Reuters: Politics: Wisconsin's Walker will survive recall, networks say

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Wisconsin's Walker will survive recall, networks say Jun 6th 2012, 02:07 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Voting brisk in closely watched Wisconsin recall 7:00pm EDT UPDATE 1-All eyes on Wisconsin governor's recall election 1:27pm EDT Candidates barnstorm the state in tight Wisconsin recall Mon, Jun 4 2012 Two new polls show tight race in Wisconsin recall Mon, Jun 4 2012 Activists converge on Wisconsin for historic recall vote Sun, Jun 3 2012 Republican Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker speaks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 4, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Darren Hauck MILWAUKEE | Tue Jun 5, 2012 10:07pm EDT MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker will survive a recall election forced by opponents of a law he championed restricting the collective bargaining of unionized government workers, television networks NBC, CNN and CBS projected on Tuesday. Actual returns showed Walker had about 61 percent of the vote to 39 percent for Democratic challenger Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett with about 15 percent counted. But those results were heavily from Republican areas and were expected to narrow. Walker is only the third governor in U.S. history to face a recall during his term in office. He angered Democrats and unions when he championed a law to severely restrict the collective bargaining of unionized state and local government workers. Walker said the changes were necessary to close a large state budget deficit. His victory will give a boost to Republicans nationwide as they gear up for the presidential election in November. The outcome also is a blow to organized labor, which poured money and massive voter turnout efforts into the contest. Election spending broke all state records, with more than $60 million spent, including millions from so-called Super PACs, which are third parties not directly tied to the candidates which have blanketed the airwaves in Wisconsin with advertising. (Reporting By Greg McCune) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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