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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, has opened a lead in the polls ahead of a June recall election largely thanks to the $25 million his campaign has raised. The effort to recall Mr. Walker has become a nationally watched battle over worker rights. (Associated Press)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks to the Illinois Chamber of Commerce in Springfield, Ill., on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
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A vast majority of Wisconsin Republicans say embattled Gov. Scott Walker "provides strong leadership," among other traits.
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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, the front-running Democratic candidate in the recall election targeting Republican Gov. Scott Walker, holds a news conference in the state Capitol on Thursday, April 19, 2012, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the Illinois Chamber of Commerce in Springfield, Ill., last month. Ever since his fight to pass an anti-union bill last year, Mr. Walker has kept up a jet-setting schedule that's more akin to a candidate running for president. (Associated Press)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gives interviews after speaking to the Illinois Chamber of Commerce in Springfield. Mr. Walker says he is using Illinois and its many problems as an argument for keeping him in office with similar problems. The first-term Republican faces a recall election in June. (Associated Press)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker greets supporters in Dane, Wis., Tuesday in the first of six campaign stops across the state intended to let him greet voters personally as he and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch fight recall efforts. The primary is May 5 and the general election is June 5. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney signs placards for supporters of Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker at a phone bank during a campaign stop in Fitchburg, Wis., Saturday, March 31, 2012. The phone bank is used in support of Walker who is facing a recall election in June 2012. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will speak Saturday at a Faith & Freedom Coalition forum attended by presidential candidates.
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has a 51 percent approval rating, according to a Marquette University Law School poll, as he faces a recall effort. (Associated Press)
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Matthew Mita, who favors recalling Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, collects a signature to that end in mid-December from Camilla Johnson, 23, of Madison, Wis. Anti-Walker activists report that they have succeeded in gathering more than the 540,208 signatures needed to trigger a recall election. Republicans have decried the effort as a frivolous power grab. (Associated Press)
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker did not start paying the full cost of his pension until August, despite a campaign vow to do so upon taking office. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, in Madison, Wis., on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011, discusses results of recall elections in which four incumbent Republicans in the Legislature held on to challenges from Democrats. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)
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Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin Republican (left), and Gov. Peter Shumlin, Vermont Democrat, testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on budget-cutting methods. Mr. Walker defended his "bold political move" to take on collective bargaining agreements while Mr. Shumlin "used maple syrup, not vinegar" to reach a deal. (Bloomberg)
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**FILE** Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker answers news media questions March 31 after a circuit judge forced him to halt implementing a law that cripples collective bargaining. (Associated Press)
