In contrast to Johnson, Wisconsin Democratic Gov. But as health care professionals we need to be patient … and ask and answer questions, and we will continue to make progress. This column was originally published by Wispolitics. Bill Kaplan wrote a guest column from Washington, D. You must be an Urban Milwaukee member to leave a comment.
Learn more. If you are an existing member, sign-in to leave a comment. Have questions? Need to report an error? Contact Us. Join Today. Read more Press Releases. He survived a recall election in , defeating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett after igniting controversy with a bill curtailing public-employee union collective-bargaining rights. He won re-election to a four-year term in November and was a presidential candidate before dropping out in September of He was defeated by Tony Evers in the gubernatorial election.
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Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. The reason we publish is to give citizens the information they need to govern themselves in a democracy. Stand up for the facts! More Info. OurCrewOurOctober pic. Walker has worked tirelessly to disenfranchise voters and gerrymander Wisconsin into a shape that makes it easier for Republicans to win.
Hillary Clinton, notoriously, hardly bothered to campaign in Wisconsin in A nerdy year-old, Evers is the anti-Walker. For millennial students, many voting for the first time, their first taste of politics was during the wave of strikes and protests that came after Walker rammed through Act 10 — legislation that stripped public school teachers of their right to collective bargaining and forced educators to contribute far more to their health insurance and pensions.
The millennials were out in force in the Capitol Ballroom of the Madison Concourse Hotel last weekend at a rally for the Democratic senator Tammy Baldwin, currently running comfortably out in front for re-election against Leah Vukmir, a Wisconsin senator with close ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council Alec.
Her friend and fellow student Laura Livermore, 19, agreed. She has voted in previous primaries and even for supreme court justices. Other Walker achievements are long and far-reaching.
They include making Wisconsin a right-to-work state and requiring a photo ID to vote. There were failures and distractions along the way.
He faced investigations, first into aides and political allies from his time as Milwaukee County executive, then into his recall campaign. Just three weeks before leaving office, Walker signed Republican legislation weakening the powers of his successor as well as the incoming Democratic attorney general.
He brushed off bipartisan warnings that he was staining his legacy, saying he will be remembered for other things. He pointed to a fresh deal to save nearly jobs at a Kimberly-Clark Corp. He tweeted about having eliminated the state property tax, landing the Foxconn project and increasing services for veterans.
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