Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker raised $48 million in his bid to stave off challenger Tom Barrett in today's recall election. Meanwhile, Barrett pulled in $19 million Barrett, according to the non-partisan Wisconsin Democracy Project.
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, a Republican, leads Democratic party challenger Tom Barrett in two polls released a day before the gubernatorial recall election.
Tom Barrett won the Wisconsin primary election and will face Scott Walker in the general election in June. A poll by Marquette University Law School has found that the Republican Wisconsin governor and Democratic challenger Barrett are in a dead heat.
It appears as though organizers have collected more than enough signatures to push Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker into a recall election, according to reports.
United Wisconsin, a coalition of state residents and organizations who want to see Gov. Scott Walker recalled, is reporting that some 50,000 signatures have been collected in the first 48 hours of the official petition campaign.
As labor leaders and Wisconsin Democrats start their push to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker, a new poll shows that majority of residents in the state would like the effort be successful.
The effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is officially underway today as Democrats spread across the state to get signatures for the petition drive.
