Gov. Scott Walker: A Timeline

Nov. 2 - Elected Governor of Wisconsin, def. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett by 52.3% to 46.5%.
 Jan. 3 - Inaugurated as Wisconsin's 45th Governor.
mid-Feb. - protests over legislation to cut benefits and collective bargaining for public employees.
March 11 - Walker signs the bill.
June 5 - Wins recall election, def. Mayor Tom Barrett by 53.1% to 46.3% (first governor to win a recall election in U.S. history).
 Unintimidated: A Governor's Story and A Nation's Challenge (Sentinel HC, Nov. 19, 2013)
 Nov. 4 - Faces Mary Burke (D), a former VP at Trek Bicycle and former state Commerce Secretary, in bid for a second term.

Jan. 20 - Age on Inauguration Day  49 years 2.6 months old.

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Re-elected to the Assembly unopposed.
April 30 - Following a pension scandal, Walker elected Milwaukee County Executive in a special election, def. James Ryan by 55.2% to 44.8%.
April 6 - Re-elected County Executive, def. David Riemer by 57.3% to 42.5%.


April 1 - Re-elected County Executive, def. Lena C. Taylor by 58.7% to 41.2%.
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Works for Greater Milw. chapter of Red Cross, Feb. 1990-March 1994.
Leaves Marquette after Spring semester without a degree.
Loses state Assembly race in District 7 to inc. Gwen Moore (D).

Feb. - Marries Tonette Marie Tarantino.
June - Elected to the state Assembly in a special election in District 14, Wauwatosa.
 Late June - First son, Matthew, born.
Re-elected to the Assembly unnopposed.
 ???Second son, Alex, born.
 Re-elected to the Assembly with 61.5% of the vote.
Re-elected to the Assembly with 67.6% of the vote.
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Selected to go to American Legion’s Badger Boys State.  One of two elected to represent Boys Nation in Washington, DC.  Runs for vice president.
 Graduates from Delavan-Darien High School.
Starts at Marquette University.
Runs for president of the Associated Students of Marquette University. Working part time for IBM in Milwaukee.
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Brother David born.
...seven years in Plainfield, IA (a small town in Bremer County in the Northeast)...


Walker family moves to Delavan, WI.

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Born Nov. 2, 1967 in Colorado Springs, CO.  Father Llew Walker, a pastor, snd mother Pat Walker.

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