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Official website. Scott Kevin Walker (born November 2, 1967) is an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Milwaukee County executive from 2002 to 2010. Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Walker was raised in Plainfield, Iowa and in Delavan ...
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Apr 11, 2023 · For Walker, a consummate politician who admits to still having some electoral ambitions, that’s the really scary part. ... Scott Walker misses the mark most of the time. But he’s spot-on in ...
May 9, 2024 · Scott Walker (born November 2, 1967, Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.) is an American politician who was governor of Wisconsin (2011–19). He sought the Republican Party ’s nomination in the U.S. presidential election race of 2016. Walker’s father was a pastor, and the family lived in several cities before settling (1977) in Delavan ...
Jan 16, 2024 · NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who ran for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, about the Iowa results, and how ex-President Trump might fare in the primaries.
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The state that first recognized collective bargaining for public workers in 1959 became the epicenter of a showdown with unions during Walker's first weeks in office. Protests snarled the state Capitol and catapulted Walker to national prominence. Walker and Republicans pushed through Act 10, which all but ended collective bargaining for most publi...
Looking back over a half-century of Wisconsin political history, Vos said, Walker and Republican Tommy Thompson stand out as governors who transformed the way government operates. "And I think Governor Walker, as you look over the next 50 years, people will say that's a guy who made a big difference in an eight-year term," Vos said. Senate Majority...
When he first took office, Walker vowed Wisconsin was open for business, a phrase he would repeat constantly during his tenure. Evers, who served with Walker and established a good working partnership, had a grudging respect for the governor's focus on business. “Certainly he has helped Wisconsin’s business climate and I think that’s an important p...
One divide has been evident in the state for years: the rural-urban split. It was most recently studied by Katherine J. Cramer, a University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist and author of "The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker." "There have always been tensions between rural Wisconsin and ...
Noah Williams, director of the Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy, said that overall, "the economic record under Walker is very strong." On policy, Williams said, the Walker administration's manufacturing and agriculture tax credit helped the economy, along with "holding the line on taxes and regulations." The tax credit effectively elimi...
Jan 7, 2019 · MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Scott Walker didn’t want to go out like this. The once-rising Republican star who made his name kneecapping public sector unions as governor of Wisconsin leaves office in defeat Monday. He was narrowly beaten by Democrat Tony Evers , the state education superintendent who marched with teachers in protest of Walker’s ...
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Jan 7, 2019 · Updated 8:38 PM PDT, January 6, 2019. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Key moments in the life of outgoing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: Nov. 2, 1967: Scott Walker is born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to mother Patricia, a bookkeeper, and father Llew Walker, a Baptist minister. 1977: Walker family moves to Delavan, Wisconsin.
