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Scott Walker Research Paper

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Scott Walker, current governor of Wisconsin, was born on November 2, 1967 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He lived in Plainfield, Iowa for many of his younger years. He and his family moved to Delavan, Wisconsin in 1977, due to a change in his father’s occupation. Scott was involved in many activities as a child, teen and young adult; including sports, band, church, and boy scouts (which he is still involved with currently). Walker had always wanted to be involved in politics since the start of his high school career, but what really go the ball rolling was when he was selected to attend Badger Boys state, and then was selected to be one of two representatives to go to Boys Nation in DC. Following this experience, Walker moved to Milwaukee in 1986 to attend college at Marquette University ( which he didn’t graduated from), and worked for IBM before becoming a full time American Red Cross financial developer. …show more content…

As a state legislator Walker built up quite the reputation. He was a strong advocate of reducing crime and welfare programs, as well as a pro-life supporter. One of his main “claims to fame” during his time on the State Assembly was the authoring of a bill, named truth in sentencing, which took away early release for criminals due to good behavior. While in office Scott also chaired several committees and proposed numerous other bills. After his time on the state assembly, Scott was elected as Milwaukee County Executive in 2002; he won reelection twice and put the county back on track by cutting their debt by 30 percent. These accomplishments put Scott in a great position for his gubernatorial

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