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Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election
Wisconsin
2010 ←
 June 5, 2012
 → 2014
  Scott Walker by Gage Skidmore.jpg Tom Barrett (politician).jpg
Nominee Scott Walker Tom Barrett
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Rebecca Kleefisch Mahlon Mitchell
Popular vote 1,335,585[1] 1,164,480[1]
Percentage 53.1% 46.3%

Wisconsin Gubernatortial Election Results by County, 2012.svg
Results by county.
Governor before election

Scott Walker
Republican

 Elected Governor

Scott Walker
Republican
Elections in Wisconsin
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The 2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was a recall election to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. It resulted in voters reelecting incumbent Republican Governor Scott Walker. The recall election was a rematch of the 2010 gubernatorial election between the incumbent Governor Scott Walker and Tom Barrett, the mayor of Milwaukee. Many Democrats opposed Walker's agenda to end collective bargaining rights for state employees[2] and they collected over 900,000 signatures to initiate the recall election process.[2]

There was also a recall for Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch. She won her race defeating Democrat Mahlon Mitchell making her the first lieutenant governor to have and survive a recall.[3]

The Democratic primary took place on May 8. The recall election was held June 5[4] with Walker defeating Barrett. Walker is thus the first U.S. governor to continue in office after facing a recall election.[5] Four state senate recall elections took place the same day as the gubernatorial recall elections, resulting in two wins by Republican incumbents, one open seat win by a Republican, and one win by a Democratic challenger, giving Democrats control of the state Senate.[6]

The recall election was just the third gubernatorial recall election in U.S. history and the only one in which the incumbent was not defeated.[7] The other governors who were subject to a recall election were Lynn Frazier of North Dakota (1921) and Gray Davis of California (2003). Frazier and Davis were each defeated in their respective recall elections.[8]

Voter turnout in the election was 57.8 percent, the highest for a gubernatorial election not on a presidential ballot in Wisconsin history.[9] The election was widely covered on national television. Many political pundits[who?] felt that this election would show the direction that the country was leaning for the 2012 elections.

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Background [edit]

Pre-certification recall campaign [edit]

Incumbent Republican Governor Scott Walker faced a recall effort beginning in November 2011. After the contentious collective bargaining dispute,[10] Walker's disapproval ratings varied between 50 and 51% while his approval ratings varied between 47 and 49% in 2011.[11][12]

Wisconsin law made Walker eligible for recall beginning January 3, 2012 and the Wisconsin Democratic Party called it a "priority" to remove him from office.[13]

In the first half of 2011, Walker raised more than $2,500,000 from supporters,[14][15] while public-sector unions within the state raised $17.6 million from state and national public-sector unions in the same time period [16] to fund the recall effort. Walker raised $5.1 million in the second half of 2011 to battle his recall, "about half of it from out of state."[17] The effort to recall Walker officially began on November 15, 2011.[18] In less than half the allotted time (60 days) to collect signatures, recall organizers report collecting more than 500,000 signatures, leaving roughly one month left to collect the remaining 40,000 signatures needed to force a recall vote.[19]

On January 17, 2012, United Wisconsin, the coalition that spearheaded the recall effort along with the Democratic Party, said that one million signatures were collected, which far exceeded the 540,208 needed, and amounted to 23 percent of the state's eligible voters, 46 percent of the total votes cast in the 2010 gubernatorial election and just shy of the 1.1 million votes earned by Walker.[20][21]

On January 25, 2012, a poll released by the Marquette University Law School revealed that Walker would win a recall election against potential candidates Tom Barrett, Kathleen Falk, David Obey or Tim Cullen.[22][23] This compared to a poll released by Public Policy Polling in October 2011 which also showed Walker would win a recall election against Barrett, Falk, Peter Barca, Steve Kagen or Ron Kind. The poll also showed that more people opposed (49%) than supported (48%) the recall effort.[24]

In February, Walker's campaign made an additional request for more time for the petition signatures to be verified, stating that between 10–20% of the signatures reviewed to that point should not be counted. Democrats argued that even if 20% of the signatures were not counted, they still had 300,000 more than the required number needed to initiate the recall. Democratic Party spokesman Graeme Zielinski argued Walker was just "delaying the inevitable". And by not being in a recall election, Walker was able to collect unlimited campaign donations because normal campaign fundraising limits do not apply until an election is ordered.[25] On February 17, 2012, Dane County judge Richard Niess denied Walker's request for additional time.[26]

In March, Milwaukee city officials asked Milwaukee Public Schools to contribute nearly $10 million more to the pension plan because of financial market downturns. The teachers union, school board and the superintendent asked the Legislature for the opportunity to negotiate to reduce costs.[27] Milwaukee schools didn't take part in a 90-day window that had closed, which allowed unions and municipal employees to make contract adjustments. The Assembly and Senate agreed to allow Milwaukee schools to reopen negotiations for compensation or fringe-benefit concessions without nullifying existing union contracts. The measure giving them 90 days passed the Assembly and Senate. Gov. Scott Walker supports the measure. Other teachers' unions asked Milwaukee to withdraw its request, saying it would give Walker a political advantage in the recall election.[28]

Certification [edit]

On March 29, 2012, the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board released its final signature counts for the Walker recall petition. The GAB reported that 931,053 signatures were officially turned in, although the proponents had stated that approximately one million signatures were collected. Of that number, 26,114 were struck by GAB staff for various reasons and an additional 4,001 duplicates were struck. The final total certified by the GAB was 900,938 signatures.[29]

Petition controversy [edit]

Twenty-nine circuit court judges in Wisconsin signed recall petitions against Gov. Scott Walker, according to a Gannett Wisconsin Media analysis.[30] Among the signers was Dane County Judge David Flanagan, who was scrutinized after issuing a temporary restraining order March 6 against a Walker-backed voter ID law without disclosing his support of the recall.[31] None of the state's sixteen appeals court judges or seven Supreme Court justices signed the recall petition. The state Supreme Court issued an advisory opinion in 2001 saying judges are allowed to sign nominating petitions so long as the petition language only supports putting the candidate on the ballot and does not imply an endorsement.[30] The Landmark Legal Foundation has requested an investigation to the Wisconsin Judicial Commission regarding allegations of misconduct by the judges in question.[32] Later, it was discovered that Gannett also had twenty-five journalists who had signed the recall petition. The newspaper group is in the process of addressing discipline, and that it revealed the signatures in the interest of being as open as possible. Genia Lovett, representative for the organization, said that journalists have a right to hold opinions. However, they must also protect their news organization's credibility.[33]

Other media organizations have had staff sign the recall petition.[34] Rob Starbuck, the morning news anchor for Madison, Wisconsin television station WISC-TV, signed the Walker recall petition. The station stated that the signing was in violation of the station's policy for newsroom employees. TODAY'S TMJ4 and Newsradio 620 WTMJ, from the Milwaukee area, discovered that several members of its staff signed the petitions to recall Governor Walker. The organization said it was in the process of dealing with the matter internally. Many employees told them that they felt signing the recall petition was not a political act, but instead felt it was similar to casting a vote. WTMJ stated that it does not agree and indicated that they are taking measures to make sure all of their reporting is fair, balanced and to ensure something like this does not happen again.[35]

The need for a recall election and the potential waste of taxpayer money has also drawn criticism. An estimate provided by the state Government Accountability Board shows a cost of $9 million for a statewide election. Since a primary election was also conducted for this race, the total price is estimated to be around $18 million.[36]

Results of the Wisconsin Gubernatorial Primary on May 8, 2012. Red counties had more votes for Walker than all Democrats combined. Blue counties had more votes for all Democrats combined than Walker.

Costs [edit]

The recall election was the most expensive election in Wisconsin history.[37] According to the advocacy group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, candidates and outside groups spent more than $80 million in the governor's recall race. This compares to $37.4 million spent on the 2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.[38]

According to USA Today, much of the $30 million of Walker's contributions came from outside the state with much of Barrett's spending of about $4 million directly coming from Wisconsin contributors[39] plus another $20 million from the unions.[40] Kathleen Falk, who was defeated by Barrett in the Democratic primary raised about $5.2 million from public-sector unions inside and outside the state.[citation needed]

The cost of the Gubernatorial recall to Wisconsin taxpayers was $18 million.[38]

Republican primary [edit]

Candidates [edit]

  • Scott Walker, incumbent governor and former Milwaukee County executive
  • Arthur Kohl-Riggs (political activist)[41]

Endorsements [edit]

Results [edit]

Republican primary results[72]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Scott Walker 626,538 97%
Republican Arthur Kohl-Riggs 19,920 3%
Totals 646,458 100%

Democratic primary [edit]

Candidates [edit]

Endorsements [edit]

Polling [edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Tom
Barrett		 Kathleen
Falk		 Doug
La Follette		 Kathleen
Vinehout		 Undecided
Marquette University April 26–29, 2012 451 ± 4% 48% 21% 8% 6% 19%
Public Policy Polling April 13–15, 2012 810 ± 3.4% 38% 24% 9% 6% 22%
Marquette University March 22–25, 2012 373 ± 5.1% — 54% 15% 12% 19%
36% 29% 8% 8% 18%
Public Policy Polling February 23–26, 2012 425 45% 18% 14% 6% 17%
— 41% 23% 13% 22%

Results [edit]

Democratic primary results[72]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Tom Barrett 390,109 58%
Democratic Kathleen Falk 228,940 34%
Democratic Kathleen Vinehout 26,926 4%
Democratic Douglas La Follette 19,461 3%
Democratic Gladys Huber 4,842 1%
Totals 670,278 100%

Candidates [edit]

Campaign [edit]

In April, the Milwaukee Police Association and Milwaukee Professional Firefighters Association unions endorsed Governor Walker in the recall election.[101] After Barrett won the Democratic primary, Walker stated, “As Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett enters the general election in his soon to be third statewide losing campaign, he will surely find that his record of raising taxes and promises to continue to do so will not resonate with voters."[102] Barrett said after his primary victory "We cannot fix Wisconsin with Walker as governor, this election is not about fighting past battles, it is about moving forward together to create jobs and get our economy moving again."[103]

Debates [edit]

Opinion polls [edit]

Key
DV Decided voters
LV Likely voters
RV Registered voters
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Scott
Walker (R)		 Tom
Barrett (D)		 Other Undecided
We Ask America June 3, 2012 1,570 LV ± 2.5% 54% 42% — 4%
Public Policy Polling June 2–3, 2012 1,226 LV ± 2.8% 50% 47% — 3%
Angus Reid Public Opinion May 30 – June 2, 2012 507 DV ± 4.4% 53% 47% — —
Marquette University May 23–26, 2012 600 LV ± 4.1% 52% 45% — 3%
We Ask America May 23, 2012 1,409 LV ± 2.61% 54% 42% — 4%
St. Norbert College May 17–22, 2012 406 LV ± 5% 50% 45% — 5%
Reason-Rupe May 14–18, 2012 609 LV ± 4% 50% 42% — 6%
We Ask America May 13, 2012 1,219 LV ± 2.81% 52% 43% — 5%
Public Policy Polling May 11–13, 2012 833 LV ± 3.4% 50% 45% 2% 3%
Marquette University May 9–12, 2012 600 LV ± 4.1% 50% 44% — 3%
Rasmussen Reports May 9, 2012 500 LV ± 4.5% 50% 45% 2% 2%
Marquette University April 26–29, 2012 705 RV ± 4% 46% 47% 3% 4%
628 LV 47% 46% 3% 4%
Public Policy Polling April 13–15, 2012 1,136 ± 2.9% 50% 45% 2% 3%
Marquette University March 22–25, 2012 707 ± 3.7% 47% 45% 3% 5%
Public Policy Polling February 23–26, 2012 900 ± 3.3% 46% 49% — 5%
Marquette University January 19–22, 2012 701 ± 3.7% 50% 44% 2% 4%
Public Policy Polling October 20–23, 2011 1,170 ± 2.9% 48% 46% — 6%

Results [edit]

Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, 2012 results[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Scott Walker (Incumbent) 1,335,585 53.1%
Democratic Tom Barrett 1,164,480 46.3%
Independent Hariprasad Trivedi 14,463 0.6%
Totals 2,514,528 100.0%
Republican hold
Wisconsin lieutenant governor recall election, 2012 results[105]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Rebecca Kleefisch (Incumbent) 1,301,739 52.9%
Democratic Mahlon Mitchell 1,156,520 47.1%
Totals 2,458,259 100.0%
Republican hold
A county map of Wisconsin comparing Scott Walker's margins of victory in 2012 to the results in 2010. Walker did better in northern, central, and western Wisconsin, while Barrett did better in southeast Wisconsin.

County results [edit]

County Won
by		 Walker
 %		 Walker
votes		 Barrett
 %		 Barrett
votes		 Trivedi % Trivedi votes Voter turnout
Adams Walker 54.5 4,497 44.3 3,658 1.2 97 47%
Ashland Barrett 38.1 2,598 61.2 4,174 0.7 50 55%
Barron Walker 59.3 10,420 39.9 7,015 0.8 136 49%
Bayfield Barrett 39.8 3,269 59.5 4,889 0.7 55 68%
Brown Walker 59.7 61,969 39.7 41,238 0.6 619 56%
Buffalo Walker 60.8 3,403 38.4 2,148 0.8 44 53%
Burnett Walker 60.8 3,998 38.6 2,536 0.6 40 53%
Calumet Walker 66.3 15,004 33.2 7,515 0.5 107 63%
Chippewa Walker 58.3 14,877 40.8 10,419 0.9 244 54%
Clark Walker 68.7 8,133 30.5 3,618 0.8 86 48%
Columbia Barrett 49.4 12,912 50.0 13,070 0.6 161 60%
Crawford Walker 51.1 3,357 48.1 3,160 0.8 61 51%
Dane Barrett 30.4 77,595 69.1 176,407 0.5 1,239 67%
Dodge Walker 63.6 24,851 35.7 13,958 0.7 242 56%
Door Walker 56.8 8,401 42.7 6,308 0.5 75 65%
Douglas Barrett 35.0 6,374 64.4 11,711 0.6 106 52%
Dunn Walker 53.9 8,417 45.4 7,099 0.7 114 45%
Eau Claire Walker 49.8 20,740 49.4 20,595 0.8 325 54%
Florence Walker 64.8 1,338 34.7 717 0.5 10 57%
Fond du Lac Walker 63.9 29,060 35.4 16,105 0.7 309 58%
Forest Walker 58.8 2,180 40.0 1,485 1.2 44 51%
Grant Walker 52.0 9,498 47.2 8,623 0.8 137 45%
Green Walker 51.1 8,407 48.5 7,981 0.4 71 59%
Green Lake Walker 68.9 5,800 30.4 2,564 0.7 54 57%
Iowa Barrett 46.4 4,957 52.9 5,660 0.7 77 60%
Iron Walker 55.7 1,613 43.8 1,267 0.5 14 59%
Jackson Walker 53.6 4,074 45.6 3,466 0.8 62 48%
Jefferson Walker 60.0 22,475 39.2 14,698 0.8 274 59%
Juneau Walker 55.8 5,429 43.4 4,225 0.8 83 46%
Kenosha Barrett 49.1 28,935 50.3 29,638 0.6 349 48%
Kewaunee Walker 64.1 6,108 35.5 3,388 0.4 42 61%
La Crosse Barrett 47.5 22,608 51.8 24,651 0.7 382 53%
Lafayette Walker 56.7 3,887 42.6 2,923 0.7 46 55%
Langlade Walker 65.6 5,621 33.7 2,898 0.7 71 55%
Lincoln Walker 56.9 7,201 42.3 5,351 0.8 106 56%
Manitowoc Walker 64.1 23,085 35.2 12,682 0.7 268 57%
Marathon Walker 62.1 36,352 37.2 21,809 0.7 398 58%
Marinette Walker 61.9 10,267 37.6 6,242 0.5 90 50%
Marquette Walker 59.3 4,102 40.0 2,764 0.7 55 56%
Menominee Barrett 26.5 208 73.2 575 0.3 3 28%
Milwaukee Barrett 36.3 143,455 63.3 250,476 0.4 1,935 56%
Monroe Walker 59.2 9,064 39.8 6,093 1.0 155 46%
Oconto Walker 65.2 11,049 34.2 5,782 0.6 102 58%
Oneida Walker 58.1 10,433 41.0 7,365 0.9 147 61%
Outagamie Walker 61.3 47,840 38.1 29,714 0.6 466 59%
Ozaukee Walker 70.7 34,303 29.0 14,095 0.3 141 74%
Pepin Walker 60.1 1,849 39.4 1,216 0.5 17 53%
Pierce Walker 55.0 8,317 44.6 6,744 0.4 59 47%
Polk Walker 60.2 10,133 39.2 6,593 0.6 106 50%
Portage Barrett 48.3 14,846 51.0 15,672 0.7 242 55%
Price Walker 60.0 4,083 39.0 2,651 1.0 73 59%
Racine Walker 52.8 45,526 46.6 40,287 0.6 509 59%
Richland Walker 53.8 3,895 45.5 3,296 0.7 53 52%
Rock Barrett 43.5 27,498 55.8 35,316 0.7 475 53%
Rusk Walker 62.6 3,722 36.3 2,167 1.1 60 52%
Sauk Walker 51.2 13,648 48.1 12,815 0.7 168 56%
Sawyer Walker 56.5 3,999 42.8 3,038 0.7 45 54%
Shawano Walker 66.2 11,201 33.3 5,646 0.5 88 52%
Sheboygan Walker 64.3 34,047 35.2 18,612 0.5 279 60%
St. Croix Walker 61.1 20,894 38.5 13,177 0.4 124 56%
Taylor Walker 71.8 5,751 27.5 2,201 0.7 76 51%
Trempealeau Walker 57.0 6,266 42.2 4,634 0.8 88 50%
Vernon Walker 52.0 6,352 47.2 5,762 0.8 100 56%
Vilas Walker 63.3 7,300 36.1 4,154 0.6 72 65%
Walworth Walker 64.3 26,221 35.2 14,346 0.5 202 52%
Washburn Walker 57.1 4,278 42.1 3,156 0.8 59 59%
Washington Walker 75.6 52,306 24.0 16,634 0.4 246 70%
Waukesha Walker 72.4 154,316 27.3 58,234 0.3 706 72%
Waupaca Walker 64.7 14,094 34.7 7,564 0.6 128 54%
Waushara Walker 62.9 6,463 36.5 3,754 0.6 69 52%
Winnebago Walker 56.0 39,881 43.4 30,885 0.6 446 54%
Wood Walker 57.9 18,535 41.2 13,171 0.9 281 55%

Analysis [edit]

Despite the protests which followed shortly after Walker's inauguration, Walker's margin of victory in the recall election increased by 1% compared to the previous election (6.8% vs 5.8%). Approximately 350,000 more people voted in the recall election than the 2010 election (2.5 million vs 2.15 million), making voter turnout in the recall 57.8%, the highest for a Wisconsin gubernatorial election not on a presidential ballot. The Republican bastions of Ozaukee, Waukesha, and Washington had the highest turnout in the state, at 74%, 72%, and 70% respectively. The Democratic bastion of Dane was not far behind, at 67% voter turnout. Menominee had the lowest turnout in the state, with only 28% voter turnout. Walker won 60 counties in the recall election, compared to 59 in 2010. 3 counties flipped from Walker to Barrett in the recall election (Colombia, Kenosha, and La Crosse), while 4 counties flipped from Barrett to Walker in the recall election (Crawford, Eau Claire, Green, and Trempealeau). Walker's margin of victory increased in 54 counties, while it decreased in 18 counties. Walker did better in most of northern Wisconsin, while Barrett did better in southeast Wisconsin and the most northern counties in the state. Twelve counties (Buffalo, Calumet, Clark, Door, Forest, Kewaunee, Outagamie, Pepin, Price, Rusk, Taylor, and Trempealeau) had swings towards Walker by 6 points or more compared to the last election, while 6 counties (Columbia, Dodge, Douglas, Kenosha, Racine, and Rock) had swings towards Barrett by 2 points or more. The Democratic strongholds of Dane County and Milwaukee County went more Barrett in the recall election, while the Republican strongholds of Waukesha, Ozaukee, and Washington went more Walker. Craig Gilbert of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel noted the similarities between the 2010 and 2012 elections while looking at the exit poll numbers.[106] Walker won every demographic group he won in 2010, while Barrett did the same. Probably due to the stripping of collective bargaining from public employees, the percentage of voters identifying as union members increased from 26% of the vote in 2010 to 33% in 2012. Despite this, Walker actually won the union vote by a larger margin in 2012 than 2010 (38% vs 37%). 54% of voters approved of Walker's job performance, while 52% approved of Walker taking collective bargaining from public employee unions. Despite this, 51% of voters approved of public employee unions. Only 46% approved of the Wisconsin Democratic Party. 70% of voters believed recalls should never be used or should only be used in case of misconduct, while only 27% thought they should be allowed for any reason. Exit polling also showed a non-volatile electorate, with only 8% of voters deciding who to vote for in the last few days before the election.

See also [edit]

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