by Andrew Beckett | Apr 12, 2012
While they admit overturning a controversial bill that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public employees will be difficult, the four Democratic candidates hoping to challenge Governor Scott Walker in a recall election believe it can be done. However,...
by WRN Contributor | Apr 10, 2012
After raising campaign money across the country and airing commercials since November, Governor Scott Walker is hitting the ground to defend against an upcoming recall election in June. Eau Claire was among several stops across the state Tuesday, where Walker met with...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 25, 2012
A judge in Dane County has virtually doubled the amount of time the state Government Accountability Board will have to review recall petitions targeting the governor, lieutenant governor, and four Republican state senators. Circuit Court Judge Richard Niess says...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 20, 2012
While Democrats believe recall elections for Governor Scott Walker, Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, and four Republican state senators are imminent, organizers are preparing for possible legal battles. Earlier this week, recall groups turned in 1.9 million...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 19, 2012
With a recall election against Governor Walker likely to happen this year, Democrats are gearing up for what could be a crowded field of candidates looking to take him on. Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk announced Wednesday she will be a candidate, while...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 18, 2012
While the main focus of recall organizers was the effort to remove Governor Scott Walker from office, petition circulators were also going after signatures against Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch. Recall groups say over 845,000 signatures were collected during...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 18, 2012
Less than a day after more than one million petition signatures were turned in to recall Governor Scott Walker, his first possible opponent is stepping forward. Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk announced Wednesday that she will seek the Democratic nomination...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 18, 2012
Recall organizers have turned in their petitions and now the long process of reviewing those signatures begins. Shortly after they were dropped off Tuesday with the Government Accountability Board, the petitions were moved to a secure state facility. The agency is not...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 17, 2012
Organizers of an effort to recall Governor Scott Walker say they have collected more than enough signatures to make it happen. On Tuesday afternoon, over one million recall petition signatures were delivered to the Government Accountability Board. Only 540,208 valid...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 16, 2012
Recall petitions targeting the governor, lieutenant governor, and four state senators are scheduled be turned into the Government Accountability Board Tuesday. As the review process gets underway, a state lawmaker wants to make sure everyone in the state has a chance...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 13, 2012
The group working to recall Senate Republican Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) says enough signatures have been collected. Recall organizer Lori Compas says volunteers have surpassed than 16,742 signatures that are required to trigger a recall. The group is not...
by Andrew Beckett | Jan 2, 2012
In Senate recalls filed last summer, each campaign took up the task of reviewing the petitions filed with the state and making challenges against signatures. Now Republicans want the Government Accountability Board to do that work when petitions targeting Governor...
by Andrew Beckett | Dec 7, 2011
If a recall attempt against Governor Scott Walker succeeds, a state senator plans to run against him. State Senator Tim Cullen (D-Janesville) says he’s not an official candidate yet, because a recall effort against the governor is still underway. However, the...
by Andrew Beckett | Dec 2, 2011
The head of the largest state employees union says the governor is putting unconstitutional restrictions on state the rights of state workers to collect recall petition signatures. A memo sent to state employees this week outlines state laws against them engaging in...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 28, 2011
Just two weeks in to the effort to recall the governor from office, organizers are more than half way there. Organizers of the effort to recall Governor Scott Walker and Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch say they have now gathered over 300,000 signatures towards their...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 22, 2011
Organizers of a statewide effort to recall Governor Scott Walker from office say the movement is off to a strong start. As of Friday, the last time figures were made available, United Wisconsin executive director Meagan Mahaffey says over 105,000 signatures have been...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 16, 2011
In addition to Governor Walker, several Republican state Senators are the target of recalls. Four committees filed papers Tuesday with the Government Accountability Board to launch recall efforts against Senate Republicans. The Senators targeted are Pam Galloway of...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 15, 2011
As a statewide recall effort gets underway today, Governor Scott Walker says he plans to continue working on his goal of helping the state create 250,000 jobs during his first term in office. Opponents of the governor filed paperwork this morning to launch a statewide...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 10, 2011
Groups hoping to recall Governor Scott Walker from office will be able to seek out petition signatures online. However, action by the Government Accountability Board on Wednesday is meant to make it clear that they will not allow groups to just print out petitions...
by Andrew Beckett | Nov 4, 2011
A Muskego man has filed the first recall effort against Governor Scott Walker. However, Democrats charge it’s actually a ploy to help Walker defend himself from a larger recall effort later this month. David Brandt of Muskego registered the group “Close...
