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Scott Walker Rules Out Run for Office In 2022

July 15, 2019 at 8:35 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has accepted a full-time position running a national conservative youth organization based in northern Virginia, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

Said Walker: “This would preclude me from running for governor in this next cycle or running for the U.S. Senate if Ron Johnson’s seat is open.”

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: WI-Gov, WI-Sen

Scott Walker Says He May Run Again

January 7, 2019 at 9:33 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Departing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) told the Associated Press that he’s keeping his campaign accounts open and wouldn’t rule out running for governor again in four years.

He also said he would consider running for U.S. Senate in 2022 to replace Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), who has said he would not seek a third term.

Filed Under: 2022 Campaign Tagged With: Scott Walker, WI-Gov, WI-Sen

Walker’s Own Law Precluded Recount

November 9, 2018 at 11:40 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Wisconsin’s Gov. Scott Walker (R) “lost a very narrow race for reelection to Democratic challenger Tony Evers on Tuesday. But it wasn’t close enough to qualify for a recount — thanks to a law he signed himself last year,” CBS News reports.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign, Election Administration Tagged With: Scott Walker, WI-Gov

Wisconsin Republicans Look at Limiting Governor’s Power

November 9, 2018 at 9:26 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “The Republican plan to take power away from the incoming Democratic governor could include overhauling state boards and removing authority that Republican lawmakers handed to GOP Gov. Scott Walker (R) when he took office in 2011.”

“Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R) said Thursday that Republicans are looking at giving incoming Gov. Tony Evers (D) less say in state rules that implement state laws. Eight years ago, Republicans handed Walker more power over those rules when he was first sworn in.”

Filed Under: State House Tagged With: WI-Gov, Wisconsin

Scott Walker Loses In Wisconsin

November 7, 2018 at 6:11 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“After upending Wisconsin politics and infuriating liberals across the country, Gov. Scott Walker (R) narrowly lost his bid for a third term Tuesday to Tony Evers (D), the leader of the education establishment Walker blew up eight years ago,” the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: WI-Gov

Dead Heat for Wisconsin Governor

October 31, 2018 at 2:59 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Marquette University Law School poll in Wisconsin finds Gov. Scott Walker (R) and challenger Tony Evers (D) is dead-even at 47% each.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: WI-Gov

GOP Leads In Nevada and Texas Senate Races

October 24, 2018 at 11:19 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The Crystal Ball released a few new Reuters/Ipsos polls of competitive races:

  • NV-Sen: Dean Heller (R) 47%, Jacky Rosen (D) 41%
  • TX-Sen: Ted Cruz (R) 49%, Beto O’Rourke (D) 44%

Also interesting:

  • WI-Gov: Tony Evers (D) 48%, Scott Walker (R) 45%

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: NV-Sen, TX-Sen, WI-Gov

Another Ex-Walker Official Endorses His Challenger

October 18, 2018 at 3:16 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A fourth former official in Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) administration has publicly denounced the governor as he seeks a third term, while releasing a letter calling for the election of challenger Tony Evers (D), the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: WI-Gov

Republicans Fall Flat In Trump Country

October 15, 2018 at 7:15 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“A number of Republicans running for governor or senator in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, including several who hitched their wagon to Trump’s political movement, are behind in polls by double digits, a remarkable turnabout in swing states that were key to the president’s 2016 victory,” the Washington Post reports.

“If current polling averages hold, Democrats will maintain all their Senate seats in those states, pick up a handful of House seats and, in some cases, retake the governors’ mansions.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: MI-Gov, OH-Gov, PA-Gov, WI-Gov

Evers Leads By Double-Digits In Wisconsin

October 11, 2018 at 5:05 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new NBC News/Marist poll in Wisconsin finds Tony Evers (D) leading Gov. Scott Walker (R) by 10 points among likely voters, 53% to 43%.

This contrasts with a Marquette poll yesterday that had Walker leading by one point.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: WI-Gov

Tight Race for Wisconsin Governor

October 10, 2018 at 7:37 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Marquette University Law School Poll in Wisconsin finds Gov. Scott Walker (R) barely ahead of challenger Tony Evers (D), 47% to 46% among likely voters.

Last month, Evers had a 5-point lead.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: WI-Gov

‘Oh No Tony’

September 25, 2018 at 3:44 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) released one of the stranger political ads of the year.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign, Political Advertising Tagged With: WI-Gov

Evers Opens Lead Over Walker In Wisconsin

September 18, 2018 at 2:07 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Marquette University Law School Poll in Wisconsin finds Tony Evers (D) has opened a lead over Gov. Scott Walker (R) among likely voters in the race for governor, 49% to 44%, with Libertarian Phil Anderson at 6%.

Evers and Walker were tied at 46 percent each in the August poll.

In the race for U.S. Senate, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) opened a huge lead over  challenger Leah Vukmir, 53% to 42%.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: WI-Gov

Democrats Have Walker Cornered

September 10, 2018 at 6:29 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Politico: “There’s every reason to believe this is the beginning of the end for Scott Walker. His presidential bid crashed and burned. He’s running for a third term as governor in what figures to be a hostile midterm for the Republican Party. Polling shows that the independent voters who were so critical to Walker’s wins in the 2012 recall and 2014 reelection are breaking away from him.”

“After years of futility, Democrats here are convinced they finally have him cornered.”

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: WI-Gov

Walker Trails In Wisconsin

August 28, 2018 at 1:25 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/Suffolk University poll in Wisconsin finds Tony Evers (D) leading Gov. Scott Walker (R) in the race for governor, 46% to 44%.

In the U.S. Senate race, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) leads challenger Leah Vukmir (R), 50% to 42%.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: WI-Gov

Dead Heat for Wisconsin Governor

August 22, 2018 at 4:11 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Marquette Law School Poll in Wisconsin finds Gov. Scott Walker (R) deadlocked with challenger Tony Evers (D), 46% to 46% among likely voters, with Libertarian Phil Anderson at 6%.

In the U.S. Senate race, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) barely leads challenger Leah Vukmir (R), 49% to 47%.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: WI-Gov

Walker Trails In Wisconsin

August 17, 2018 at 5:21 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Public Policy Polling survey in Wisconsin shows shows Tony Evers (D) leading Gov. Scott Walker (R) in the governor’s race by five points, 49% to 44%.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: WI-Gov

Walker Trails By Seven In Wisconsin

July 30, 2018 at 4:55 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

A new Emerson College poll in Wisconsin finds that Tony Evers (D) leads Gov. Scott Walker (R) in the race for governor, 48% to 41%, with 7% of voters still undecided.

Filed Under: 2018 Campaign Tagged With: WI-Gov

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