SCOTT WALKER GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY 2011-PRESENT GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN 2002-2010 MILWAUKEE COUNTY EXECUTIVE 1993-2002 REPRESENTATIVE FOR 14 TH DISTRICT, WISCONSIN STATE ASSEMBLY 1990-1994 AMERICAN RED CROSS 1986-1990 MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY WIFE TONETTE (M. 1993) CHILDREN MATT & ALEX BIRTHDATE NOVEMBER 2, 1967
A candidate in the 2016 Republican presidential primary, Scott Walker is the 45th governor of Wisconsin. He was first elected in 2010 and re-elected to a second term in 2014. Upon taking office, Walker proposed bold reforms that eliminated Wisconsin’s $3.6 billion budget deficit without raising taxes. He created an economic environment that encouraged growth and job creation in order to reduce the high unemployment rate. In a 2010 survey conducted by the State Chamber of Commerce, just 10 percent of business owners thought Wisconsin was headed in the right direction; by 2015, that number had grown to 91 percent. During his tenure in office, Walker has taken on public-sector labor unions, signing a bill to limit public employee collective bargaining and winning a recall election over the issue. He has also been a leader in education reform with policy initiatives that give parents more choices, increase accountability for teachers and principals, and allow school districts to hire based on merit and pay based on performance. Official Bio