scott walker winners Wisconsin recall election results 2012

With less than 72 hours until the polls open in the most important election in Wisconsin’s history, Governor Scott Walker is once again crisscrossing the state to make sure that each and every Wisconsin voter has the chance to hear about the great reforms that have brought us closer to prosperity. Volunteers are overflowing at our 22 Victory Center statewide and furiously making calls on the governor’s behalf to remind our supporters just how important it is to get to the polls on Tuesday, June 5 and keep Scott Walker behind the desk in the governor’s office.
Walker's efforts in Wisconsin drew support from the tea party, fiscal conservatives and many prominent Republicans across the country who personally and financially supported the governor in his recall race. Walker raised more than $30 million for the recall, according to estimates, compared to $4 million raised by Barrett, and Walker had several heavy-hitting outside groups in his corner, including the billionaire Koch brothers, who head up a nonprofit called Americans for Prosperity.
While Walker received public support from figures such as Mitt Romney, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, Democrats did not flock to Barrett's campaign.

As the duly elected governor, Walker and the state legislature adjusted public benefits that had been set by previous governors and legislatures. Some of the governor’s opponents protested and used the established electoral process to try to remove the governor and several of his legislative supporters in a special recall election. The people of the state voted no.
It was a grand democratic spectacle—and reminds us yet again how different America is from, say, Syria or Saudi Arabia or China.