Scott Walker (politician)
Scott Kevin Walker is an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Wisconsin from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Milwaukee County executive from 2002 to 2010.
Some of the key events about Scott Walker (politician)
- 1993Elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly at the age of 25
- 2002Elected as Milwaukee County Executive, becoming the youngest person to hold that position
- 2006Implemented a successful welfare reform program in Milwaukee County
- 2010Won the Wisconsin gubernatorial election
- 2011Signed legislation to eliminate the state's budget deficit without raising taxes
- 2011Introduced and signed legislation to severely limit collective bargaining rights for most public employees in Wisconsin
- 2011Cut $800 million from state education funding
- 2012Survived a recall election, becoming the first U.S. governor to do so
- 2012Became the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall election, which was initiated due to controversial policies
- 2013Signed a $100 million property tax cut into law
- 2013Rejected federal Medicaid expansion funds under the Affordable Care Act
- 2015Signed right-to-work legislation in Wisconsin
- 2015Signed a state budget that cut $250 million from the University of Wisconsin System
- 2015Signed a law banning non-emergency abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy
- 2015Approved a state budget that eliminated tenure protections for University of Wisconsin faculty from state law
- 2016Endorsed Ted Cruz for president, then later endorsed Donald Trump, drawing criticism for inconsistency
- 2017Secured a $10 billion investment from Foxconn to build a manufacturing plant in Wisconsin
- 2018Oversaw the lowest unemployment rate in Wisconsin's history at 2.9%
- 2018Lost re-election bid for a third term as Wisconsin governor to Democrat Tony Evers
- 2018Signed lame-duck legislation to limit the powers of his successor and the incoming Democratic attorney general
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