Posted June 06, 2012 13:39:35 Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker’s victory in a recall election comes as a blow to Barack Obama’s hopes of winning the state in November and a second term in the White House. While Obama deliberately avoided campaigning for the Democrat running against governor Walker, Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett, he can’t escape the blowback.  Democrats and Wisconsin unions petitioned for Walker’s recall over restrictions on public sector collective...

Wisconsin voters go to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the recall election, deciding whether to keep Gov. Scott Walker in office or not. The calls for a recall election began when Walker, a Republican, decided to scrap collective bargaining rights for public workers and cut workers’ pensions last year, setting...

MADISON, Wis.—the candidates may be the same, but Wisconsin isn’t. In the tumultuous 18 months since Republican Scott Walker defeated Democrat Tom Barrett in the 2010 governor’s race, Wisconsin has been rocked with massive protests over workers’ rights, recall elections over a contentious union rights law and a partisan divide that’s strained families and friendships. Now, Walker and Barrett...

By SCOTT BAUERAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is showing signs of pulling ahead of the Democratic competition in the race to determine who faces Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker in a recall election that has become a nationally watched battle over union rights. Polls show Barrett with a lead less than two weeks before election day, and a labor group supporting...