Wisconsin governor 鈥榠n鈥 presidential race
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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced on social media yesterday that he鈥檚 running for US president, tweeting 鈥淚鈥檓 in.鈥
Walker is a Republican who built a national profile largely due to his clashes with labor unions. He enacted policies weakening their political power and became the first governor in US history to defeat a recall election.
Now, on the eve of his campaign launch, Walker鈥檚 task is to remind Republican voters about lesser-known triumphs he says set him apart from the crowded Republican field, which now numbers 17.
Walker cut income and corporate taxes by nearly US$2 billion, lowered property taxes, legalized the carrying of concealed weapons, made abortions more difficult to obtain, required photo identification when voting and made Wisconsin a right-to-work state.
Such achievements may appeal to conservatives who hold outsized sway in Republican primaries, yet some could create challenges in a general election should Walker ultimately become the party鈥檚 nominee.
鈥淯ltimately Walker has to show all these victories and political successes have shown real results,鈥 said Democratic pollster Paul Maslin.
The labor dispute helped give him a significant head start in the 2016 money race. Walker鈥檚 three governor鈥檚 races left him with a far-reaching donor database of more than 300,000 names. He shattered state fundraising records, collecting US$83 million for his three Wisconsin elections, much of it coming from outside the state.
He begins his 2016 presidential bid with at least US$20 million to spread his message, raised by two outside groups not subject to campaign finance donation limits, according to sources with direct knowledge of the fundraising operation.
Walker talks about how the 2011 union law saved taxpayers US$3 billion as of late 2014. While it鈥檚 true that the state and local governments have saved roughly that amount, the costs have been shifted to the employees who have to pay more for those benefits.
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