 2023

For other people named Scott Walker, see Scott Walker (disambiguation).

Scott Kevin Walker (born November 2, 1967) is an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Scott Walker
45th Governor of Wisconsin
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2019
LieutenantRebecca Kleefisch
Preceded byJim Doyle
Succeeded byTony Evers
Chair of the Republican Governors Association
In office
November 16, 2016 – November 17, 2017
Preceded bySusana Martinez
Succeeded byBill Haslam
5th Executive of Milwaukee County
In office
April 30, 2002 – December 27, 2010
Preceded byTom Ament
Succeeded byLee Holloway (acting)
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the 14th district
In office
June 30, 1993 – April 30, 2002
Preceded byPeggy Rosenzweig
Succeeded byLeah Vukmir
Personal details
Born
Scott Kevin Walker

(1967-11-02) November 2, 1967 (age 55)
Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
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(m. 1993)​
Children2
EducationMarquette University (no degree)
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website

Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Walker was raised in Plainfield, Iowa and in Delavan, Wisconsin. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1992, representing a district in western Milwaukee County. In 2002, Walker was elected Milwaukee County Executive in a special election following the resignation of F. Thomas Ament; he was elected to a full term in 2004 and was re-elected in 2008.

Walker ran for Governor of Wisconsin in 2006, but dropped out of the race before the primary election. He ran again in 2010 and won. Shortly after his inauguration in 2011, Walker gained national attention by introducing the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill; the legislation proposed to effectively eliminate collective bargaining for most Wisconsin public employees. In response, opponents of the bill protested at the Wisconsin State Capitol and Senate Democrats left the state in an effort to prevent the bill from being passed. Nevertheless, the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill became law in March 2011. Opposition to the law led to an attempt to recall Walker from office in 2012. Walker prevailed in the recall election, becoming one of two incumbent governors in the history of the United States to win a recall election, the other being California governor Gavin Newsom in 2021.

Walker was re-elected in 2014, defeating Democratic Madison School Board member Mary Burke. Following heavy speculation about his presidential ambitions, Walker launched a campaign for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election; however, he withdrew from the race after only two months as a result of declining support in polls. Walker sought a third term as governor in 2018, but was narrowly defeated by Democrat Tony Evers.

Early life and education

Walker was born on November 2, 1967, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the elder of two sons of Patricia Ann "Pat" (née Fitch; born December 30, 1938), a bookkeeper, and Llewellyn Scott "Llew" Walker (May 19, 1939 – October 7, 2018), a Baptist minister.[1]

The family moved to Plainfield, Iowa, in 1970, where Llew worked as pastor in the local Baptist Church, TBC, and served on the municipal council.[2] When Walker was ten years old, the family moved to Delavan, Wisconsin, where his father continued to work as a minister, at the First Baptist Church of Delavan.[3] In 1985, when Walker was in high school, he attended and represented Wisconsin at two weeks of American Legion-sponsored training in leadership and government at Badger Boys State in Wisconsin and Boys Nation in Washington, D.C.[4][5] While at the event, he met President Ronald Reagan[6][7] and had a photo taken with him.[8] Walker has credited the experience with solidifying his interest in public service and giving him the "political bug".[9] He attained the highest rank, Eagle Scout, in the Boy Scouts of America,[6][10] and graduated from Delavan-Darien High School in 1986.[11]

In the fall of 1986, Walker enrolled at Marquette University.[12] Within a few weeks of beginning his collegiate studies, Walker became a student senator and led a committee investigating alleged misuse of funds by student leaders.[13] During the same year, he volunteered for Tommy Thompson's gubernatorial campaign.[14] In 1988, Walker lost a "fiercely-fought" campaign for student government president.[13] Walker led the anti-abortion Students for Life group at Marquette.[15]

Walker discontinued his studies at Marquette in the spring of 1990, having earned 94 of the 128 minimum credits needed to graduate.[16] He left in good standing with a 2.59/4.0 grade point average, but without having obtained a degree.[16][17] Walker has said that he dropped out of college when he received a full-time job offer from the American Red Cross.[13][18][19]

Early political career

Wisconsin State Assembly

In 1990, at age 22, Walker ran for Milwaukee's 7th District seat in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He won the Republican nomination, but lost in the general election to incumbent Democrat Gwen Moore, receiving less than one-third of the vote.[20][21] In 1993, Walker moved to Wauwatosa, a suburb of Milwaukee, and ran in a special election in the more conservative 14th legislative district, based around Wauwatosa. He defeated Democrat Chris Ament, son of then-Milwaukee County Executive Tom Ament.[22][23]

During the campaign, Walker backed welfare reform and opposed the expansion of mass transit. He supported a cap on state spending and said that the law on resolving labor disputes with local government employees needed to be reformed.[24] Walker received the endorsements of Wisconsin Right to Life and The Milwaukee Sentinel, which called him a fiscal conservative and noted his anti-abortion, tough-on-crime, and pro-welfare reform positions.[25] He was re-elected four times, serving until 2002 when he became a county executive.[22]

While in the Assembly, Walker was interested in criminal justice matters[22] and chaired the Committees on Correctional Facilities, and Corrections and the Courts. Over the years, he served on a number of other committees, including Health, Census and Redistricting, Financial Institutions, and Housing.[26] As a freshman legislator in 1993, he co-sponsored right-to-work legislation.[27][28][29][30] In 1999 he advocated for a truth-in-sentencing bill that increased prison time for some crimes and eliminated parole for others.[31] Walker was a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) at the time, and credited the organization for much of the success of the legislation.[31]

In 2001, he sponsored a bill to prevent pharmacists from being disciplined for refusing to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception[32] and was a supporter of a bill to require voters to show photo ID at the polls.[22] According to research by two political analysts, Walker was more conservative than about 90% of his peers in the assembly and about 80% of the Republicans in the assembly.[33]

Walker had a pro-life record in the Assembly. With the exception of some bills while Walker was running for Milwaukee County Executive, Walker either sponsored or cosponsored all but three bills that would have restricted abortions.[15]

In 2001–02, Walker and fellow Assemblymember Michael Huebsch objected to the hiring of a state employee, Rev. Jamyi Witch, on the basis of her religious beliefs as a Wiccan.[34][35] Walker claimed that Witch's hiring as a prison chaplain raised "both personal and political concerns" because she "practice[d] a religion that actually offends people of many other faiths". Walker and Huebsch were ultimately unsuccessful in terminating Witch's chaplaincy or employment.[34]

Milwaukee County Executive

 
Scott Walker in 2009

Walker became Milwaukee County Executive in a special election run in April 2002, after the former County Executive, Tom Ament, resigned in the wake of a county pension-fund scandal.[22][36] Walker was elected to a four-year term in 2004, winning 57% of the vote to defeat former state budget director, David Riemer.[37][38] Although in a liberal county and running for a nonpartisan position, Walker ran openly as a conservative Republican.[6] He won another four-year term in 2008, defeating State Senator Lena Taylor with 59% of the vote.[39] Upon first being elected, Walker became the youngest person and the first Republican ever elected to the position[40] and remains the only Republican to hold this office to date.[41]

Walker won the office on a platform of fiscal conservatism,[7] promising to give back part of his own salary. He said that his voluntary give-back gave him moral authority to make cuts in the budget. He returned $60,000 per year (slightly less than half of his salary) during his first term, and reduced his give-back to $10,000 per year during his second term.[42]

During his eight years in office, there were disputes with the county board "over taxes, privatization of public services, quality of parks and public buildings, and delivery of social services", according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.[21] The County Board approved several budgets over Walker's veto and he never submitted a budget with a higher property tax than the board had approved the prior year.[22] During Walker's tenure the number of county employees was reduced by over 20% and the $3.5 million county deficit was turned into a surplus.[6][43] In addition, he cut over $44 million in proposed spending through his veto powers and helped eliminate the waiting list for long-term care for senior citizens.[6]

Operation Freedom investigation

 
Governor Walker at the Milwaukee Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Walker appointed Kevin Kavanaugh, treasurer of the local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, as a member of the County Veterans Service Commission.[44] Walker raised funds annually for veterans at the Operation Freedom Benefit, with proceeds to the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

Walker's Chief of Staff, Thomas Nardelli, indicated that he went to Walker with concerns about missing money in 2009, and Walker directed him to report it to the district attorney's office. The district attorney did not immediately act but later launched a "John Doe" investigation.[44] Kavanaugh and four others were arrested for theft of funds. Kavanaugh was convicted and sentenced to 21 months in prison.[45][46]

Tim Russell, employed by Walker in a number of posts, was implicated in the same investigation; he was charged in January 2012 and pleaded guilty in November 2012 to diverting more than $21,000 to his personal bank account. In 2010, Walker's last year as Milwaukee County executive, Russell was his deputy chief of staff and Milwaukee Housing Director.[47] Walker was not charged with any wrongdoing.[48]

Governor of Wisconsin

Elections

2006 gubernatorial campaign

Main article: 2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

While county executive, Walker became a candidate, in February 2005, in the 2006 race for Wisconsin governor.[49] He dropped out on March 24, 2006, after about 14 months of campaigning, citing fundraising difficulties.[50][49] Walker threw his support to fellow Republican Mark Andrew Green, who won the Republican primary unopposed, and Walker actively campaigned for him during the general election.[49] Green lost the general election, in November 2006, to the incumbent Democrat, Jim Doyle.[36] Despite Green's loss, Walker's strong support for him helped increase Walker's favorability with the state GOP and positioned him as the frontrunner for the 2010 election.[49]

2010 gubernatorial campaign

Further information: 2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
 
Walker after winning the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary

Walker was an early favorite for the 2010 Republican Party endorsement for Wisconsin governor, winning straw polls of Wisconsin GOP convention attendees in 2007 and 2008.[51][52] He announced his candidacy in late April 2009 after several months of previewing his campaign themes of reduced taxes and reduced spending to Republican audiences around the state. He criticized the 2009–2011 Wisconsin state budget as too big given the slow economy.[36] In 2009 and 2010, Americans for Prosperity helped raise Walker's statewide profile, inviting him to address its events and rallies throughout the state.[53] Walker won the Wisconsin GOP convention endorsement on May 22, 2010, receiving 91% of the votes cast by delegates. He won the Republican nomination in the primary election of September 14, 2010, receiving 59% of the popular vote, while former U.S. Representative Mark Neumann garnered 39%.[54]

 
Scott Walker speaks before the gubernatorial election

As part of his campaign platform, Walker said he would create 250,000 jobs in his first term through a program that would include tax cuts for small businesses, capital gains tax cuts, and income tax cuts.[22] He proposed cutting state employee wages and benefits to help pay for these tax cuts. Critics argued that his proposals would help only the wealthy and that cutting the salaries of public employees would adversely affect state services,[55][56] while supporters argued that tax cuts for businesses would spur the economy and create jobs.[57]

Walker indicated he would refuse an $810 million award from the federal Department of Transportation to build a high speed railroad line from Madison to Milwaukee as he believed it would cost the state $7.5 million per year to operate and would not prove profitable.[58] This was in spite of offers by the mayor of Madison and the Dane County executive to help absorb costs the state might have incurred.[59] The award was later rescinded and split among other states.[60] This cost the state at least $60 million for rail repairs federal funds would have covered.[61]

Social issues played a part in the campaign. Walker has stated that he is "100% pro-life" and that he believes life should be protected from conception to natural death.[62] He opposes abortion, including in cases of rape and incest.[32][63] He supports abstinence-only sex education in the public schools and opposes state supported clinical services that provide birth control and testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases to teens under age 18 without parental consent.[32] He supports the right of pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for contraceptives on religious or moral grounds.[32][64] He supports adult stem cell research but opposes human embryonic stem cell research.[22][63][65][66]

As an opponent of same-sex marriage, he opposed a law that allowed gay couples to register with counties to get certain benefits, such as hospital visitation rights. He later stated that his position on same-sex marriage was no longer relevant because Wisconsin's ban on same-sex marriage had been overturned by a federal court.[67] Walker said he would sign an Arizona-style immigration bill, which would allow local police to stop suspected illegal immigrants, if he were elected.[68]

On November 2, 2010, his 43rd birthday, Walker won the general election with 52% of total votes cast, while Democrat Tom Barrett received 46%.[69] His running mate was Rebecca Kleefisch, a former Milwaukee television news reporter.[69] Walker's victory came amid a series of Wisconsin GOP victories, with conservative Republican Ron Johnson winning the contested U.S. Senate seat, and with the GOP gaining majorities in the state's U.S. House delegation, State Assembly, and State Senate.[70][71]

2010 election for Governor of Wisconsin [72]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Walker 1,128,941 52.3
Democratic Tom Barrett 1,004,303 46.5

2012 recall election

Main article: 2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election

After the contentious collective bargaining dispute, Walker's disapproval ratings varied between 50% and 51% while his approval ratings varied between 47% and 49% in 2011.[73][74] The effort to recall Walker officially began on November 15, 2011.[75]

Walker reportedly raised more than $30 million during the recall effort,[76] with a significant portion from out of state.[77] Commentators claimed the amount of money raised was "illustrating the national significance both political parties saw in the recall fight".[78] In March 2012, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board announced there were more than 900,000 valid signatures to force a recall vote, well above the required minimum of 540,208.[79]

In February 2012, Walker's campaign requested additional time for the petition signatures to be verified, claiming about 20% of the signatures were not valid. Democrats argued that even if 20% of the signatures were disregarded they still had obtained 180,000 more signatures than required to initiate the recall. Wisconsin Democratic Party Communications Director Graeme Zielinski claimed Walker was "delaying the inevitable".[80] On February 17, 2012, Dane County Judge Richard Niess, who had signed the recall petition, denied Walker's request for additional time.[81] On March 30, 2012, the Government Accountability Board unanimously ruled in favor of the recall election. The recall elections for both Walker and Kleefisch took place on June 5, 2012.[82]

During the Republican primary election for the recall, Walker received 626,538 votes. In the Democratic primary, all of the Democratic candidates combined received 670,288, with the winner, Tom Barrett, receiving 390,109, a majority. On June 5, 2012, Walker won the recall election.[83] This was only the third gubernatorial recall election in U.S. history.[84] Walker won the recall, his second face-off with Barrett, by a slightly larger margin (53% to 46%) than in the 2010 election (52% to 46%) and became the first U.S. governor to win a recall election.[85][86]

By the end of the recall election, Walker had a national network of conservative donors and groups supporting him. Nearly 300,000 people donated to his recall campaign, which garnered roughly $37 million. Two-thirds of the contributions came from outside Wisconsin. Walker, or the conservative causes he supports, are also supported by conservative donors and groups including Michael W. Grebe, Diane Hendricks, and the Bradley Foundation, founder of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute and the MacIver Institute; and David H. Koch and Charles Koch, initial funders of Americans for Prosperity.[87]

2014 gubernatorial campaign

Main article: 2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
 
Walker after winning re-election as governor of Wisconsin in 2014

In his third election in four years, Walker faced Democrat Mary Burke to determine the governor of Wisconsin.[88] Wisconsin labor unions, who helped organize the 2012 Wisconsin recall election, donated funds to boost Burke's campaign. Walker received help from a number of conservative donors. The polling through most of the race was close and no candidate was a definitive favorite.[89] The gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, and Walker won re-election by 6 percent of the vote.[90]

2018 gubernatorial campaign

Main article: 2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

Walker sought a third term in the 2018 elections. His opponent, Democratic Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers, defeated him in the election.[91]

Tenure

 
Walker signing Historic Tax Credit Bill December 11, 2013 at Hotel Northland

Walker took the oath of office to become the 45th Governor of Wisconsin on January 3, 2011.[92][93] By January 25, 2011, the state legislature passed a series of Walker-backed bills, the largest of which would cut taxes for businesses at "a two-year cost of $67 million", according to the Associated Press.[94]

Walker became a figure of national recognition and controversy after he proposed the "Wisconsin budget repair bill" in 2011. The bill, which would eventually be passed by the Wisconsin Legislature, significantly changed the collective bargaining process for most public employees in Wisconsin. Opponents of Walker's actions launched a push for a recall election and received enough support to force an election on June 5, 2012, the first time a Governor of Wisconsin had ever faced recall.[95]

During Walker's first term as governor, the state's $3.6 billion budget deficit was turned into a surplus[96] and taxes were cut by $2 billion.[97] More than 100,000 jobs were created in the state of Wisconsin.[98]

2011 Budget Repair Bill

Further information: 2011 Wisconsin protests

Walker proposed the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill on February 11, 2011, estimated to save Wisconsin $30 million in the current fiscal year and $300 million over the next two years.[99] The bill requires additional contributions by state and local government workers to their health care plans and pensions, amounting to roughly an 8% decrease in the average government worker's take home pay.[100] The bill eliminated, for most state workers, other than certain public safety workers, many collective bargaining rights aside from seeking pay increases, and then not above the rate of inflation, unless approved by a voter referendum.[101] Under the bill, unions have to win yearly votes to continue representing government workers and could no longer have dues automatically deducted from government workers' paychecks.[99][102] Certain law enforcement personnel and firefighters are exempt from the bargaining changes.[103][104]

On January 18, 2011, days after Walker's inauguration, Beloit businesswoman and Walker supporter Diane Hendricks asked him, "Any chance we'll ever get to be a completely red state and work on these unions and become a right-to-work (state)?", and he replied:

Well, we're going to start in a couple weeks with our budget adjustment bill. The first step is, we're going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions, because you use divide and conquer. So for us the base we've got for that is the fact that we've got – budgetarily we can't afford not to. If we have collective bargaining agreements in place, there's no way not only the state but local governments can balance things out. So you think city of Beloit, city of Janesville, any of the school districts, that opens the door once we do that. That's your bigger problem right there.[105][106]

After videotape of the interaction was released in May 2012, Walker's opponents said Walker had revealed his intention to target private sector unions and pursue right-to-work legislation. Walker said he was not pursuing right-to-work legislation and that in his 2011 comment to Hendricks he was referring to his responsibility as governor to defend taxpayers from unions that he believed were frustrating resolution of the state's budget deficit.[107][108][109]

In announcing the proposed legislation, Walker said the Wisconsin National Guard and other state agencies were prepared to prevent disruptions in state services.[110][111] He later explained that police and firefighters were excluded from the changes because he would not jeopardize public safety. Walker stated that the bill was necessary to avoid laying off thousands of state employees and that no one should be surprised by its provisions. Union leaders and Democratic legislators immediately criticized the bill, claiming Walker had never campaigned on doing away with collective bargaining rights.[111] In a media interview a week later, Walker said he was not trying to break the public sector unions, noting that Wisconsin government employees would retain the protections of civil service laws. He said that asking employees to pay half the national average for health care benefits was a modest request.[112] Demonstrators began protesting the proposed bill on February 14, 2011.[113] During the sixth day of the protests, leaders of the two largest unions said publicly they were prepared to accept the financial concessions in the bill, but would not agree to the limitations of collective bargaining rights.

On February 17, 2011, all 14 Democratic state senators traveled to Illinois to prevent the passage of the bill by depriving the Senate of the quorum necessary for a vote.[114] The missing legislators said they would not return to Madison unless Walker agreed to remove the limitations on collective bargaining from the bill.[100][115] Walker warned that if the budget repair bill was not passed by March 1, refinancing of a $165 million state debt would fail, and more cuts would be needed to balance the budget.[100]

By February 20, protestors had undertaken a physical occupation of the Capitol building.[116] Protestors also covered the walls of the Capitol with thousands of homemade signs.[117] On February 20, a union organizer participating in the protests said that the protests would continue "as long as it takes." Other union leaders called for teachers to return to work.[117] On February 26, between 70,000 and 100,000 protested the bill in Madison. They were joined by thousands at state capitals around the nation.[118]

Appearing on Meet the Press on February 27, Walker stated that he did not believe the unions were negotiating in good faith in offering pension and health-care concessions because local unions had recently pushed through contracts with school boards and city councils that did not include contributions to the pensions and health care and that, in one case, a contract even included a pay increase.[114] On February 28, the largest public union filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the state labor relations board, claiming that Walker had a duty to negotiate, but had refused.[100] On March 8, private emails dating back to February 28 were released. These emails showed that Governor Walker had tried to negotiate with Democratic legislators, even proposing to allow some collective bargaining rights.[119][120]

After failing to reach a compromise with Democratic legislators, the Republican-led Senate removed certain fiscal provisions from the bill, allowing it to be passed without the usual quorum requirement.[121] On March 9, 2011, the Wisconsin Senate voted 18–1 to pass the legislation; Senate Democrats remained out of state and did not participate in the vote.[122] The Wisconsin Assembly passed the bill one day later by a vote of 53–42. After the Assembly passed the bill, Walker released a statement in which he "applaud[ed] all members of the Assembly for showing up, debating the legislation and participating in democracy".[123] Walker signed the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill into law on March 11, 2011.[124] On March 12, the fourteen Democratic senators who had left the state returned.[125][126]

The Budget Repair Law was challenged in court. On March 18, Judge Maryann Sumi issued a court order to prohibit publication of the bill by the Secretary of State while legal challenges to it were being considered. On March 26, the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) published the bill. Sumi subsequently clarified that, pursuant to her order, the bill could not be considered to be published until the court challenge was resolved.[127] On May 26, Judge Sumi struck down the law, finding that its passage violated state open meetings laws.[128] The Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed Sumi's ruling and upheld the law on June 14, 2011.[129][130]

Walker claimed that the Budget Repair Law would "save jobs, protect taxpayers, reform government and help balance the budget."[131] He added, "You see, despite a lot of the rhetoric we've heard over the past 11 days the bill I put forward isn't aimed at state workers, and it certainly isn't a battle with unions. If it was, we would have eliminated collective bargaining entirely or we would have gone after the private-sector unions."[132] As part of the cost savings resulting from the changes to collective bargaining, Walker pointed to significant reductions in the premiums for health insurance for many school districts. Prior to the deficit reduction bill, WEA Trust, which is affiliated with Wisconsin's largest teachers union, dominated the market for health insurance for the state's school districts. The changes to collective bargaining made it easier for school districts to change health insurance providers and negotiate better premiums. Walker claimed that Wisconsin school districts have saved an estimated $30 million as a result of the change.[133]

John Doe campaign finance investigation

In August 2012, the first investigation, which had been launched by John Chisholm, Milwaukee County District Attorney, a Democrat, into missing funds, was rolled into a second John Doe probe based on a theory that Governor Walker's campaign had illegally coordinated with conservative groups engaged in issue advocacy during the recall elections.[134]

The initial John Doe judge, retired Kenosha County Circuit Judge Barbara A. Kluka, overseeing the John Doe investigation issued 30 subpoenas and 5 search warrants. She also issued a secrecy order which meant those being investigated were legally bound from discussing any facet of the investigation publicly.[135] On October 29, 2013, she recused herself from the investigation without explanation.[136] Kluka's replacement, Judge Gregory Peterson, quashed several subpoenas in January 2014, saying "there was no probable cause shown that they violated campaign finance laws".[134][136][137]

On July 16, 2015, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4–2 that Walker did not illegally collaborate with conservative groups during the recall campaigns. Writing for the majority in the case, Justice Michael Gableman stated: "To be clear, this conclusion ends the John Doe investigation because the special prosecutor's legal theory is unsupported in either reason or law," he said, "Consequently, the investigation is closed."[138] In March 2017, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against the investigators of the case.[139]

2011–2013 budget proposal

Wisconsin faced an anticipated deficit of approximately $3.6 billion in the 2012–2013 budget cycle[99][140] which must be balanced according to state law. Walker's proposed budget cut $834 million in state aid for K–12 education, which would be a 7.9% reduction from the prior budget. He proposed a 5.5% decrease in the maximum amount of funding school districts can receive from state aid and property taxes, which would limit how much property taxes could be increased to compensate for the reduction in state aid. The budget lowered state capital gains taxes for investments in Wisconsin businesses. It increased spending on health care by $1.3 billion to cover increased costs for Medicaid, and increased transportation funding by $410.5 million.[141]

2013–2015 budget proposal

 
Walker speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference

Walker's proposed budget for fiscal 2013–2015 froze spending on public schools and tightened the income requirements for Medicaid recipients. It proposed an increase in funding for fighting domestic violence, mental health care, higher education, and job training. It also included a $343 million cut in income taxes and an expansion of the state's school voucher program.[142]

2015–2017 budget proposal

Walker's proposed budget for fiscal 2015–2017 included a $300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System, while holding funding flat for K–12 public schools and continuing to expand the school voucher program. It included a plan to borrow $1.3 billion to fund improvements to roads and infrastructure, and proposed drug testing for recipients of public benefits like Medicaid and food stamps.[143]

Domestic partner registry defense

On May 13, 2011, the Walker administration petitioned the Dane County Circuit Court for permission to withdraw the state as a defendant from Appling v. Doyle, which was a challenge to the state's domestic partner registry.[144]

Regulatory reform bill

On May 23, 2011, Walker signed legislation changing the process of creating administrative rules for the state. This measure, which became 2011 Wisconsin Act 21 (and became effective June 8, 2011), changes State agency authority to promulgate rules, provides for gubernatorial approval of proposed rules, revised the requirement of an economic impact analysis for proposed rules and changes venue in the process of judicial review of agency rules.[clarification needed][145]

Voter ID law

Main article: 2011 Wisconsin Act 23

On May 25, 2011, Walker signed a voter ID law that required voters to show a government-issued ID before casting a ballot.[146]

The ACLU filed a lawsuit in federal court to invalidate the law on December 13, 2011, claiming the law violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law.[147] On April 29, 2014, U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman struck down the law, saying it violated the Voting Rights Act and U.S. Constitution.[148]

The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the voter ID law under the Constitution of Wisconsin in two other cases in July 2014.[149] On September 12, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the law to be put into effect just 54 days before the 2014 elections, overturning a previous ruling in federal court.[150]

On October 9, 2014, the state was again barred from implementing the voter ID law for 2014 by the U.S. Supreme Court.[151][152] On March 23, 2015, the Supreme Court denied writ of certiorari, thus ruling in favor of the state of Wisconsin's new stricter voter ID law.[153]

Rejection of health care funds

In January 2012, Walker returned a $37.6 million federal grant meant to set up a health exchange in Wisconsin for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[154] Walker said "Stopping the encroachment of Obamacare in our state, which has the potential to have a devastating impact on Wisconsin's economy, is a top priority."[155] Walker rejected an $11 million federal grant designed to improve Medicaid enrollment systems.[154] It can take up to 3 months to determine whether an applicant qualifies for the program. If the applicant does not qualify, the state must pay the medical costs for the first three months. The Walker administration previously said it wants to end the practice of presuming some applicants are eligible and go to a real-time system for determining eligibility.[154] Walker rejected an expansion of Medicaid coverage for the state, but instead reduced the eligibility requirements for the state's BadgerCare program.[156]

Education

On April 2, 2012, Walker signed a law to fund evaluation of the reading skills of kindergartners as part of an initiative to ensure that students are reading at or above grade level by 3rd grade. The law also created a system for evaluating teachers and principals based in part on the performance of their students. It specified that student performance metrics must be based on objective measures, including their performance on standardized tests.[157]

Walker approved a two-year freeze of tuition at the University of Wisconsin System in the 2013 budget. In 2014, he proposed a two-year extension of the freeze based on expected cash balances for the system in excess of $1 billion.[158]

On February 3, 2015, Walker delivered a budget proposal to the Wisconsin Legislature, in which he recommended placing the University of Wisconsin System under the direction of a "private authority", governed by the Board of Regents (all the governor's appointees). The budget proposal called for a 13% reduction in state funding for the university system.[159]

The budget proposal also called for re-writing the Wisconsin Idea, replacing the university's fundamental commitment to the "search for truth" with the goal of workforce readiness.[160] Walker faced broad criticism for the changes and at first blamed the rewriting of the Wisconsin Idea on a "drafting error."[161] Politifact and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel later reported that Walker's administration had insisted to University of Wisconsin officials on scrapping the Wisconsin Idea, the guiding principle for the state's universities for more than a century. Walker then acknowledged that UW System officials had raised objections about the proposal and had been told the changes were not open to debate.[162]

Indian gaming

Section 20(b)(1)(A) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) gives governors unrestricted authority to approve or veto any off-reservation tribal casino located in their state.[163]

Walker has said he would only approve new off-reservation casino projects if they are supported by every tribe in the state. This has been referred to as the "Walker Rule".[163] In January 2015, Walker rejected a proposed casino in Kenosha, Wisconsin.[164]

Mental health

Walker signed a 2013–2015 state budget and subsequent law that established the Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health.[165] In 2016, Walker signed legislation creating a pair of pilot programs to test alternative-care delivery and payment models for Medicaid recipients who have significant or chronic mental illness.[166] In 2017, Walker expanded Wisconsin's mental health provider rates by $17 million. Walker also signed legislation increasing funding for peer-run respite centers.[167]

Abortion

Walker signed the 2011 state budget that de-funded Planned Parenthood.[168] In 2013, Walker signed a bill that requires women seeking abortions to undergo an ultrasound and doctors to show the patients the image of the fetus.[169]

In 2013, Walker signed a bill requiring abortion providers in Wisconsin to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles. The law was found unconstitutional by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in 2015. The court found the medical justifications for such restrictions "nonexistent" and said they "cannot be taken seriously as a measure to improve women's health."[170] In June 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, and struck down admitting privileges and other similar restrictions, finding that they were an unconstitutional "undue burden" on women. The day after delivering this decision, the Court refused to hear the Walker administration's appeal of the Seventh Circuit decision, leaving its finding of unconstitutionality in place. Walker blamed an "activist court" for finding his law unconstitutional.[171]

On July 20, 2015, Walker signed a bill into law that banned all abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy, "except when the life of the mother is in immediate danger."[172]

Right to work legislation

In 2012, regarding right-to-work legislation, Walker told reporters at the state Republican Party convention that "It's not going to get to my desk. ... I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure it isn't there because my focal point (is) private sector unions have overwhelmingly come to the table to be my partner in economic development."[173] While campaigning for re-election in 2014, Walker again said he had no plans to pursue right-to-work legislation focused on private unions.[174]

Once the legislation was initiated in the state legislature, Walker stated: "I haven't changed my position on it, it just wasn't a priority for me. But should they pass it within the next two weeks, which is their target, I plan on signing it."[174] On March 9, 2015, Walker signed legislation making Wisconsin a right-to-work state.[175] The law applied to private employee unions as well as public.[176] Once signed, Walker claimed partial credit for the right-to-work law.[176] Politifact.com rated Walker's position on right-to-work as a "major reversal of position."[173]

Three trade unions, including the AFL–CIO, subsequently sued to get the law overturned as unconstitutional. In March 2015, the court declined the unions' request to put the law on hold until the lawsuit is settled.[177] Following a protracted legal battle, in 2017 the U.S. appeals court in Chicago upheld Wisconsin's right-to-work law ending the substantive legal challenges to the law.

WEDC

Main article: Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation

In 2011, the WEDC was created by Walker as a quasi-public entity to replace the state's Department of Commerce with the objective of incenting job creation in Wisconsin. A 2013 report from the state's Legislative Audit Committee indicated that the organization gave some "grants, loans, and tax credits to ineligible recipients, for ineligible projects, and for amounts that exceeded specified limits." It also reported that WEDC "did not consistently perform statutorily required program oversight duties such as monitoring the contractually specified performance of award recipients".[178][179] According to Wisconsin Public Radio, "The agency has been plagued by mismanagement and questions about handing out loans without properly vetting recipients."[180]

In June 2015, it was reported that under Walker, WEDC gave out $124 million between the years 2011 and 2013 without formal review. Based on the 27 awards during that period, 2,100 jobs had been created to date out of a total expected of 6,100. $62.5 million was awarded to Kohl's to create 3,000 jobs as part of a headquarters expansion but only 473 had been created, $18 million was awarded to Kestrel Aircraft which was supposed to create 665 jobs but only created 24, and $15 million went to Plexus Corp. to create 350 jobs, but created zero. In July 2013, WEDC adopted a new policy requiring written reviews on all program awards. According to WEDC, it had approved more than 760 reviewed awards under the new policy by June 2015.[181]

Walker introduced a state budget in February 2015 which removed all of the elected officials from the board. This included removing himself from chairmanship of WEDC. This was revised by the Legislature's budget committee who altered it to only remove Walker. Walker signed the budget in July 2015.[180]

Foxconn agreement

Further information: Foxconn in Wisconsin

Walker approved an agreement with the Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn to set up a plant in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. As part of the agreement, Foxconn was set to receive subsidies ranging from $3 billion to $4.8 billion (paid in increments if Foxconn met certain targets), which would be by far the largest subsidy ever given to a foreign firm in U.S. history.[182][183][184][185] Foxconn said in return that it would set up a $10 billion factory that initially employed 3,000 (set to increase to 13,000).[182][186] Numerous economists expressed skepticism that the benefits would exceed the costs of the deal.[186][187][188] The nonpartisan Wisconsin's Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimated that the Foxconn plant would not break even on the investment until 2043, and that was in the best-case scenario.[189] Others noted that Foxconn had previously made similar unfulfilled claims about job creation in various localities.[182][184]

Foxconn sought to locate a plant in the Great Lakes region, because it needs access to large amounts of water.[184] The other Great Lakes states were not willing to offer as generous subsidies as Wisconsin.[184]

Initially, the subsidies were set at $3 billion, which would have cost the state $231,000 per job created (under the assumption of 13,000 jobs).[186] The cost of the subsidies were higher than yearly state funding for the University of Wisconsin System and the state prisons.[186] Other estimates of the subsidies go as high as $4.8 billion, which meant that the cost of the subsidy per job (assuming 13,000 jobs) was more than $346,000.[182] Depending on how many jobs are created, the cost per job may go as high as more than a million dollars.[185]

Walker exempted the firm from Wisconsin's environmental rules regarding wetlands and streams.[190][184] Walker and the Trump administration rolled back air pollution limits in the area of the plant, overruling objections of Environmental Protection Agency staff.[185][182][191] The plant was estimated to contribute significantly to air pollution in the region.[192] Environmentalists criticized the decision to allow Foxconn to draw 7 million gallons of water per day from Lake Michigan.[184] The roughly four square miles of land necessary for the Foxconn campus was in part made possible by forcing homeowners to sell at a fixed price under the threat of seizing the land under eminent domain.[185]

In 2018, the Walker administration shifted up to $90 million in local road funding to road work related to the Foxconn factory.[193] The Wisconsin state legislature granted Foxconn special legal privileges within the Wisconsin judicial system.[185]

Curbing the powers of an incoming Democratic administration

Shortly after losing his re-election bid in 2018, Walker expressed support for a proposal by Wisconsin Republicans to curb the powers of the incoming Democratic administration during the lame-duck session.[194] In December 2018, Walker signed legislation to strip powers from the incoming Democratic administration. The incoming administration suggested it would challenge the legislation in court.[195] In 2010, Walker had expressed opposition to attempts to pass legislation during the lame-duck session before he took office as governor.[194] An official lawsuit against the legislation was filed by Democratic organizations on January 10, 2019, in Dane County court.[196]

Assessments of tenure

In 2019, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel described Walker as a polarizing governor, writing that while "his personality wasn't divisive... his leadership was polarizing in several ways. One was simply his successful pursuit of aggressively conservative policies, which excited his supporters and angered his opponents. A second was the 'shock and awe' factor. His defining early accomplishment – all but ending collective bargaining for public-sector unions – was not a policy he campaigned on in 2010. It was a post-election bombshell... A third factor was a systematic project by the governor and GOP lawmakers to make it more difficult for Democrats to win elections or exercise power by tilting the political playing field."[197]

2016 presidential campaign

Further information: 2016 United States presidential election
 
Flag logo of Walker's campaign
 
Governor Walker at Citizens United Freedom Summit in South Carolina
 
Governor Walker speaks in New Hampshire
 
Walker speaking at the 2016 Republican National Convention

In late January 2015, Walker set up a 527 organization called "Our American Revival" to "help spread his message and underwrite his activities" which The Washington Post described as helpful for building the political and fundraising networks for a run for the presidency.[198]

In February 2015, Trip Gabriel of The New York Times described him as having "quickly vaulted into the top tier of likely candidates in the Republican presidential race".[199] On April 20, at a fundraising event for the New York State Republican Party, David Koch told donors that he and his brother, who oversee one of the biggest private political organizations in the country, believed that Walker would be the Republican nominee.[200]

Following a controversial statement by Rudy Giuliani, Walker declined to answer the question of whether he believes President Obama loves America or was a true Christian, stating that he did not know President Obama's patriotism was in doubt.[199]

In June 2015, Walker took a further step towards a presidential campaign when he established a "testing-the-waters" federal campaign committee.[201] This allowed him to raise federal campaign dollars as he explored a possible presidential run.[202]

In July 2015, after Walker aides said that he would soon announce his candidacy,[203][204] Walker announced his candidacy via social media[205] on the morning of July 13, 2015, with Walker speaking at a formal event in Waukesha, Wisconsin that afternoon.[206]

As of August 18, 2015, Crowdpac ranked Walker as the fourth-most conservative candidate (following Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson) for the 2016 presidential election based on an analysis of campaign donors.[207] Based on an analysis including Crowdpac's rating, public statements by candidates on issues, and congressional voting (not applicable to Walker), FiveThirtyEight had ranked Walker the third-most conservative among candidates as of May 27, 2015.[208]

Walker, who started his campaign as a top-tier candidate after what was considered a "break-out" event at the Iowa Freedom Caucus in January, saw his position gradually decline over the summer in 2015.[209] Initially a front-runner in the race,[210][211] Walker saw a precipitous decline in both polling numbers and campaign funds.[209][212] On August 6, Walker participated in the first Republican primary debate in Cleveland, Ohio. His performance was seen as decent, without much fanfare nor attention given to it due to his short answers to questions which limited his airtime. Shortly after the debate, Walker admitted to wanting more airtime, but also mentioned that there were multiple debates ahead and that he was successful in changing the argument to which candidate could defeat Hillary Clinton in the general election.[213] A national poll by CNN/ORC released on September 20, in the wake of the second Republican debate held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, revealed that Walker's popularity among likely Republican voters had dropped to less than half of 1 percent.[214]

On September 21, 2015, Walker suspended his campaign and asked other candidates to do the same, so that the party could rally around a conservative alternative to Donald Trump.[215] Once considered a front-runner for the Republican nomination, Walker's campaign suffered from two lackluster debate performances, low fundraising and an inability to raise his profile among the 16 other GOP contenders.[216]

On March 29, 2016, Walker endorsed the candidacy of Ted Cruz.[217] After Donald Trump became the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party in May 2016, Walker stated that he would support Trump as the Republican nominee, saying that Trump would make a better president than Hillary Clinton.[218][219] Walker withdrew his support for Trump on June 8, 2016, after Trump called the judge Gonzalo P. Curiel biased against Trump because of Curiel's Mexican heritage. While still maintaining that Trump would be better choice than Clinton, Walker noted that Trump was not yet the party's nominee and wanted Trump to renounce his comments on the judge before the 2016 Republican National Convention.[220]

Walker also prepared then-Indiana governor and Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence for his debate against Virginia senator and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine on October 4, 2016.[221][222]

After elected office

In July 2019, Walker told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he would become the president of Young America's Foundation, a conservative student organization, in 2021.[223] He also told the paper that the position would preclude his running for office in the next years which would rule out a Senate run or a return to the governorship in 2022.

On July 17, 2019, President Trump appointed Walker to the board of trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution.[224]

Political positions

Abortion

Throughout his life and career, Walker has opposed abortion.[15][225] In 2010, Walker told the editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he opposed abortion, without exception for rape or incest.[63][169][199][226] Regarding his stance on abortion, he has stated: "I don't apologize for that, but I don't focus on that; I don't obsess with it."[227] In a TV ad during his 2014 campaign for re-election Walker identified as anti-abortion, and pointed to legislation he signed that leaves "the final decision to a woman and her doctor".[228] In August 2015, he criticized the notion that abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother in certain cases, calling it a "false choice."[229]

In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel a few weeks before the November 2014 election, Walker declined to answer directly when asked if abortion should be prohibited after 20 weeks.[199] In July 2015, Walker signed a state law banning abortion after 20 weeks, including in cases of rape or incest but excluding when immediate danger existed to the life of the mother.[172][230]

Criminal justice

During his tenure in the state legislature, Walker campaigned on a "tough-on-crime" platform and sought to increase the length of criminal penalties by increasing mandatory minimums and by cutting parole possibilities. In 1996, he said, "The time has come to keep violent criminals in prison for their full terms."[231]

He advocated for privatization of prisons.[231]

Economy and budget

 
Governor Walker speaking at the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry's Leadership Series luncheon in Phoenix, Arizona

As Governor of Wisconsin, Walker has received grades of B in 2012[232][233] and B in 2014[234][235] from the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, in their biennial Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors.

Wisconsin calls itself "America's Dairyland," with more dairy farms than any other state.[236] In 2012, Walker instituted a program to encourage dairy farmers to dramatically increase production, which resulted in a supply glut and years of depressed prices. This had a crippling effect on the industry, leaving it vulnerable when in 2018 Canada, China and Mexico imposed tariffs on American farm exports in retaliation for tariffs imposed on them by President Donald Trump. The New York Times reported that by April 2019 Wisconsin dairy farmers were facing "extinction."[237]

Education

Walker moved to weaken tenure for professors at the University of Wisconsin System and to cut its funding, while offering authority to reduce spending.[238] He recommended deleting parts of the system's mission that contribute to the Wisconsin Idea. Parts of the mission proposed for deletion, such as the "search for truth," were to be replaced with a directive "to meet the state's workforce needs." Walker later called the change a "drafting error," but public records requests and litigation showed that Walker himself and his office were "the driving force" behind the changes.[239] He supports the public funding of private schools and religious schools in the form of vouchers for students. He supports the increased availability of charter schools.[240]

Environment

Walker signed a "No Climate Tax" pledge promising not to support any legislation that would raise taxes to combat climate change and has been a keynote speaker at the Heartland Institute, which promotes climate change denial.[241] He proposed funding cuts for clean energy and other environmental programs. He has proposed giving many powers of the Environmental Protection Agency to the states. He opposed the Obama administration's efforts to reduce carbon emissions.[242]

Foreign policy

 
Walker in 2011, speaking to troops who would participate in the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo
 
Governor Walker speaking at the Chatham House in London in 2015

In 2015, Walker indicated that he favored providing arms to Ukraine to fight in the Russo-Ukrainian War.[242]

In 2015, Walker stated in an interview with Charlie Sykes that if elected president, he would "absolutely" decide on his first day in office to "cancel any Iranian deal the Obama administration makes," even if European allies which were also party to an agreement opted not to reimpose sanctions.[243]

In 2015, while campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, Walker faulted Obama for lack of strategy in dealing with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group,[242] and did not rule out sending U.S. troops to Syria to engage in ground combat with ISIL there.[242] In February 2015, when asked about the war in Syria, Walker said that the U.S. should "go beyond just aggressive air strikes. We have to look at other surgical methods. And ultimately, we have to be prepared to put boots on the ground if that's what it takes."[244]

In a 2015 interview, Walker said that "the most significant foreign policy decision" of his lifetime was President Ronald Reagan's firing 11,000 striking air traffic controllers in 1981, saying: "It sent a message not only across America, it sent a message around the world ... [that] we weren't to be messed with."[245][246]

In 2015, Walker opposed rapprochement in relations between the U.S. and Cuba.[242]

Guns

Walker has supported gun rights. In July 2011, he signed a bill into law making Wisconsin the 49th concealed carry state in the United States,[247] and on December 7 of that same year he signed the castle doctrine into law.[248] In January and April 2015 speeches in Iowa, Walker included passing those laws among his accomplishments.[249][250]

The National Rifle Association gave Walker a 100% ranking in 2014.[251][252]

On June 24, 2015, Walker signed two bills into law, one which removed the state's 48-hour waiting period for buying a gun and another which gave retired or off-duty police officers the legal right to carry concealed guns in public schools.[253]

Health care

Walker opposes the Affordable Care Act (ACA or "Obamacare") and has signed Wisconsin onto a lawsuit seeking to have the ACA rolled back (including provisions for preexisting conditions).[254][255] He supported the Graham-Cassidy legislation to repeal the ACA; this repeal bill would have eliminated blanket protections for preexisting conditions.[254] In 2018, Walker pledged to pass legislation to protect individuals with preexisting conditions in case the Affordable Care Act were repealed; according to PolitiFact, "he hasn't spelled out an alternative that would provide protections that Obamacare does."[254] As Governor, he has blocked expansion of Medicaid in Wisconsin.[255]

Redistricting

In Wisconsin, responsibility for redrawing legislative and congressional district lines rests with the legislature. The legislature is required to redraw legislative and congressional districts every 10 years based upon the results of the decennial federal census.[256] The redistricting legislation after the 2010 Census was signed by Walker in August 2011 in a private ceremony to which no Democrats or news agencies were invited.[257] As an outcome of legal action by Wisconsin Democrats, a panel of Federal judges found in 2016 that the Wisconsin Legislature's 2011 redrawing of State Assembly districts to favor Republicans was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.[258] Walker has appeared on Fox News to defend the 2011 redistricting, but even that conservative-leaning forum has criticized his efforts.[259]

Immigration

Walker has claimed that securing the American border with Mexico is "our first priority". After that, undocumented immigrants in the United States could "secure their citizenship" but would have to "get in the back of line", and wait like anyone else applying for citizenship.[260] Walker says that he does not advocate deportation for all people in the country illegally, but he is not in favor of amnesty.[261]

In a 2015 appearance on Meet the Press, Walker said proposals to build a wall along the 5,525 mi (8,892 km) Canada–United States border was "a legitimate issue for us to look at."[262][263]

Walker has stated that he would work to "protect American workers" by aligning his position with Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), who wrote in a Washington Post op-ed that legal immigration needs to be "slowed".[264]

Role of government

Walker wrote in an editorial in The Washington Post that "Like most Americans, I think government is too big and too expansive, but the government that is necessary should work – and work well."[265]

Same-sex marriage

Walker says he believes in "marriage between one man and one woman".[242] Walker voted for Wisconsin's constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, both as a legislator and as a voter.[266][267] In September 2014, Walker said he was defending the amendment.[169] When the U.S. Supreme Court subsequently rejected the appeals of five states, including Wisconsin, in October 2014, allowing same-sex marriages to continue, Walker stated: "I think it's resolved."[268] In April 2015, in New Hampshire, Walker stated that marriage is "defined as between a man and a woman",[269] and in Iowa said a federal constitutional amendment allowing states to define marriage was reasonable.[267] Walker called the U.S. Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide a "grave mistake".[270]

Unions

Walker said public-union collective-bargaining rights frustrate balancing the state budget.[107][271] Walker signed right-to-work legislation he said would contribute to economic growth.[272] The Atlantic has written that "anti-union politics" have defined his tenure as governor and established him as a Republican presidential contender.[273] Politico wrote that Walker initiated a 21st-century revival of anti-union legislation in upper Midwestern industrial states and that his "fervent anti-union rhetoric and actions" has helped his national reputation within the Republican Party.[245]

Youth rights

On May 24, 2017, Walker signed a bill that allowed unaccompanied minors to attend concerts and other musical festivals where alcohol is being served.[274] On June 21, 2017, he signed into law a bill that allowed 16- and 17-year-olds to work without parental permission.[275]

Personal life

 
Walker embraces his wife Tonette during his 2016 presidential campaign announcement with their sons present

Walker and his wife, Tonette, have two sons, Alex and Matt. The family attends Meadowbrook Church, a nondenominational, evangelical church in Wauwatosa, which is a daughter church of Elmbrook Church, in nearby Brookfield.[276][277] Tonette Walker works in the development department for the American Lung Association.[278][279]

During the summers of 2004 through 2009, as Milwaukee County Executive, Walker led a motorcycle tour called the "Executive's Ride" through Wisconsin and parts of neighboring states. The ride was organized to attract people to Milwaukee County.[280] Walker rides a 2003 Harley Davidson Road King.[281]

In 2013, Walker published Unintimidated – A Governor's Story and A Nation's Challenge, co-written with Marc Thiessen, about his experiences during the recall vote and subsequent election, both of which he won.[282]

Bibliography

  • Walker, Scott and Marc Thiessen (2013). Unintimidated: A Governor's Story and a Nation's Challenge. Sentinel HC. ISBN 978-1-59523-107-9.

Electoral history

Governor of Wisconsin

2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[283]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tony Evers 1,324,307 49.54% +2.95%
Republican Scott Walker (incumbent) 1,295,080 48.44% −3.82%
Libertarian Phil Anderson 20,255 0.76% N/A
Independent Maggie Turnbull 18,884 0.71% N/A
Green Michael White 11,087 0.41% N/A
Independent Arnie Enz 2,745 0.10% N/A
N/A Write-ins 980 0.04% -0.02%
Total votes 2,673,308 100.0% N/A
2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[284]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Walker (incumbent) 1,259,706 52.26
Democratic Mary Burke 1,122,913 46.59
Libertarian Robert Burke 18,720 0.78
Independent Dennis Fehr 7,530 0.31
Majority 136,793 5.67%
Total votes 2,410,314 100
2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election results[285]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Walker (incumbent) 1,335,585 53.1
Democratic Tom Barrett 1,164,480 46.3
Independent Hariprasad Trivedi 14,463 0.6
Total votes 2,514,528 100.0
Republican hold
2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election[286]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Scott Walker 1,128,941 52.29% +6.93%
Democratic Tom Barrett 1,004,303 46.52% −6.24%
Independent Jim Langer 10,608 0.49%
Common Sense James James 8,273 0.38%
Libertarian Terry Virgil 6,790 0.31%
Write-ins 59 0.00%
Majority 124,638 5.77% −1.62%
Turnout 2,158,974
Republican gain from Democratic Swing
2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election – Republican primary
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Walker 360,053 58.6
Republican Mark Neumann 237,944 38.7
Republican Scott Paterick 16,609 2.7

Milwaukee County Executive

2008 Milwaukee County Executive election
Non-partisan election[39]
Candidate Votes %
Scott Walker (incumbent) 98,039 59
Lena Taylor 68,785 41
2004 Milwaukee County Executive election
Non-partisan election[38]
Candidate Votes %
Scott Walker (incumbent) 136,203 57
David Riemer 101,089 43
2002 Milwaukee County Executive special election
Non-partisan election[287]
Candidate Votes %
Scott Walker 99,850 55
James Ryan 81,099 45

Wisconsin State Assembly

2000 Wisconsin State Assembly 14th District election[288]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Walker (incumbent) 20,268 100
Democratic None 0 0
Republican hold
1998 Wisconsin State Assembly 14th District election[289]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Walker (incumbent) 14,110 68
Democratic Jim Heidenreich 6,750 32
Republican hold
1996 Wisconsin State Assembly 14th District election[290]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Walker (incumbent) 15,658 62
Democratic Dale Dulberger 9,792 38
Republican hold
1994 Wisconsin State Assembly 14th District election[291]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Walker (incumbent) 15,487 100
Democratic None 0
Republican hold
1993 Wisconsin State Assembly 14th District special election[292]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Walker 5,027 57
Democratic Christopher T. Ament 3,663 42
Libertarian Larry A. Boge 93 1
Republican hold
1990 Wisconsin State Assembly 7th District election[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gwen Moore (incumbent) 3,847 69
Republican Scott Walker 1,690 31
Democratic hold

See also

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Further reading

  • Cramer, Katherine J. The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker (University Of Chicago Press, 2016)
  • Stein, Kate (July 19, 2015). "Timeline: The Life and Career of Scott Walker". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  • Umhoefer, Dave (November 27, 2016). "From Milwaukee County to Madison, Scott Walker's Rise Marked by Union Battles". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  • Umhoefer, Dave (October 9, 2016). "From Teacher 'Free Agency' to Merit Pay, the Uproar Over Act 10 Turns into Upheaval in Wisconsin Schools". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 4, 2016.

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scott, walker, politician, other, people, named, scott, walker, scott, walker, disambiguation, scott, kevin, walker, born, november, 1967, american, politician, served, 45th, governor, wisconsin, from, 2011, 2019, member, republican, party, scott, walker45th, . For other people named Scott Walker see Scott Walker disambiguation Scott Kevin Walker born November 2 1967 is an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019 He is a member of the Republican Party Scott Walker45th Governor of WisconsinIn office January 3 2011 January 7 2019LieutenantRebecca KleefischPreceded byJim DoyleSucceeded byTony EversChair of the Republican Governors AssociationIn office November 16 2016 November 17 2017Preceded bySusana MartinezSucceeded byBill Haslam5th Executive of Milwaukee CountyIn office April 30 2002 December 27 2010Preceded byTom AmentSucceeded byLee Holloway acting Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 14th districtIn office June 30 1993 April 30 2002Preceded byPeggy RosenzweigSucceeded byLeah VukmirPersonal detailsBornScott Kevin Walker 1967 11 02 November 2 1967 age 55 Colorado Springs Colorado U S Political partyRepublicanSpouseTonette Tarantino m 1993 wbr Children2EducationMarquette University no degree SignatureWebsiteOfficial websiteBorn in Colorado Springs Colorado Walker was raised in Plainfield Iowa and in Delavan Wisconsin He was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1992 representing a district in western Milwaukee County In 2002 Walker was elected Milwaukee County Executive in a special election following the resignation of F Thomas Ament he was elected to a full term in 2004 and was re elected in 2008 Walker ran for Governor of Wisconsin in 2006 but dropped out of the race before the primary election He ran again in 2010 and won Shortly after his inauguration in 2011 Walker gained national attention by introducing the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill the legislation proposed to effectively eliminate collective bargaining for most Wisconsin public employees In response opponents of the bill protested at the Wisconsin State Capitol and Senate Democrats left the state in an effort to prevent the bill from being passed Nevertheless the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill became law in March 2011 Opposition to the law led to an attempt to recall Walker from office in 2012 Walker prevailed in the recall election becoming one of two incumbent governors in the history of the United States to win a recall election the other being California governor Gavin Newsom in 2021 Walker was re elected in 2014 defeating Democratic Madison School Board member Mary Burke Following heavy speculation about his presidential ambitions Walker launched a campaign for the Republican nomination in the 2016 presidential election however he withdrew from the race after only two months as a result of declining support in polls Walker sought a third term as governor in 2018 but was narrowly defeated by Democrat Tony Evers Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Early political career 2 1 Wisconsin State Assembly 2 2 Milwaukee County Executive 2 2 1 Operation Freedom investigation 3 Governor of Wisconsin 3 1 Elections 3 1 1 2006 gubernatorial campaign 3 1 2 2010 gubernatorial campaign 3 1 3 2012 recall election 3 1 4 2014 gubernatorial campaign 3 1 5 2018 gubernatorial campaign 3 2 Tenure 3 2 1 2011 Budget Repair Bill 3 2 1 1 John Doe campaign finance investigation 3 2 2 2011 2013 budget proposal 3 2 3 2013 2015 budget proposal 3 2 4 2015 2017 budget proposal 3 2 5 Domestic partner registry defense 3 2 6 Regulatory reform bill 3 2 7 Voter ID law 3 2 8 Rejection of health care funds 3 2 9 Education 3 2 10 Indian gaming 3 2 11 Mental health 3 2 12 Abortion 3 3 Right to work legislation 3 4 WEDC 3 5 Foxconn agreement 3 6 Curbing the powers of an incoming Democratic administration 3 7 Assessments of tenure 4 2016 presidential campaign 5 After elected office 6 Political positions 6 1 Abortion 6 2 Criminal justice 6 3 Economy and budget 6 4 Education 6 5 Environment 6 6 Foreign policy 6 7 Guns 6 8 Health care 6 9 Redistricting 6 10 Immigration 6 11 Role of government 6 12 Same sex marriage 6 13 Unions 6 14 Youth rights 7 Personal life 8 Bibliography 9 Electoral history 9 1 Governor of Wisconsin 9 2 Milwaukee County Executive 9 3 Wisconsin State Assembly 10 See also 11 References 12 Further reading 13 External linksEarly life and education EditWalker was born on November 2 1967 in Colorado Springs Colorado the elder of two sons of Patricia Ann Pat nee Fitch born December 30 1938 a bookkeeper and Llewellyn Scott Llew Walker May 19 1939 October 7 2018 a Baptist minister 1 The family moved to Plainfield Iowa in 1970 where Llew worked as pastor in the local Baptist Church TBC and served on the municipal council 2 When Walker was ten years old the family moved to Delavan Wisconsin where his father continued to work as a minister at the First Baptist Church of Delavan 3 In 1985 when Walker was in high school he attended and represented Wisconsin at two weeks of American Legion sponsored training in leadership and government at Badger Boys State in Wisconsin and Boys Nation in Washington D C 4 5 While at the event he met President Ronald Reagan 6 7 and had a photo taken with him 8 Walker has credited the experience with solidifying his interest in public service and giving him the political bug 9 He attained the highest rank Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America 6 10 and graduated from Delavan Darien High School in 1986 11 In the fall of 1986 Walker enrolled at Marquette University 12 Within a few weeks of beginning his collegiate studies Walker became a student senator and led a committee investigating alleged misuse of funds by student leaders 13 During the same year he volunteered for Tommy Thompson s gubernatorial campaign 14 In 1988 Walker lost a fiercely fought campaign for student government president 13 Walker led the anti abortion Students for Life group at Marquette 15 Walker discontinued his studies at Marquette in the spring of 1990 having earned 94 of the 128 minimum credits needed to graduate 16 He left in good standing with a 2 59 4 0 grade point average but without having obtained a degree 16 17 Walker has said that he dropped out of college when he received a full time job offer from the American Red Cross 13 18 19 Early political career EditWisconsin State Assembly Edit In 1990 at age 22 Walker ran for Milwaukee s 7th District seat in the Wisconsin State Assembly He won the Republican nomination but lost in the general election to incumbent Democrat Gwen Moore receiving less than one third of the vote 20 21 In 1993 Walker moved to Wauwatosa a suburb of Milwaukee and ran in a special election in the more conservative 14th legislative district based around Wauwatosa He defeated Democrat Chris Ament son of then Milwaukee County Executive Tom Ament 22 23 During the campaign Walker backed welfare reform and opposed the expansion of mass transit He supported a cap on state spending and said that the law on resolving labor disputes with local government employees needed to be reformed 24 Walker received the endorsements of Wisconsin Right to Life and The Milwaukee Sentinel which called him a fiscal conservative and noted his anti abortion tough on crime and pro welfare reform positions 25 He was re elected four times serving until 2002 when he became a county executive 22 While in the Assembly Walker was interested in criminal justice matters 22 and chaired the Committees on Correctional Facilities and Corrections and the Courts Over the years he served on a number of other committees including Health Census and Redistricting Financial Institutions and Housing 26 As a freshman legislator in 1993 he co sponsored right to work legislation 27 28 29 30 In 1999 he advocated for a truth in sentencing bill that increased prison time for some crimes and eliminated parole for others 31 Walker was a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council ALEC at the time and credited the organization for much of the success of the legislation 31 In 2001 he sponsored a bill to prevent pharmacists from being disciplined for refusing to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception 32 and was a supporter of a bill to require voters to show photo ID at the polls 22 According to research by two political analysts Walker was more conservative than about 90 of his peers in the assembly and about 80 of the Republicans in the assembly 33 Walker had a pro life record in the Assembly With the exception of some bills while Walker was running for Milwaukee County Executive Walker either sponsored or cosponsored all but three bills that would have restricted abortions 15 In 2001 02 Walker and fellow Assemblymember Michael Huebsch objected to the hiring of a state employee Rev Jamyi Witch on the basis of her religious beliefs as a Wiccan 34 35 Walker claimed that Witch s hiring as a prison chaplain raised both personal and political concerns because she practice d a religion that actually offends people of many other faiths Walker and Huebsch were ultimately unsuccessful in terminating Witch s chaplaincy or employment 34 Milwaukee County Executive Edit Scott Walker in 2009 Walker became Milwaukee County Executive in a special election run in April 2002 after the former County Executive Tom Ament resigned in the wake of a county pension fund scandal 22 36 Walker was elected to a four year term in 2004 winning 57 of the vote to defeat former state budget director David Riemer 37 38 Although in a liberal county and running for a nonpartisan position Walker ran openly as a conservative Republican 6 He won another four year term in 2008 defeating State Senator Lena Taylor with 59 of the vote 39 Upon first being elected Walker became the youngest person and the first Republican ever elected to the position 40 and remains the only Republican to hold this office to date 41 Walker won the office on a platform of fiscal conservatism 7 promising to give back part of his own salary He said that his voluntary give back gave him moral authority to make cuts in the budget He returned 60 000 per year slightly less than half of his salary during his first term and reduced his give back to 10 000 per year during his second term 42 During his eight years in office there were disputes with the county board over taxes privatization of public services quality of parks and public buildings and delivery of social services according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 21 The County Board approved several budgets over Walker s veto and he never submitted a budget with a higher property tax than the board had approved the prior year 22 During Walker s tenure the number of county employees was reduced by over 20 and the 3 5 million county deficit was turned into a surplus 6 43 In addition he cut over 44 million in proposed spending through his veto powers and helped eliminate the waiting list for long term care for senior citizens 6 Operation Freedom investigation Edit Governor Walker at the Milwaukee Veterans Affairs Medical Center Walker appointed Kevin Kavanaugh treasurer of the local chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart as a member of the County Veterans Service Commission 44 Walker raised funds annually for veterans at the Operation Freedom Benefit with proceeds to the Military Order of the Purple Heart Walker s Chief of Staff Thomas Nardelli indicated that he went to Walker with concerns about missing money in 2009 and Walker directed him to report it to the district attorney s office The district attorney did not immediately act but later launched a John Doe investigation 44 Kavanaugh and four others were arrested for theft of funds Kavanaugh was convicted and sentenced to 21 months in prison 45 46 Tim Russell employed by Walker in a number of posts was implicated in the same investigation he was charged in January 2012 and pleaded guilty in November 2012 to diverting more than 21 000 to his personal bank account In 2010 Walker s last year as Milwaukee County executive Russell was his deputy chief of staff and Milwaukee Housing Director 47 Walker was not charged with any wrongdoing 48 Governor of Wisconsin EditElections Edit 2006 gubernatorial campaign Edit Main article 2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election While county executive Walker became a candidate in February 2005 in the 2006 race for Wisconsin governor 49 He dropped out on March 24 2006 after about 14 months of campaigning citing fundraising difficulties 50 49 Walker threw his support to fellow Republican Mark Andrew Green who won the Republican primary unopposed and Walker actively campaigned for him during the general election 49 Green lost the general election in November 2006 to the incumbent Democrat Jim Doyle 36 Despite Green s loss Walker s strong support for him helped increase Walker s favorability with the state GOP and positioned him as the frontrunner for the 2010 election 49 2010 gubernatorial campaign Edit Further information 2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election Walker after winning the 2010 Republican gubernatorial primary Walker was an early favorite for the 2010 Republican Party endorsement for Wisconsin governor winning straw polls of Wisconsin GOP convention attendees in 2007 and 2008 51 52 He announced his candidacy in late April 2009 after several months of previewing his campaign themes of reduced taxes and reduced spending to Republican audiences around the state He criticized the 2009 2011 Wisconsin state budget as too big given the slow economy 36 In 2009 and 2010 Americans for Prosperity helped raise Walker s statewide profile inviting him to address its events and rallies throughout the state 53 Walker won the Wisconsin GOP convention endorsement on May 22 2010 receiving 91 of the votes cast by delegates He won the Republican nomination in the primary election of September 14 2010 receiving 59 of the popular vote while former U S Representative Mark Neumann garnered 39 54 Scott Walker speaks before the gubernatorial election As part of his campaign platform Walker said he would create 250 000 jobs in his first term through a program that would include tax cuts for small businesses capital gains tax cuts and income tax cuts 22 He proposed cutting state employee wages and benefits to help pay for these tax cuts Critics argued that his proposals would help only the wealthy and that cutting the salaries of public employees would adversely affect state services 55 56 while supporters argued that tax cuts for businesses would spur the economy and create jobs 57 Walker indicated he would refuse an 810 million award from the federal Department of Transportation to build a high speed railroad line from Madison to Milwaukee as he believed it would cost the state 7 5 million per year to operate and would not prove profitable 58 This was in spite of offers by the mayor of Madison and the Dane County executive to help absorb costs the state might have incurred 59 The award was later rescinded and split among other states 60 This cost the state at least 60 million for rail repairs federal funds would have covered 61 Social issues played a part in the campaign Walker has stated that he is 100 pro life and that he believes life should be protected from conception to natural death 62 He opposes abortion including in cases of rape and incest 32 63 He supports abstinence only sex education in the public schools and opposes state supported clinical services that provide birth control and testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases to teens under age 18 without parental consent 32 He supports the right of pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions for contraceptives on religious or moral grounds 32 64 He supports adult stem cell research but opposes human embryonic stem cell research 22 63 65 66 As an opponent of same sex marriage he opposed a law that allowed gay couples to register with counties to get certain benefits such as hospital visitation rights He later stated that his position on same sex marriage was no longer relevant because Wisconsin s ban on same sex marriage had been overturned by a federal court 67 Walker said he would sign an Arizona style immigration bill which would allow local police to stop suspected illegal immigrants if he were elected 68 On November 2 2010 his 43rd birthday Walker won the general election with 52 of total votes cast while Democrat Tom Barrett received 46 69 His running mate was Rebecca Kleefisch a former Milwaukee television news reporter 69 Walker s victory came amid a series of Wisconsin GOP victories with conservative Republican Ron Johnson winning the contested U S Senate seat and with the GOP gaining majorities in the state s U S House delegation State Assembly and State Senate 70 71 2010 election for Governor of Wisconsin 72 Party Candidate Votes Republican Scott Walker 1 128 941 52 3Democratic Tom Barrett 1 004 303 46 52012 recall election Edit Main article 2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election After the contentious collective bargaining dispute Walker s disapproval ratings varied between 50 and 51 while his approval ratings varied between 47 and 49 in 2011 73 74 The effort to recall Walker officially began on November 15 2011 75 Walker reportedly raised more than 30 million during the recall effort 76 with a significant portion from out of state 77 Commentators claimed the amount of money raised was illustrating the national significance both political parties saw in the recall fight 78 In March 2012 the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board announced there were more than 900 000 valid signatures to force a recall vote well above the required minimum of 540 208 79 In February 2012 Walker s campaign requested additional time for the petition signatures to be verified claiming about 20 of the signatures were not valid Democrats argued that even if 20 of the signatures were disregarded they still had obtained 180 000 more signatures than required to initiate the recall Wisconsin Democratic Party Communications Director Graeme Zielinski claimed Walker was delaying the inevitable 80 On February 17 2012 Dane County Judge Richard Niess who had signed the recall petition denied Walker s request for additional time 81 On March 30 2012 the Government Accountability Board unanimously ruled in favor of the recall election The recall elections for both Walker and Kleefisch took place on June 5 2012 82 During the Republican primary election for the recall Walker received 626 538 votes In the Democratic primary all of the Democratic candidates combined received 670 288 with the winner Tom Barrett receiving 390 109 a majority On June 5 2012 Walker won the recall election 83 This was only the third gubernatorial recall election in U S history 84 Walker won the recall his second face off with Barrett by a slightly larger margin 53 to 46 than in the 2010 election 52 to 46 and became the first U S governor to win a recall election 85 86 By the end of the recall election Walker had a national network of conservative donors and groups supporting him Nearly 300 000 people donated to his recall campaign which garnered roughly 37 million Two thirds of the contributions came from outside Wisconsin Walker or the conservative causes he supports are also supported by conservative donors and groups including Michael W Grebe Diane Hendricks and the Bradley Foundation founder of the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute and the MacIver Institute and David H Koch and Charles Koch initial funders of Americans for Prosperity 87 2014 gubernatorial campaign Edit Main article 2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial election Walker after winning re election as governor of Wisconsin in 2014 In his third election in four years Walker faced Democrat Mary Burke to determine the governor of Wisconsin 88 Wisconsin labor unions who helped organize the 2012 Wisconsin recall election donated funds to boost Burke s campaign Walker received help from a number of conservative donors The polling through most of the race was close and no candidate was a definitive favorite 89 The gubernatorial election took place on November 4 2014 and Walker won re election by 6 percent of the vote 90 2018 gubernatorial campaign Edit Main article 2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial election Walker sought a third term in the 2018 elections His opponent Democratic Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers defeated him in the election 91 Tenure Edit Walker signing Historic Tax Credit Bill December 11 2013 at Hotel Northland Walker took the oath of office to become the 45th Governor of Wisconsin on January 3 2011 92 93 By January 25 2011 the state legislature passed a series of Walker backed bills the largest of which would cut taxes for businesses at a two year cost of 67 million according to the Associated Press 94 Walker became a figure of national recognition and controversy after he proposed the Wisconsin budget repair bill in 2011 The bill which would eventually be passed by the Wisconsin Legislature significantly changed the collective bargaining process for most public employees in Wisconsin Opponents of Walker s actions launched a push for a recall election and received enough support to force an election on June 5 2012 the first time a Governor of Wisconsin had ever faced recall 95 During Walker s first term as governor the state s 3 6 billion budget deficit was turned into a surplus 96 and taxes were cut by 2 billion 97 More than 100 000 jobs were created in the state of Wisconsin 98 2011 Budget Repair Bill Edit Further information 2011 Wisconsin protests Walker proposed the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill on February 11 2011 estimated to save Wisconsin 30 million in the current fiscal year and 300 million over the next two years 99 The bill requires additional contributions by state and local government workers to their health care plans and pensions amounting to roughly an 8 decrease in the average government worker s take home pay 100 The bill eliminated for most state workers other than certain public safety workers many collective bargaining rights aside from seeking pay increases and then not above the rate of inflation unless approved by a voter referendum 101 Under the bill unions have to win yearly votes to continue representing government workers and could no longer have dues automatically deducted from government workers paychecks 99 102 Certain law enforcement personnel and firefighters are exempt from the bargaining changes 103 104 On January 18 2011 days after Walker s inauguration Beloit businesswoman and Walker supporter Diane Hendricks asked him Any chance we ll ever get to be a completely red state and work on these unions and become a right to work state and he replied Well we re going to start in a couple weeks with our budget adjustment bill The first step is we re going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions because you use divide and conquer So for us the base we ve got for that is the fact that we ve got budgetarily we can t afford not to If we have collective bargaining agreements in place there s no way not only the state but local governments can balance things out So you think city of Beloit city of Janesville any of the school districts that opens the door once we do that That s your bigger problem right there 105 106 After videotape of the interaction was released in May 2012 Walker s opponents said Walker had revealed his intention to target private sector unions and pursue right to work legislation Walker said he was not pursuing right to work legislation and that in his 2011 comment to Hendricks he was referring to his responsibility as governor to defend taxpayers from unions that he believed were frustrating resolution of the state s budget deficit 107 108 109 In announcing the proposed legislation Walker said the Wisconsin National Guard and other state agencies were prepared to prevent disruptions in state services 110 111 He later explained that police and firefighters were excluded from the changes because he would not jeopardize public safety Walker stated that the bill was necessary to avoid laying off thousands of state employees and that no one should be surprised by its provisions Union leaders and Democratic legislators immediately criticized the bill claiming Walker had never campaigned on doing away with collective bargaining rights 111 In a media interview a week later Walker said he was not trying to break the public sector unions noting that Wisconsin government employees would retain the protections of civil service laws He said that asking employees to pay half the national average for health care benefits was a modest request 112 Demonstrators began protesting the proposed bill on February 14 2011 113 During the sixth day of the protests leaders of the two largest unions said publicly they were prepared to accept the financial concessions in the bill but would not agree to the limitations of collective bargaining rights On February 17 2011 all 14 Democratic state senators traveled to Illinois to prevent the passage of the bill by depriving the Senate of the quorum necessary for a vote 114 The missing legislators said they would not return to Madison unless Walker agreed to remove the limitations on collective bargaining from the bill 100 115 Walker warned that if the budget repair bill was not passed by March 1 refinancing of a 165 million state debt would fail and more cuts would be needed to balance the budget 100 By February 20 protestors had undertaken a physical occupation of the Capitol building 116 Protestors also covered the walls of the Capitol with thousands of homemade signs 117 On February 20 a union organizer participating in the protests said that the protests would continue as long as it takes Other union leaders called for teachers to return to work 117 On February 26 between 70 000 and 100 000 protested the bill in Madison They were joined by thousands at state capitals around the nation 118 Appearing on Meet the Press on February 27 Walker stated that he did not believe the unions were negotiating in good faith in offering pension and health care concessions because local unions had recently pushed through contracts with school boards and city councils that did not include contributions to the pensions and health care and that in one case a contract even included a pay increase 114 On February 28 the largest public union filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the state labor relations board claiming that Walker had a duty to negotiate but had refused 100 On March 8 private emails dating back to February 28 were released These emails showed that Governor Walker had tried to negotiate with Democratic legislators even proposing to allow some collective bargaining rights 119 120 After failing to reach a compromise with Democratic legislators the Republican led Senate removed certain fiscal provisions from the bill allowing it to be passed without the usual quorum requirement 121 On March 9 2011 the Wisconsin Senate voted 18 1 to pass the legislation Senate Democrats remained out of state and did not participate in the vote 122 The Wisconsin Assembly passed the bill one day later by a vote of 53 42 After the Assembly passed the bill Walker released a statement in which he applaud ed all members of the Assembly for showing up debating the legislation and participating in democracy 123 Walker signed the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill into law on March 11 2011 124 On March 12 the fourteen Democratic senators who had left the state returned 125 126 The Budget Repair Law was challenged in court On March 18 Judge Maryann Sumi issued a court order to prohibit publication of the bill by the Secretary of State while legal challenges to it were being considered On March 26 the Legislative Reference Bureau LRB published the bill Sumi subsequently clarified that pursuant to her order the bill could not be considered to be published until the court challenge was resolved 127 On May 26 Judge Sumi struck down the law finding that its passage violated state open meetings laws 128 The Wisconsin Supreme Court reversed Sumi s ruling and upheld the law on June 14 2011 129 130 Walker claimed that the Budget Repair Law would save jobs protect taxpayers reform government and help balance the budget 131 He added You see despite a lot of the rhetoric we ve heard over the past 11 days the bill I put forward isn t aimed at state workers and it certainly isn t a battle with unions If it was we would have eliminated collective bargaining entirely or we would have gone after the private sector unions 132 As part of the cost savings resulting from the changes to collective bargaining Walker pointed to significant reductions in the premiums for health insurance for many school districts Prior to the deficit reduction bill WEA Trust which is affiliated with Wisconsin s largest teachers union dominated the market for health insurance for the state s school districts The changes to collective bargaining made it easier for school districts to change health insurance providers and negotiate better premiums Walker claimed that Wisconsin school districts have saved an estimated 30 million as a result of the change 133 John Doe campaign finance investigation Edit In August 2012 the first investigation which had been launched by John Chisholm Milwaukee County District Attorney a Democrat into missing funds was rolled into a second John Doe probe based on a theory that Governor Walker s campaign had illegally coordinated with conservative groups engaged in issue advocacy during the recall elections 134 The initial John Doe judge retired Kenosha County Circuit Judge Barbara A Kluka overseeing the John Doe investigation issued 30 subpoenas and 5 search warrants She also issued a secrecy order which meant those being investigated were legally bound from discussing any facet of the investigation publicly 135 On October 29 2013 she recused herself from the investigation without explanation 136 Kluka s replacement Judge Gregory Peterson quashed several subpoenas in January 2014 saying there was no probable cause shown that they violated campaign finance laws 134 136 137 On July 16 2015 the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4 2 that Walker did not illegally collaborate with conservative groups during the recall campaigns Writing for the majority in the case Justice Michael Gableman stated To be clear this conclusion ends the John Doe investigation because the special prosecutor s legal theory is unsupported in either reason or law he said Consequently the investigation is closed 138 In March 2017 a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against the investigators of the case 139 2011 2013 budget proposal Edit Wisconsin faced an anticipated deficit of approximately 3 6 billion in the 2012 2013 budget cycle 99 140 which must be balanced according to state law Walker s proposed budget cut 834 million in state aid for K 12 education which would be a 7 9 reduction from the prior budget He proposed a 5 5 decrease in the maximum amount of funding school districts can receive from state aid and property taxes which would limit how much property taxes could be increased to compensate for the reduction in state aid The budget lowered state capital gains taxes for investments in Wisconsin businesses It increased spending on health care by 1 3 billion to cover increased costs for Medicaid and increased transportation funding by 410 5 million 141 2013 2015 budget proposal Edit Walker speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference Walker s proposed budget for fiscal 2013 2015 froze spending on public schools and tightened the income requirements for Medicaid recipients It proposed an increase in funding for fighting domestic violence mental health care higher education and job training It also included a 343 million cut in income taxes and an expansion of the state s school voucher program 142 2015 2017 budget proposal Edit Walker s proposed budget for fiscal 2015 2017 included a 300 million cut to the University of Wisconsin System while holding funding flat for K 12 public schools and continuing to expand the school voucher program It included a plan to borrow 1 3 billion to fund improvements to roads and infrastructure and proposed drug testing for recipients of public benefits like Medicaid and food stamps 143 Domestic partner registry defense Edit On May 13 2011 the Walker administration petitioned the Dane County Circuit Court for permission to withdraw the state as a defendant from Appling v Doyle which was a challenge to the state s domestic partner registry 144 Regulatory reform bill Edit On May 23 2011 Walker signed legislation changing the process of creating administrative rules for the state This measure which became 2011 Wisconsin Act 21 and became effective June 8 2011 changes State agency authority to promulgate rules provides for gubernatorial approval of proposed rules revised the requirement of an economic impact analysis for proposed rules and changes venue in the process of judicial review of agency rules clarification needed 145 Voter ID law Edit Main article 2011 Wisconsin Act 23 On May 25 2011 Walker signed a voter ID law that required voters to show a government issued ID before casting a ballot 146 The ACLU filed a lawsuit in federal court to invalidate the law on December 13 2011 claiming the law violates the constitutional guarantee of equal protection under the law 147 On April 29 2014 U S District Judge Lynn Adelman struck down the law saying it violated the Voting Rights Act and U S Constitution 148 The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the voter ID law under the Constitution of Wisconsin in two other cases in July 2014 149 On September 12 the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the law to be put into effect just 54 days before the 2014 elections overturning a previous ruling in federal court 150 On October 9 2014 the state was again barred from implementing the voter ID law for 2014 by the U S Supreme Court 151 152 On March 23 2015 the Supreme Court denied writ of certiorari thus ruling in favor of the state of Wisconsin s new stricter voter ID law 153 Rejection of health care funds Edit In January 2012 Walker returned a 37 6 million federal grant meant to set up a health exchange in Wisconsin for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 154 Walker said Stopping the encroachment of Obamacare in our state which has the potential to have a devastating impact on Wisconsin s economy is a top priority 155 Walker rejected an 11 million federal grant designed to improve Medicaid enrollment systems 154 It can take up to 3 months to determine whether an applicant qualifies for the program If the applicant does not qualify the state must pay the medical costs for the first three months The Walker administration previously said it wants to end the practice of presuming some applicants are eligible and go to a real time system for determining eligibility 154 Walker rejected an expansion of Medicaid coverage for the state but instead reduced the eligibility requirements for the state s BadgerCare program 156 Education Edit On April 2 2012 Walker signed a law to fund evaluation of the reading skills of kindergartners as part of an initiative to ensure that students are reading at or above grade level by 3rd grade The law also created a system for evaluating teachers and principals based in part on the performance of their students It specified that student performance metrics must be based on objective measures including their performance on standardized tests 157 Walker approved a two year freeze of tuition at the University of Wisconsin System in the 2013 budget In 2014 he proposed a two year extension of the freeze based on expected cash balances for the system in excess of 1 billion 158 On February 3 2015 Walker delivered a budget proposal to the Wisconsin Legislature in which he recommended placing the University of Wisconsin System under the direction of a private authority governed by the Board of Regents all the governor s appointees The budget proposal called for a 13 reduction in state funding for the university system 159 The budget proposal also called for re writing the Wisconsin Idea replacing the university s fundamental commitment to the search for truth with the goal of workforce readiness 160 Walker faced broad criticism for the changes and at first blamed the rewriting of the Wisconsin Idea on a drafting error 161 Politifact and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel later reported that Walker s administration had insisted to University of Wisconsin officials on scrapping the Wisconsin Idea the guiding principle for the state s universities for more than a century Walker then acknowledged that UW System officials had raised objections about the proposal and had been told the changes were not open to debate 162 Indian gaming Edit Section 20 b 1 A of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act IGRA gives governors unrestricted authority to approve or veto any off reservation tribal casino located in their state 163 Walker has said he would only approve new off reservation casino projects if they are supported by every tribe in the state This has been referred to as the Walker Rule 163 In January 2015 Walker rejected a proposed casino in Kenosha Wisconsin 164 Mental health Edit Walker signed a 2013 2015 state budget and subsequent law that established the Wisconsin Office of Children s Mental Health 165 In 2016 Walker signed legislation creating a pair of pilot programs to test alternative care delivery and payment models for Medicaid recipients who have significant or chronic mental illness 166 In 2017 Walker expanded Wisconsin s mental health provider rates by 17 million Walker also signed legislation increasing funding for peer run respite centers 167 Abortion Edit Walker signed the 2011 state budget that de funded Planned Parenthood 168 In 2013 Walker signed a bill that requires women seeking abortions to undergo an ultrasound and doctors to show the patients the image of the fetus 169 In 2013 Walker signed a bill requiring abortion providers in Wisconsin to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles The law was found unconstitutional by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in 2015 The court found the medical justifications for such restrictions nonexistent and said they cannot be taken seriously as a measure to improve women s health 170 In June 2016 the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on Whole Woman s Health v Hellerstedt and struck down admitting privileges and other similar restrictions finding that they were an unconstitutional undue burden on women The day after delivering this decision the Court refused to hear the Walker administration s appeal of the Seventh Circuit decision leaving its finding of unconstitutionality in place Walker blamed an activist court for finding his law unconstitutional 171 On July 20 2015 Walker signed a bill into law that banned all abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy except when the life of the mother is in immediate danger 172 Right to work legislation Edit In 2012 regarding right to work legislation Walker told reporters at the state Republican Party convention that It s not going to get to my desk I m going to do everything in my power to make sure it isn t there because my focal point is private sector unions have overwhelmingly come to the table to be my partner in economic development 173 While campaigning for re election in 2014 Walker again said he had no plans to pursue right to work legislation focused on private unions 174 Once the legislation was initiated in the state legislature Walker stated I haven t changed my position on it it just wasn t a priority for me But should they pass it within the next two weeks which is their target I plan on signing it 174 On March 9 2015 Walker signed legislation making Wisconsin a right to work state 175 The law applied to private employee unions as well as public 176 Once signed Walker claimed partial credit for the right to work law 176 Politifact com rated Walker s position on right to work as a major reversal of position 173 Three trade unions including the AFL CIO subsequently sued to get the law overturned as unconstitutional In March 2015 the court declined the unions request to put the law on hold until the lawsuit is settled 177 Following a protracted legal battle in 2017 the U S appeals court in Chicago upheld Wisconsin s right to work law ending the substantive legal challenges to the law WEDC Edit Main article Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation In 2011 the WEDC was created by Walker as a quasi public entity to replace the state s Department of Commerce with the objective of incenting job creation in Wisconsin A 2013 report from the state s Legislative Audit Committee indicated that the organization gave some grants loans and tax credits to ineligible recipients for ineligible projects and for amounts that exceeded specified limits It also reported that WEDC did not consistently perform statutorily required program oversight duties such as monitoring the contractually specified performance of award recipients 178 179 According to Wisconsin Public Radio The agency has been plagued by mismanagement and questions about handing out loans without properly vetting recipients 180 In June 2015 it was reported that under Walker WEDC gave out 124 million between the years 2011 and 2013 without formal review Based on the 27 awards during that period 2 100 jobs had been created to date out of a total expected of 6 100 62 5 million was awarded to Kohl s to create 3 000 jobs as part of a headquarters expansion but only 473 had been created 18 million was awarded to Kestrel Aircraft which was supposed to create 665 jobs but only created 24 and 15 million went to Plexus Corp to create 350 jobs but created zero In July 2013 WEDC adopted a new policy requiring written reviews on all program awards According to WEDC it had approved more than 760 reviewed awards under the new policy by June 2015 181 Walker introduced a state budget in February 2015 which removed all of the elected officials from the board This included removing himself from chairmanship of WEDC This was revised by the Legislature s budget committee who altered it to only remove Walker Walker signed the budget in July 2015 180 Foxconn agreement Edit Further information Foxconn in Wisconsin Walker approved an agreement with the Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn to set up a plant in Mount Pleasant Wisconsin As part of the agreement Foxconn was set to receive subsidies ranging from 3 billion to 4 8 billion paid in increments if Foxconn met certain targets which would be by far the largest subsidy ever given to a foreign firm in U S history 182 183 184 185 Foxconn said in return that it would set up a 10 billion factory that initially employed 3 000 set to increase to 13 000 182 186 Numerous economists expressed skepticism that the benefits would exceed the costs of the deal 186 187 188 The nonpartisan Wisconsin s Legislative Fiscal Bureau estimated that the Foxconn plant would not break even on the investment until 2043 and that was in the best case scenario 189 Others noted that Foxconn had previously made similar unfulfilled claims about job creation in various localities 182 184 Foxconn sought to locate a plant in the Great Lakes region because it needs access to large amounts of water 184 The other Great Lakes states were not willing to offer as generous subsidies as Wisconsin 184 Initially the subsidies were set at 3 billion which would have cost the state 231 000 per job created under the assumption of 13 000 jobs 186 The cost of the subsidies were higher than yearly state funding for the University of Wisconsin System and the state prisons 186 Other estimates of the subsidies go as high as 4 8 billion which meant that the cost of the subsidy per job assuming 13 000 jobs was more than 346 000 182 Depending on how many jobs are created the cost per job may go as high as more than a million dollars 185 Walker exempted the firm from Wisconsin s environmental rules regarding wetlands and streams 190 184 Walker and the Trump administration rolled back air pollution limits in the area of the plant overruling objections of Environmental Protection Agency staff 185 182 191 The plant was estimated to contribute significantly to air pollution in the region 192 Environmentalists criticized the decision to allow Foxconn to draw 7 million gallons of water per day from Lake Michigan 184 The roughly four square miles of land necessary for the Foxconn campus was in part made possible by forcing homeowners to sell at a fixed price under the threat of seizing the land under eminent domain 185 In 2018 the Walker administration shifted up to 90 million in local road funding to road work related to the Foxconn factory 193 The Wisconsin state legislature granted Foxconn special legal privileges within the Wisconsin judicial system 185 Curbing the powers of an incoming Democratic administration Edit Shortly after losing his re election bid in 2018 Walker expressed support for a proposal by Wisconsin Republicans to curb the powers of the incoming Democratic administration during the lame duck session 194 In December 2018 Walker signed legislation to strip powers from the incoming Democratic administration The incoming administration suggested it would challenge the legislation in court 195 In 2010 Walker had expressed opposition to attempts to pass legislation during the lame duck session before he took office as governor 194 An official lawsuit against the legislation was filed by Democratic organizations on January 10 2019 in Dane County court 196 Assessments of tenure Edit In 2019 the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel described Walker as a polarizing governor writing that while his personality wasn t divisive his leadership was polarizing in several ways One was simply his successful pursuit of aggressively conservative policies which excited his supporters and angered his opponents A second was the shock and awe factor His defining early accomplishment all but ending collective bargaining for public sector unions was not a policy he campaigned on in 2010 It was a post election bombshell A third factor was a systematic project by the governor and GOP lawmakers to make it more difficult for Democrats to win elections or exercise power by tilting the political playing field 197 2016 presidential campaign EditFurther information 2016 United States presidential election Flag logo of Walker s campaign Governor Walker at Citizens United Freedom Summit in South Carolina Governor Walker speaks in New Hampshire Walker speaking at the 2016 Republican National Convention In late January 2015 Walker set up a 527 organization called Our American Revival to help spread his message and underwrite his activities which The Washington Post described as helpful for building the political and fundraising networks for a run for the presidency 198 In February 2015 Trip Gabriel of The New York Times described him as having quickly vaulted into the top tier of likely candidates in the Republican presidential race 199 On April 20 at a fundraising event for the New York State Republican Party David Koch told donors that he and his brother who oversee one of the biggest private political organizations in the country believed that Walker would be the Republican nominee 200 Following a controversial statement by Rudy Giuliani Walker declined to answer the question of whether he believes President Obama loves America or was a true Christian stating that he did not know President Obama s patriotism was in doubt 199 In June 2015 Walker took a further step towards a presidential campaign when he established a testing the waters federal campaign committee 201 This allowed him to raise federal campaign dollars as he explored a possible presidential run 202 In July 2015 after Walker aides said that he would soon announce his candidacy 203 204 Walker announced his candidacy via social media 205 on the morning of July 13 2015 with Walker speaking at a formal event in Waukesha Wisconsin that afternoon 206 As of August 18 2015 Crowdpac ranked Walker as the fourth most conservative candidate following Rand Paul Ted Cruz and Ben Carson for the 2016 presidential election based on an analysis of campaign donors 207 Based on an analysis including Crowdpac s rating public statements by candidates on issues and congressional voting not applicable to Walker FiveThirtyEight had ranked Walker the third most conservative among candidates as of May 27 2015 208 Walker who started his campaign as a top tier candidate after what was considered a break out event at the Iowa Freedom Caucus in January saw his position gradually decline over the summer in 2015 209 Initially a front runner in the race 210 211 Walker saw a precipitous decline in both polling numbers and campaign funds 209 212 On August 6 Walker participated in the first Republican primary debate in Cleveland Ohio His performance was seen as decent without much fanfare nor attention given to it due to his short answers to questions which limited his airtime Shortly after the debate Walker admitted to wanting more airtime but also mentioned that there were multiple debates ahead and that he was successful in changing the argument to which candidate could defeat Hillary Clinton in the general election 213 A national poll by CNN ORC released on September 20 in the wake of the second Republican debate held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library revealed that Walker s popularity among likely Republican voters had dropped to less than half of 1 percent 214 On September 21 2015 Walker suspended his campaign and asked other candidates to do the same so that the party could rally around a conservative alternative to Donald Trump 215 Once considered a front runner for the Republican nomination Walker s campaign suffered from two lackluster debate performances low fundraising and an inability to raise his profile among the 16 other GOP contenders 216 On March 29 2016 Walker endorsed the candidacy of Ted Cruz 217 After Donald Trump became the presumptive nominee for the Republican Party in May 2016 Walker stated that he would support Trump as the Republican nominee saying that Trump would make a better president than Hillary Clinton 218 219 Walker withdrew his support for Trump on June 8 2016 after Trump called the judge Gonzalo P Curiel biased against Trump because of Curiel s Mexican heritage While still maintaining that Trump would be better choice than Clinton Walker noted that Trump was not yet the party s nominee and wanted Trump to renounce his comments on the judge before the 2016 Republican National Convention 220 Walker also prepared then Indiana governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence for his debate against Virginia senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine on October 4 2016 221 222 After elected office EditIn July 2019 Walker told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that he would become the president of Young America s Foundation a conservative student organization in 2021 223 He also told the paper that the position would preclude his running for office in the next years which would rule out a Senate run or a return to the governorship in 2022 On July 17 2019 President Trump appointed Walker to the board of trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in the Smithsonian Institution 224 Political positions EditAbortion Edit Throughout his life and career Walker has opposed abortion 15 225 In 2010 Walker told the editorial board of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he opposed abortion without exception for rape or incest 63 169 199 226 Regarding his stance on abortion he has stated I don t apologize for that but I don t focus on that I don t obsess with it 227 In a TV ad during his 2014 campaign for re election Walker identified as anti abortion and pointed to legislation he signed that leaves the final decision to a woman and her doctor 228 In August 2015 he criticized the notion that abortion is necessary to save the life of the mother in certain cases calling it a false choice 229 In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel a few weeks before the November 2014 election Walker declined to answer directly when asked if abortion should be prohibited after 20 weeks 199 In July 2015 Walker signed a state law banning abortion after 20 weeks including in cases of rape or incest but excluding when immediate danger existed to the life of the mother 172 230 Criminal justice Edit During his tenure in the state legislature Walker campaigned on a tough on crime platform and sought to increase the length of criminal penalties by increasing mandatory minimums and by cutting parole possibilities In 1996 he said The time has come to keep violent criminals in prison for their full terms 231 He advocated for privatization of prisons 231 Economy and budget Edit Governor Walker speaking at the Arizona Chamber of Commerce amp Industry s Leadership Series luncheon in Phoenix Arizona As Governor of Wisconsin Walker has received grades of B in 2012 232 233 and B in 2014 234 235 from the Cato Institute a libertarian think tank in their biennial Fiscal Policy Report Card on America s Governors Wisconsin calls itself America s Dairyland with more dairy farms than any other state 236 In 2012 Walker instituted a program to encourage dairy farmers to dramatically increase production which resulted in a supply glut and years of depressed prices This had a crippling effect on the industry leaving it vulnerable when in 2018 Canada China and Mexico imposed tariffs on American farm exports in retaliation for tariffs imposed on them by President Donald Trump The New York Times reported that by April 2019 Wisconsin dairy farmers were facing extinction 237 Education Edit Walker moved to weaken tenure for professors at the University of Wisconsin System and to cut its funding while offering authority to reduce spending 238 He recommended deleting parts of the system s mission that contribute to the Wisconsin Idea Parts of the mission proposed for deletion such as the search for truth were to be replaced with a directive to meet the state s workforce needs Walker later called the change a drafting error but public records requests and litigation showed that Walker himself and his office were the driving force behind the changes 239 He supports the public funding of private schools and religious schools in the form of vouchers for students He supports the increased availability of charter schools 240 Environment Edit Walker signed a No Climate Tax pledge promising not to support any legislation that would raise taxes to combat climate change and has been a keynote speaker at the Heartland Institute which promotes climate change denial 241 He proposed funding cuts for clean energy and other environmental programs He has proposed giving many powers of the Environmental Protection Agency to the states He opposed the Obama administration s efforts to reduce carbon emissions 242 Foreign policy Edit Walker in 2011 speaking to troops who would participate in the NATO led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo Governor Walker speaking at the Chatham House in London in 2015 In 2015 Walker indicated that he favored providing arms to Ukraine to fight in the Russo Ukrainian War 242 In 2015 Walker stated in an interview with Charlie Sykes that if elected president he would absolutely decide on his first day in office to cancel any Iranian deal the Obama administration makes even if European allies which were also party to an agreement opted not to reimpose sanctions 243 In 2015 while campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination Walker faulted Obama for lack of strategy in dealing with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group 242 and did not rule out sending U S troops to Syria to engage in ground combat with ISIL there 242 In February 2015 when asked about the war in Syria Walker said that the U S should go beyond just aggressive air strikes We have to look at other surgical methods And ultimately we have to be prepared to put boots on the ground if that s what it takes 244 In a 2015 interview Walker said that the most significant foreign policy decision of his lifetime was President Ronald Reagan s firing 11 000 striking air traffic controllers in 1981 saying It sent a message not only across America it sent a message around the world that we weren t to be messed with 245 246 In 2015 Walker opposed rapprochement in relations between the U S and Cuba 242 Guns Edit Walker has supported gun rights In July 2011 he signed a bill into law making Wisconsin the 49th concealed carry state in the United States 247 and on December 7 of that same year he signed the castle doctrine into law 248 In January and April 2015 speeches in Iowa Walker included passing those laws among his accomplishments 249 250 The National Rifle Association gave Walker a 100 ranking in 2014 251 252 On June 24 2015 Walker signed two bills into law one which removed the state s 48 hour waiting period for buying a gun and another which gave retired or off duty police officers the legal right to carry concealed guns in public schools 253 Health care Edit Walker opposes the Affordable Care Act ACA or Obamacare and has signed Wisconsin onto a lawsuit seeking to have the ACA rolled back including provisions for preexisting conditions 254 255 He supported the Graham Cassidy legislation to repeal the ACA this repeal bill would have eliminated blanket protections for preexisting conditions 254 In 2018 Walker pledged to pass legislation to protect individuals with preexisting conditions in case the Affordable Care Act were repealed according to PolitiFact he hasn t spelled out an alternative that would provide protections that Obamacare does 254 As Governor he has blocked expansion of Medicaid in Wisconsin 255 Redistricting Edit In Wisconsin responsibility for redrawing legislative and congressional district lines rests with the legislature The legislature is required to redraw legislative and congressional districts every 10 years based upon the results of the decennial federal census 256 The redistricting legislation after the 2010 Census was signed by Walker in August 2011 in a private ceremony to which no Democrats or news agencies were invited 257 As an outcome of legal action by Wisconsin Democrats a panel of Federal judges found in 2016 that the Wisconsin Legislature s 2011 redrawing of State Assembly districts to favor Republicans was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander 258 Walker has appeared on Fox News to defend the 2011 redistricting but even that conservative leaning forum has criticized his efforts 259 Immigration Edit Walker has claimed that securing the American border with Mexico is our first priority After that undocumented immigrants in the United States could secure their citizenship but would have to get in the back of line and wait like anyone else applying for citizenship 260 Walker says that he does not advocate deportation for all people in the country illegally but he is not in favor of amnesty 261 In a 2015 appearance on Meet the Press Walker said proposals to build a wall along the 5 525 mi 8 892 km Canada United States border was a legitimate issue for us to look at 262 263 Walker has stated that he would work to protect American workers by aligning his position with Sen Jeff Sessions R AL who wrote in a Washington Post op ed that legal immigration needs to be slowed 264 Role of government Edit Governor Walker at 2015 Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Oklahoma City OK Walker wrote in an editorial in The Washington Post that Like most Americans I think government is too big and too expansive but the government that is necessary should work and work well 265 Same sex marriage Edit Walker says he believes in marriage between one man and one woman 242 Walker voted for Wisconsin s constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage both as a legislator and as a voter 266 267 In September 2014 Walker said he was defending the amendment 169 When the U S Supreme Court subsequently rejected the appeals of five states including Wisconsin in October 2014 allowing same sex marriages to continue Walker stated I think it s resolved 268 In April 2015 in New Hampshire Walker stated that marriage is defined as between a man and a woman 269 and in Iowa said a federal constitutional amendment allowing states to define marriage was reasonable 267 Walker called the U S Supreme Court s Obergefell v Hodges decision to legalize same sex marriage nationwide a grave mistake 270 Unions Edit Walker said public union collective bargaining rights frustrate balancing the state budget 107 271 Walker signed right to work legislation he said would contribute to economic growth 272 The Atlantic has written that anti union politics have defined his tenure as governor and established him as a Republican presidential contender 273 Politico wrote that Walker initiated a 21st century revival of anti union legislation in upper Midwestern industrial states and that his fervent anti union rhetoric and actions has helped his national reputation within the Republican Party 245 Youth rights Edit On May 24 2017 Walker signed a bill that allowed unaccompanied minors to attend concerts and other musical festivals where alcohol is being served 274 On June 21 2017 he signed into law a bill that allowed 16 and 17 year olds to work without parental permission 275 Personal life Edit Walker embraces his wife Tonette during his 2016 presidential campaign announcement with their sons present Walker and his wife Tonette have two sons Alex and Matt The family attends Meadowbrook Church a nondenominational evangelical church in Wauwatosa which is a daughter church of Elmbrook Church in nearby Brookfield 276 277 Tonette Walker works in the development department for the American Lung Association 278 279 During the summers of 2004 through 2009 as Milwaukee County Executive Walker led a motorcycle tour called the Executive s Ride through Wisconsin and parts of neighboring states The ride was organized to attract people to Milwaukee County 280 Walker rides a 2003 Harley Davidson Road King 281 In 2013 Walker published Unintimidated A Governor s Story and A Nation s Challenge co written with Marc Thiessen about his experiences during the recall vote and subsequent election both of which he won 282 Bibliography EditWalker Scott and Marc Thiessen 2013 Unintimidated A Governor s Story and a Nation s Challenge Sentinel HC ISBN 978 1 59523 107 9 Electoral history EditGovernor of Wisconsin Edit 2018 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 283 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Tony Evers 1 324 307 49 54 2 95 Republican Scott Walker incumbent 1 295 080 48 44 3 82 Libertarian Phil Anderson 20 255 0 76 N AIndependent Maggie Turnbull 18 884 0 71 N AGreen Michael White 11 087 0 41 N AIndependent Arnie Enz 2 745 0 10 N AN A Write ins 980 0 04 0 02 Total votes 2 673 308 100 0 N A2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 284 Party Candidate Votes Republican Scott Walker incumbent 1 259 706 52 26Democratic Mary Burke 1 122 913 46 59Libertarian Robert Burke 18 720 0 78Independent Dennis Fehr 7 530 0 31Majority 136 793 5 67 Total votes 2 410 314 1002012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election results 285 Party Candidate Votes Republican Scott Walker incumbent 1 335 585 53 1Democratic Tom Barrett 1 164 480 46 3Independent Hariprasad Trivedi 14 463 0 6Total votes 2 514 528 100 0Republican hold2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election 286 Party Candidate Votes Republican Scott Walker 1 128 941 52 29 6 93 Democratic Tom Barrett 1 004 303 46 52 6 24 Independent Jim Langer 10 608 0 49 Common Sense James James 8 273 0 38 Libertarian Terry Virgil 6 790 0 31 Write ins 59 0 00 Majority 124 638 5 77 1 62 Turnout 2 158 974Republican gain from Democratic Swing2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election Republican primary Party Candidate Votes Republican Scott Walker 360 053 58 6Republican Mark Neumann 237 944 38 7Republican Scott Paterick 16 609 2 7Milwaukee County Executive Edit 2008 Milwaukee County Executive electionNon partisan election 39 Candidate Votes Scott Walker incumbent 98 039 59Lena Taylor 68 785 412004 Milwaukee County Executive electionNon partisan election 38 Candidate Votes Scott Walker incumbent 136 203 57David Riemer 101 089 432002 Milwaukee County Executive special electionNon partisan election 287 Candidate Votes Scott Walker 99 850 55James Ryan 81 099 45Wisconsin State Assembly Edit 2000 Wisconsin State Assembly 14th District election 288 Party Candidate Votes Republican Scott Walker incumbent 20 268 100Democratic None 0 0Republican hold1998 Wisconsin State Assembly 14th District election 289 Party Candidate Votes Republican Scott Walker incumbent 14 110 68Democratic Jim Heidenreich 6 750 32Republican hold1996 Wisconsin State Assembly 14th District election 290 Party Candidate Votes Republican Scott Walker incumbent 15 658 62Democratic Dale Dulberger 9 792 38Republican hold1994 Wisconsin State Assembly 14th District election 291 Party Candidate Votes Republican Scott Walker incumbent 15 487 100Democratic None 0Republican hold1993 Wisconsin State Assembly 14th District special election 292 Party Candidate Votes Republican Scott Walker 5 027 57Democratic Christopher T Ament 3 663 42Libertarian Larry A Boge 93 1Republican hold1990 Wisconsin State Assembly 7th District election 20 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Gwen Moore incumbent 3 847 69Republican Scott Walker 1 690 31Democratic holdSee also EditScott Walker presidential campaign 2016 Republican Party presidential candidates 2016Portals Biography PoliticsReferences Edit Richard Erin October 7 2018 Llewellyn Scott Walker father of Gov Scott Walker dies Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved October 20 2018 Jason Stein January 31 2015 Scott Walker learned early lessons at father s Iowa church Milwaukee Journal Sentinel accessed September 24 2016 Gonyea Dan July 17 2015 Now On The National Stage Scott Walker Is Still A Guy From Delavan All Things Considered National Public Radio Retrieved April 28 2018 BBS Alumni Notable BBS Graduates Badger Boys State Retrieved February 16 2011 Boerma Lindsey February 22 2011 Who Is Scott Walker National Journal Archived from the original on February 26 2011 Retrieved February 24 2011 a b c d e Barbour Clay October 24 2010 From preacher s kid to front runner Scott Walker s small town roots led to reputation as fiscal hawk Wisconsin State Journal Retrieved February 16 2011 a b Scott Walker Biography Biography com Retrieved November 24 2016 Viser Matt February 11 2015 Scott Walker s Political Ambitions Fostered at Marquette The Boston Globe Retrieved November 25 2016 Boys Nation alum now governor elect Boys State Nation The American Legion December 19 2010 Retrieved February 17 2011 Roeder David February 21 2011 Wisconsin Gov Walker turns state into battleground for unions Chicago Sun Times Retrieved February 22 2011 Ames Ann Marie September 7 2010 Rock County close to home for Walker Walworth County Today Archived from the original on July 24 2011 Retrieved February 23 2011 Election news Alumni in the House Marquette Magazine Marquette University Winter 2011 Retrieved March 1 2011 a b c Umhoefer Dave December 18 2013 Solving the mystery of Scott Walker s college years and entry into politics Politifact Archived from the original on May 19 2015 Retrieved May 19 2015 Scott Walker s path to power Milwaukee Journal Sentinel November 27 2016 a b c Ben Meir Ilan August 25 2015 Scott Walker s Remarkably Consistent Two Decade Fight Against Abortion BuzzFeed Retrieved November 24 2016 a b Solving the mystery of Scott Walker s college years and entry into politics Retrieved July 29 2015 Viser Matt February 11 2015 Scott Walker s political ambitions fostered at Marquette Boston Globe Media Partners LLC Retrieved 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29 2002 Retrieved February 28 2011 With a part time job at IBM selling warranties on mainframe computers as well as the Assembly race competing for his attention Walker left Marquette in the final semester of his senior year Lamke Kenneth R June 23 1993 Libertarian sets self apart from Assembly foes The Milwaukee Sentinel Retrieved February 19 2011 Sentinel editorial board June 23 1993 Sentinel Choice Scott Walker in 14th Assembly District The Milwaukee Sentinel Retrieved February 17 2011 Walker Scott K born 1967 Dictionary of Wisconsin History Wisconsin Historical Society Retrieved February 15 2011 Weigel David February 23 2015 Leading from Behind How Years of Denials Got Scott Walker In Position to Approve Right to Work Bloomberg News Retrieved May 15 2015 Stangler Cole February 23 2015 Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker Backs Anti Union Bill In State Senate State Inches Toward Right To Work International Business Times Retrieved May 15 2015 Johnson Shawn December 5 2014 Walker Lawmakers Should Wait Until Budget s Passage Before Acting On Right To Work Wisconsin Public Radio Retrieved May 15 2015 Larson Leslie March 11 2015 Scott Walker keeps changing his mind Business Insider Retrieved May 15 2015 a b Keyes Scott How Scott Walker Built a Career Sending Wisconsin Inmates to Private Prisons thenation com February 26 2015 retrieved February 27 2015 a b c d Marley Patrick amp Bergquist Lee October 2 2010 Abortion birth control are wedge issues in governor s race Barrett Walker also differ on sex education law Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved February 17 2011 Gilbert Craig February 28 2015 Scott Walker s legislative years A staunch conservative then as now Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved May 15 2015 a b Wiccan prison chaplain sparks controversy in Wisconsin Americans United Bulletin February 2002 Archived from the original on May 12 2009 Retrieved November 8 2014 Toosi Nahal December 9 2001 Wiccan Rev Witch raises some brows at Wisconsin prison Milwaukee 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executive would return 10 000 if he s re elected Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved February 15 2011 Gov Scott Walker says he cut staffing 20 percent during his tenure as Milwaukee County executive Politifact November 14 2013 Retrieved January 10 2015 a b Schultze Steve October 12 2012 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jsonline com Retrieved July 19 2013 Schultze Steve October 12 2012 Ex Walker appointee convicted of stealing 51 000 from veterans Jsonline com Retrieved July 19 2013 Republican aide gets two years for embezzling from fund for soldiers Radio foxnews com December 8 2012 Retrieved July 19 2013 Schultze Steve November 9 2012 Former Walker aide pleads guilty to embezzlement charge in John Doe Journal Sentinel Walker untouched in latest charges watchdog org accessed October 28 2013 a b c d Isenstadt Alex March 29 2015 The Crushing Defeat that Shaped Scott Walker Politico Retrieved November 24 2016 Statement of Scott Walker Republican Candidate for Governor and Milwaukee County 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income tax Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Schultze Steve January 6 2009 Walker says no thanks to federal stimulus dollars Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved February 16 2011 Mayor of Madison lashes out at Walker host madison com accessed November 27 2014 Cooper Michael December 9 2010 More U S Rail Funds for 13 States as 2 Reject Aid The New York Times Retrieved February 16 2011 Report on rail repair federal funds rejected by Governor Walker jsonline com accessed November 27 2014 Issues Protecting Life Scott Walker for Wisconsin Governor Archived from the original on September 14 2010 Retrieved March 1 2011 a b c Kertscher Tom October 26 2010 Tom Barrett says Scott Walker wants to ban abortion even in cases of rape or incest True PolitiFact Wisconsin Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved February 16 2011 Foley Ryan J July 12 2010 Wisconsin governor candidates Scott Walker and Mark Neumann join abortion debate The Post Crescent Appleton WI The Associated Press Archived from the original on July 15 2011 Retrieved February 17 2011 Kertscher Tom October 12 2010 Scott Walker says scientists agree that adult stem cell research holds greater promise than embryonic stem cell research Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved March 2 2011 Scientists have shown us that the greater possibilities the real science movement has been with adult stem cell research It has not been with embryonic Walker said Tom Barrett says Scott Walker wants to ban the pill and other forms of birth control Half True Politifact Wisconsin Milwaukee Journal Sentinel October 28 2010 Retrieved February 18 2011 Bice Daniel June 12 2014 Walker declines to define stand on gay marriage today Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Scott Walker on Immigration Ontheissues org Retrieved June 19 2015 a b Government Accountability Canvas Reporting System 2010 Election Results PDF State of Wisconsin Retrieved August 6 2011 Wisconsin GOP Wins Senate House Gov Seats Ousting Feingold USA Today from the Associated Press November 3 2010 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announces signatures Jsonline com Retrieved July 19 2013 Bauer Scott Governor Scott Walker seeks more time for review of recall signatures Green Bay Press Gazette Archived from the original on January 25 2013 Retrieved February 17 2012 Kleefeld Eric February 17 2012 Judge Tells Walker No More Extensions On The Recall Talking Points Memo Archived from the original on February 29 2012 Scott Walker Recall Election Ordered By Government Accountability Board The Huffington Post March 30 2012 Retrieved March 30 2012 Keating Frank Book Review Unintimidated The Washington Times Retrieved December 14 2013 Wisconsin s Walker Survives Recall by Wide Margin Fox News Channel June 6 2012 Retrieved November 24 2016 C SPAN Gov Walker Survives Recall Election Defeats Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett Archived from the original on June 18 2013 Retrieved July 19 2013 Montopoli Brian June 5 2012 CBS News Scott Walker wins Wisconsin recall election CBS News Patrick Healy and Monica Davey June 8 2015 Behind Scott Walker a Longstanding Conservative Alliance Against Unions The New York Times Retrieved June 8 2015 Mr Walker had a national network of conservative donors and groups behind him Almost 300 000 people donated to his recall campaign which raised about 37 million two thirds of it from outside Wisconsin Gold Matea November 4 2014 Republican Scott Walker wins hard fought Wisconsin gubernatorial race The Washington Post Retrieved February 27 2015 Rocha Polo November 6 2014 How Scott Walker Won His Third Governor s Race in Four Years The Badger Herald Retrieved November 24 2016 McCormack John November 17 2014 Walker Wins Again The Weekly Standard Retrieved February 27 2015 AP Politics AP Politics November 7 2018 BREAKING Democrat Tony Evers wins election for governor in Wisconsin APracecall at 1 24 a m CST AP election coverage apne ws APPolitics Election2018 WIelection Tweet Retrieved November 7 2018 via Twitter Scott Walker to Resign on the 27th Milwaukee WI WTMJ December 15 2010 Retrieved February 16 2011 McCrady Melissa December 27 2010 Walker Works Last Day as County Executive Milwaukee WI WTMJ Retrieved February 16 2011 Bauer Scott January 26 2011 Wisconsin Legislature passes tax cut Associated Press Archived from the original on January 28 2011 Davey Monica March 30 2012 Recall Election for Wisconsin Governor Who Battled Unions The New York Times Gov Scott Walker says he turned 3 6 billion deficit into a 500 million surplus Politifact November 15 2013 Retrieved February 28 2015 Gov Scott Walker says he has generated 2 billion in tax cuts Politifact March 12 2014 Retrieved February 28 2015 Horsley Scott Wisconsin Voters Divided On Whether Job Growth Is Enough NPR NPR Retrieved September 13 2014 a b c Davey Monica Greenhouse Steve February 11 2011 Wisconsin May Take an Ax to State Workers Benefits and Their Unions The New York Times Retrieved February 28 2011 a b c d Bauer Scott February 27 2011 Wis gov to outline ultimate intentions in budget ABC News The Associated Press Archived from the original on March 3 2011 Retrieved February 27 2011 Bailey John February 18 2011 Wisconsin How we got here First Read from NBC News NBC News Archived from the original on February 21 2011 Retrieved February 21 2011 Gov Walker s Budget Repair Bill Pensions Requires employees who pay into the Wisconsin Retirement System to contribute 50 of their annual pension payment an estimated 5 8 of salary currently employers make all pension contributions Health insurance Requires state employees to pay at least 12 6 of the average cost of annual premiums about double what they pay now Read summary of Gov Scott Walker s budget repair bill Green Bay Press Gazette February 16 2011 Retrieved February 22 2011 Johnson Mike February 13 2011 Wisconsin AFL CIO ads attack Walker plan on collective bargaining Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Trottman Melanie February 14 2011 Public Worker Unions Steel for Budget Fights The Wall Street Journal Marley Patrick May 10 2012 A transcript of the Walker Hendricks union discussion Journal Sentinel Retrieved March 16 2015 Stein Jason Marley Patrick May 10 2012 In film Walker talks of divide and conquer union strategy Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved May 12 2015 a b Video Walker explains divide conquer strategy Fox News Associated Press May 11 2012 Retrieved May 12 2015 White Jeremy May 11 2012 Scott Walker Recall Governor Outlines Divide And Conquer Union Strategy In Video International Business Times Retrieved May 12 2015 Blake Aaron May 11 2012 Scott Walker said budget strategy in Wisconsin was divide and conquer The Washington Post Retrieved May 12 2015 Walker says National Guard is prepared to respond after unveiling of anti union plan Chicago Tribune Associated Press February 11 2011 Archived from the original on March 3 2011 Retrieved February 16 2011 a b Wisconsin Gov Scott Walker says National Guard ready for any unrest over anti union bill Green Bay Press Gazette February 11 2011 dead link Wis gov I took bold political move on budget CBS News February 18 2011 Retrieved February 28 2011 UW Madison students to Walker Don t Break My Wisconsin State Journal February 14 2011 Retrieved December 17 2011 a b Curry Tom February 27 2011 Walker shows no sign of conceding in Wisconsin battle NBC News Retrieved February 27 2011 Fake Sick Notes Given to Wisconsin Protesters Amid Anti Union Bill Faceoff Fox News Associated Press February 19 2011 Retrieved February 20 2011 Greenhouse Steven February 25 2011 Delivering Moral Support in a Steady Stream of Pizzas The New York Times a b Davey Monica February 20 2011 Protesters in Wisconsin Say They Are Staying Put The New York Times Archived from the original on May 2 2018 Retrieved 2011 02 22 Abby Sewell February 27 2011 Protesters out in force nationwide to oppose Wisconsin s anti union bill Los Angeles Times Walker will negotiate with unions Associated Press February 8 2011 Retrieved March 8 2011 dead link Email exchange PDF March 8 2011 Retrieved August 17 2011 Marley Patrick March 10 2011 Maneuver ignites furious protests Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved March 10 2011 Journal MARY SPICUZZA and CLAY BARBOUR Wisconsin State Budget repair bill passes Senate Thursday vote set in Assembly madison com Wisconsin Assembly passes bill to curb collective bargaining CNN Wisconsin Gov Scott Walker signs anti union bill but Democrats say they re the political victors CBS News Kelleher James B March 12 2011 Up to 100 000 protest Wisconsin law curbing unions Reuters United to Support Wisconsin Workers Wisconsin AFL CIO March 13 2011 Jonsson Patrik March 26 2011 Wisconsin union gutting law took effect Saturday or did it The Christian Science Monitor Retrieved January 21 2012 Bauer Scott May 27 2011 Judge voids law limiting union rights The Boston Globe Associated Press Marley Patrick June 14 2011 Supreme Court reinstates collective bargaining law Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved January 21 2012 Kroll Andy June 15 2011 WI Supreme Court Upholds Scott Walker s Anti Union Bill Police remove protesters Wisconsin Capitol foxnews com March 10 2011 Retrieved February 23 2015 Excerpt from Walker speech re unions jsonline com accessed February 25 2015 Kertscher Tom May 21 2012 Behind the rhetoric The WEA Trust and school health care costs PolitiFact Retrieved May 22 2015 a b Kittle MD June 9 2014 Never ending John Doe never ended WSJ reports Wisconsin Reporter Retrieved April 13 2015 Wisconsin Political Speech Raid Wall Street Journal November 18 2013 accessed May 22 2015 a b EXCLUSIVE Judge in Democrat led John Doe probe recuses herself Watchdog org Retrieved May 10 2015 Sources New judge named in Democrat led secret probe Watchdog org Retrieved May 22 2015 Hensch Mark July 16 2015 Court ends Walker campaign finance probe The Hill Retrieved July 16 2015 Federal Judge Dismisses Governor Scott Walker Related John Doe Lawsuit WITI March 16 2017 Retrieved March 22 2017 Pierog Karen May 11 2011 Wisconsin boosts 3 year rev projection by 636 mln Reuters Retrieved August 3 2011 The new revenue projection comes as the state wrestles with a 3 6 billion hole in its upcoming two year budget Stein Jason March 1 2011 Walker s budget cuts would touch most Wisconsinites Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel Retrieved January 12 2015 Hall Dee February 21 2013 Gov Scott Walker to stump for budget that includes income tax cut school voucher expansion The Journal Times Retrieved February 5 2015 Scott Walker unveils Wisconsin budget CBS News February 4 2015 Retrieved February 5 2015 Marley Patrick May 16 2011 Walker seeks to stop defense of state s domestic partner registry Jsonline com Retrieved December 4 2013 Best Michael July 1 2011 Wisconsin Governor Walker Signs Regulatory Reform Bill into Law The National Law Review Retrieved September 1 2012 Wing Nicholas May 25 2011 Wisconsin Voter ID Law Signed By Scott Walker The Huffington Post Reuters Retrieved January 21 2012 Wisconsin Voter ID Law Unconstitutional ACLU Says in Suit Archived June 6 2013 at the Wayback Machine BusinessWeek com December 13 2011 retrieved December 17 2011 Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin s voter ID law Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved August 18 2014 Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Voter ID Law ABC News Associated Press 2014 Archived from the original on August 10 2014 Davey Monica September 12 2014 Federal Appeals Court Permits Wisconsin Voter ID Law The New York Times Retrieved December 26 2014 Liptak Adam Courts Strike Down Voter ID Laws in Wisconsin and Texas nytimes com October 9 2014 retrieved December 26 2014 Barnes Robert Supreme Court Blocks Wisconsin Voter ID Law WashingtonPost com October 9 2014 retrieved December 26 2014 U S top court rejects challenge to Wisconsin voter ID law Reuters March 23 2015 Retrieved March 25 2015 a b c Stein Jason January 20 2012 State to return 11 million federal grant in dispute over health care law Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Walker turning down 37 million intended to help implement health care reform law Associated Press January 18 2012 Spicuzza Mary Legislature s budget committee rejects Medicaid expansion Wisconsin State Journal June 4 2013 Raymond Neupert April 2 2012 Walker signs reading teacher evaluation bill KDEZ Retrieved August 29 2013 Jason Stein April 11 2014 Scott Walker proposes another two year UW System tuition freeze Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel Retrieved April 29 2015 Bauer Scott January 27 2015 Walker proposes 13 cut more freedom for UW System Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved February 8 2015 Walker administration seeking removal of UWS Wisconsin Idea jsonline com accessed February 6 2015 Despite deliberate actions Walker calls proposed change to UW System administration a drafting error politifact com accessed February 6 2015 Stein Jason Marley Patrick Herzog Karen February 5 2015 Walker forced to admit UW objected to Wisconsin Idea changes Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved February 8 2015 a b Whittlesey Dennis J Dickinson Wright PLLC November 6 2013 War Games in Wisconsin 2013 Style Re Indian Tribes The National Law Review Retrieved November 18 2013 Walker rejects proposed casino in Kenosha jsonline com accessed March 3 2015 dhall madison com 608 252 6132 DEE J HALL Children s mental health poses challenges for state madison com Retrieved February 16 2019 Walker signs bill to test mental health care Press Gazette Media Retrieved February 16 2019 Walker announces surprise funding bump for mental health substance abuse treatment Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved February 16 2019 Fox Maggie June 26 2011 Wisconsin Cuts Funds to Planned Parenthood National Journal Archived from the original on May 6 2015 Retrieved May 12 2015 a b c Scott Walker outlines abortion gay marriage positions in letter Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Associated Press October 22 2014 Retrieved May 12 2015 Marley Patrick November 23 2015 Judges Wisconsin abortion admitting privileges law unconstitutional Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved June 5 2016 Stein Jason June 28 2016 U S Supreme Court denies Wisconsin s appeal on abortion clinic restrictions Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved July 5 2016 a b Stein Jason July 20 2015 Scott Walker Signs 20 Week Abortion Ban Trooper Pay Raise Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Archived from the original on November 22 2016 Retrieved November 24 2016 a b Kertscher Tom On supporting 2015 right to work legislation a Scott Walker reversal Politifact com Retrieved March 10 2015 a b Governor Walker signs right to work bill amid protests NPR February 25 2015 accessed March 9 2015 Governor Walker of Wisconsin signs right to work bill New York Times March 10 2015 a b Resnikoff Ned March 9 2015 How Scott Walker won by dividing and conquering Wisconsin unions Al Jazeera Retrieved May 12 2015 Andrew M Harris March 19 2015 Wisconsin Unions Lose Bid to Block Walker s Right to Work Law Bloomberg com accessed May 12 2015 Stein Jason Marley Patrick May 1 2013 Wisconsin jobs agency failed in tracking taxpayer money audit finds jsonline com Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Inc Retrieved June 23 2005 Swensen Dean Ramirez Zach Baker Kelly Kleinmaier Dan Klusmeier Amy Malone James Natzke Noah Reed Bob Schindler Jacob Tippens Georges May 1 2013 Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation PDF Legislative Audit Bureau Retrieved June 25 2015 a b Murray Pat July 21 2015 WEDC Selects Chairman To Replace Walker wpr org Wisconsin Public Radio Retrieved July 21 2015 Tribune Wire Reports June 19 2015 Scott Walker s Wisconsin jobs agency gave out 124 million without review Chicago Tribune Retrieved June 25 2015 The three highest un reviewed awards all came through the enterprise zone program The largest 62 5 million went to Kohl s Department Stores for an expansion of its corporate headquarters on June 28 2012 for a project that was expected to create 3 000 jobs but that has created just 473 so far The next highest was 18 million to Kestrel Aircraft Company for an expected 665 jobs but just 24 have been created The third highest was 15 million to Plexus Corp to create 350 jobs but none have been created according to a tally provided by WEDC a b c d e Rushe Dominic July 2 2018 It s a huge subsidy the 4 8bn gamble to lure Foxconn to America The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved November 2 2018 3B to Foxconn largest state gift to a foreign company politifact Retrieved November 2 2018 a b c d e f Wisconsin s 4 1 billion Foxconn factory boondoggle The Verge Retrieved November 3 2018 a b c d e Did Scott Walker and Donald Trump Deal Away the Wisconsin Governor s Race to Foxconn The New Yorker Retrieved November 6 2018 a b c d Foxconn announces 10 billion investment in Wisconsin and up to 13 000 jobs Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved November 2 2018 Chowdhury The hype and the reality of the Foxconn deal Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved November 3 2018 Dorfman Jeffrey Government Incentives To Attract Jobs Are Terrible Deals For Taxpayers Forbes Retrieved November 3 2018 Wisconsin won t break even on Foxconn plant deal for over two decades The Verge Retrieved November 3 2018 Steven Verburg August 20 2017 Broader relaxation of environmental rules seen coming from Foxconn Wisconsin State Journal Illinois officials concerned over Foxconn plant impact AP NEWS June 13 2018 Retrieved November 3 2018 Foxconn industrial operations would represent a major new source of air pollution in region Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved November 3 2018 Wisconsin is shifting up to 90 million in local road funding to Foxconn related projects Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved November 3 2018 a b Bice Gov Scott Walker decried lame duck session and permanent political appointments in 2010 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 2018 Smith Mitch Davey Monica December 14 2018 Wisconsin s Scott Walker Signs Bills Stripping Powers From Incoming Governor The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved December 14 2018 Lawsuit aims to invalidate Wisconsin laws signed by Walker in lame duck session The Hill January 10 2019 In a divided Wisconsin Scott Walker s lightning rod approach to politics worked for him until it didn t Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved January 11 2019 Balz Dan January 27 2015 Scott Walker forms committee in preparation for 2016 presidential bid The Washington Post Washington Post Retrieved February 27 2015 a b c d Gabriel Trip February 22 2015 Scott Walker Hardens Tone on Social Issues to Woo Christian Conservatives The New York Times The New York Times Retrieved February 22 2015 Nicholas Confessore April 20 2015 Kochs Signal Support for Scott Walker www nytimes com Jenna Johnson June 18 2015 Scott Walker forms a testing the waters committee Washington Post Rafferty Andrew June 18 2015 Scott Walker Makes Another Move Towards 2016 Run NBC News Mary Spicuzza Scott Walker files papers to run for president jsonline com Election 2016 Scott Walker takes first steps to enter presidential race CBS News July 2 2015 Scott Walker on Twitter Twitter Chicago Tribune July 2 2015 With social media tease Wisconsin Gov Scott Walker enters 2016 race Chicago Tribune 2016 Presidential Election Crowdpac August 18 2015 Enten Harry June 4 2015 Rick Perry Fell Harder Than Anyoneand He s the First to Try Again FiveThirtyEight Retrieved July 20 2015 a b Burns Alexander Healy Patrick September 21 2015 Scott Walker Quits the 2016 Presidential Race The New York Times Retrieved September 21 2015 Stirewalt Chris February 23 2015 2016 Power Index Unsteady Walker Still Jeb s Top Rival But Press Pile On Continues foxnews com Retrieved October 22 2016 Walker takes the lead in GOP Race PDF Public Policy Polling February 24 2015 Retrieved October 22 2016 Koren Marina September 21 2015 Why Scott Walker Isn t Running Anymore Atlantic Monthly Retrieved September 21 2015 Gilbert Craig August 7 2015 Scott Walker sticks to script delivers safe quiet performance jonline com Rappeport Alan September 21 2015 Timeline of Scott Walker s Presidential Campaign The New York Times Retrieved September 21 2015 Campbell Colin September 21 2015 Scott Walker unloads on Donald Trump while exiting the race Business Insider Retrieved October 22 2016 Holland Steve Stephenson Emily September 21 2015 Republican Walker exits 2016 presidential race reuters com Reuters Retrieved September 21 2015 Scott Eugene March 29 2016 Wisconsin Gov Scott Walker endorses Ted Cruz CNN Retrieved March 29 2016 Collins Eliza May 4 2016 4 Republicans who say they ll now reluctantly back Trump USA Today Retrieved June 9 2016 Wise David WisPolitics Election Blog Walker cites Supreme Court taxes regulations in saying Trump would clearly be better president than Clinton WisPolitics com Retrieved June 9 2016 Nelson Louis June 8 2016 Walker backs away from endorsing Trump Politico Retrieved June 9 2016 Keneally Meghan September 30 2016 VP Candidates Prep for Their Debate ABC News Retrieved October 22 2016 Shih Adrienne October 5 2016 Gov Scott Walker Mike Pence Didn t Take the Bait at Debate CNN Retrieved November 24 2016 Gilbert Craig July 15 2019 Former Gov Scott Walker to take the helm of conservative group says he won t run for office in 2022 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved July 15 2019 Trump Appoints Scott Walker To Board Of Think Tank wpr org July 15 2019 Retrieved September 2 2021 Scott Walker Outlines Abortion Gay Marriage Positions in Letter Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Associated Press October 22 2014 Retrieved November 24 2016 Kroll Andy October 7 2014 Scott Walker Wants to Totally Outlaw Abortion In This Sneaky New Ad He Pretends He Doesn t Mother Jones Retrieved May 12 2015 Cook David December 2 2013 Gov Scott Walker s position on abortion I don t obsess with it The Christian Science Monitor Retrieved May 22 2015 Campaign 2014 Scott Walker Decision The Washington Post October 9 2014 Retrieved November 24 2016 Spicuzza Mary August 8 2015 Scott Walker Calls Abortion to Save a Woman s Life a False Choice Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Schleifer Theodore June 2 2015 Scott Walker I would sign 20 week abortion ban CNN Retrieved June 2 2015 a b Keyes Scott February 26 2015 How Scott Walker Built a Career Sending Wisconsin Inmates to Private Prisons The Nation ISSN 0027 8378 Retrieved June 8 2020 Edwards Chris October 9 2012 Fiscal Policy Report Card on America s Governors 2012 PDF Cato Institute Retrieved September 3 2015 Edwards Chris October 9 2012 Fiscal Policy Report Card on America s Governors 2012 Cato Institute Retrieved September 3 2015 Kaeding Nicole Edwards Chris October 2 2014 Fiscal Policy Report Card on America s Governors 2014 PDF Cato Institute Retrieved September 3 2015 Kaeding Nicole Edwards Chris October 2 2014 Fiscal Policy Report Card on America s Governors 2014 Cato Institute Retrieved September 3 2015 2017 Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics PDF National Agricultural Statistics Service United States Department of Agriculture September 2007 Retrieved April 7 2021 Rappeport Alan April 26 2019 Stung by Trump s Trade Wars Wisconsin s Milk Farmers Face Extinction The New York Times Retrieved April 7 2021 Bauer Scott January 27 2015 Walker proposes 13 cut more freedom for UW System Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved November 5 2015 Marley Patrick Stein Jason May 27 2016 Records Scott Walker wanted Wisconsin Idea changes Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved July 5 2016 Strauss Valerie July 13 2015 Gov Scott Walker savages Wisconsin public education in new budget The Washington Post Retrieved July 15 2015 Waldmann Paul May 12 2014 Where the 2016 GOP contenders stand on climate change Washington Post Retrieved April 27 2015 a b c d e f Mullany Gerry July 13 2015 Scott Walker on the issues The New York Times Retrieved July 13 2015 Sargent Greg April 2 2015 Scott Walker I ll blow up any Iran deal no matter what our European allies think Washington Post Retrieved April 2 2015 Friedersdorf Conor February 2 2015 Scott Walker s Naive Foreign Policy Beliefs The Atlantic Retrieved July 9 2015 a b Mahoney Brian March 6 2015 Scott Walker takes on unions again Politico Retrieved May 12 2015 Rucker Philip February 28 2015 Scott Walker calls Reagan s bust of air traffic controller strike most significant foreign policy decision The Washington Post Retrieved May 12 2015 Stein Jason July 8 2011 Walker Signs Concealed Carry Measure Into Law Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Stein Jason December 7 2011 Walker Signs Castle Doctrine Bill Other Measures Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved October 30 2016 Williams Derica January 27 2015 Our American Revival Gov Scott Walker wades into the presidential campaign waters Fox News Retrieved May 12 2015 Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition Summit Waukee Iowa C SPAN April 25 2015 Retrieved May 12 2015 Scott Kevin Walker s Ratings and Endorsemens VoteSmart Retrieved April 27 2015 NRA Endorses Scott Walker for Governor in Wisconsin NRA PVF September 22 2014 Retrieved October 30 2016 Strauss Daniel June 24 2015 Scott Walker Signs Two Pro Gun Bills Politico Retrieved October 30 2016 a b c Tom Kertscher October 18 2018 Scott Walker backs plans to end pre existing protections PolitiFact a b Levey Noam N November 1 2018 Republican candidates say they would protect sick Americans but fight coverage for poorest patients Los Angeles Times About Redistricting in Wisconsin Wisconsin Election Commission Retrieved April 7 2021 Bauer Scott Walker signs bills redrawing political boundaries Wisconsin State Journal Associated Press Wines Michael November 21 2016 Judges Find Wisconsin Redistricting Unfairly Favored Republicans The New York Times Editorial board Scott Walker unconvincing as national spokesman for gerrymandering Wisconsin State Journal Scott Walker comments on immigration cnn com accessed April 10 2015 Rolfes Ellen Desjardins Lisa July 13 2015 What does Scott Walker believe Where the candidate stands on 10 issues PBS NewsHour Retrieved July 27 2015 Walker quickly switched the subject to the Middle East rebuilding the military and national security The exchange about Canada never made it to air It was edited out of the interview highlights that ran on Meet The Press and was posted on NBC s website Bradner Eric Kopan Tal August 30 2015 Scott Walker U S Canada Wall a legitimate Idea CNN Sessions Jeff April 21 2015 America needs to curb immigration flows Washington Post Walker Scott October 18 2012 Scott Walker What Wisconsin can teach Washington Washington Post Retrieved May 6 2015 Johnson Chris April 30 2015 Walker calls for federal amendment against same sex marriage Washington Blade Retrieved May 12 2015 a b Hohmann James April 26 2015 In Iowa GOP field stresses opposition to same sex marriage Politico Retrieved May 12 2015 Stein Jason Marley Patrick October 6 2014 Gay marriages to resume in Wisconsin as US Supreme Court rejects appeal Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved March 13 2015 Somashekhar Sandhya Costa Robert April 24 2015 Same sex marriage debate forces GOP contenders to tread carefully The Washington Post Retrieved May 12 2015 Walker calls gay marriage ruling grave mistake channel3000 com Associated Press June 26 2015 Archived from the original on June 28 2015 Retrieved June 27 2015 Verburg Steven May 1 2015 With dues depleted Wisconsin s three AFSCME councils merge Wisconsin State Journal Retrieved May 12 2015 Caldwell Leigh Ann March 9 2015 Scott Walker Signs Anti Union Bill NBC News Retrieved May 12 2015 Berman Russell March 9 2015 Scott Walker Anti Union Man The Atlantic Retrieved May 12 2015 Gov Scott Walker signs bill allowing minors at music festivals WITI May 24 2017 Gov Walker approves ending work permits for 16 17 year olds WITI Associated Press June 22 2017 Erikson Doug January 3 2011 Inauguration day starts with prayer breakfast Wisconsin State Journal Retrieved February 16 2011 Vanegeren Jessica February 1 2011 First lady Tonette Walker draws on own pain to champion faith based treatment center Retrieved February 25 2011 About First Lady Walker Wisconsin Government Retrieved March 3 2015 Drake Bruce October 8 2010 Is Scott Walker Married Politics Daily Retrieved February 16 2011 Schultze Steve April 21 2009 Walker announces annual Harley ride plans Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved February 25 2011 Steve Schultze April 21 2009 Walker hits the road on his own Harley Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved November 11 2014 Walker s new book criticizes Romney Archived October 19 2013 at the Wayback Machine fox11online com accessed January 28 2014 Canvass Results for 2018 General Election 11 6 2018 6 00 00 AM PDF WEC Canvass Reporting System Wisconsin Elections Commission Archived from the original PDF on May 17 2022 G A B Canvass Reporting System Canvass Results for 2014 GENERAL ELECTION 11 4 2014 PDF Election Map 2012 Live Voting Results The Huffington Post Retrieved July 1 2013 Government Accountability Canvas Reporting System 2010 Election Results Post Recount PDF State of Wisconsin Archived from the original PDF on February 9 2019 Retrieved February 8 2019 04 30 2002 County Executive Special Election Milwaukee County Election Commission April 30 2002 Retrieved February 17 2011 Barish Lawrence S Meloy Patricia E eds District Vote for Representatives to the Assembly November 7 2000 State of Wisconsin 2001 2002 blue book Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau p 929 Retrieved February 24 2011 Barish Lawrence S Meloy Patricia E eds District Vote for Representatives to the Assembly Special and General Elections 1998 State of Wisconsin 1999 2000 blue book Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau p 882 Retrieved February 24 2011 Barish Lawrence S ed Vote for Representatives to the Assembly By District State of Wisconsin 1997 1998 blue book Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau p 903 Retrieved February 22 2011 Barish Lawrence S ed Vote for Representatives to the Assembly By District State of Wisconsin 1995 1996 blue book Joint Committee on Legislative Organization Wisconsin Legislature p 921 Retrieved February 22 2011 Barish Lawrence S Theobald H Rupert eds Election Addenda Vote for Representative to the Assembly By District June 29 1993 State of Wisconsin 1993 94 blue book Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau p 969 Retrieved February 22 2011 Further reading EditCramer Katherine J The Politics of Resentment Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker University Of Chicago Press 2016 Stein Kate July 19 2015 Timeline The Life and Career of Scott Walker Wisconsin State Journal Retrieved November 24 2016 Umhoefer Dave November 27 2016 From Milwaukee County to Madison Scott Walker s Rise Marked by Union Battles Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved December 4 2016 Umhoefer Dave October 9 2016 From Teacher Free Agency to Merit Pay the Uproar Over Act 10 Turns into Upheaval in Wisconsin Schools Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Retrieved December 4 2016 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scott Walker Wisconsin politician Scott Walker official campaign website Scott Walker at Curlie Appearances on C SPANWisconsin State AssemblyPreceded byPeggy Rosenzweig Member of the Wisconsin Assemblyfrom the 14th district1993 2002 Succeeded byLeah VukmirPolitical officesPreceded byJanine GeskeActing Executive of Milwaukee County2002 2010 Succeeded byLee HollowayActingPreceded byJim Doyle Governor of Wisconsin2011 2019 Succeeded byTony EversParty political officesPreceded byMark Green Republican nominee for Governor of Wisconsin2010 2012 2014 2018 Succeeded byTim MichelsPreceded bySusana Martinez Chair of the Republican Governors Association2016 2017 Succeeded byBill HaslamU S order of precedence ceremonial Preceded byJim Doyleas Former Governor Order of precedence of the United StatesWithin Wisconsin Succeeded byMike Castleas Former GovernorOrder of precedence of the United StatesOutside Wisconsin Succeeded byJerry Brownas Former Governor Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scott Walker politician amp oldid 1128050953, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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