Scott Kevin Walker (born November 2, 1967) is the 45th and current Governor of Wisconsin.

First elected governor in the 2010 Wisconsin general election, he survived a 2012 recall
election and was reelected governor in the 2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial election. He also
served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and as the Milwaukee County Executive.
Born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Walker was raised in Iowa and in Delavan, Wisconsin,
before attending Marquette University. He left Marquette before graduating to take a full-time job
with the American Red Cross. Walker was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1992,
representing a district in western Milwaukee County. In 2002, Walker was elected County
Executive in a special election following the resignation of F. Thomas Ament; he was elected for
a full term in 2004 and was reelected in 2008, defeating state Senator Lena Taylor.
Walker campaigned for Governor of Wisconsin in 2006 and ran again in 2010, defeating
Democrat Tom Barrett in the general election. Shortly after his inauguration in 2011, Walker
introduced a budget plan which limited the collective bargaining of most Wisconsin public
employees. The response to Walker's policies included protests at the Wisconsin State
Capitol and an effort to recall Walker. In the 2012 recall election, Walker again defeated Barrett,
becoming the first American governor to survive a recall effort. In 2014, Walker defeated his
Democratic challenger, businesswoman and Madison school board member Mary Burke.
Walkerwas a candidate for his party's nomination to the 2016 presidential electio