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SUMMARY: After just 16 months in office, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker faces a June recall -- an effort born of protests last year as he pushed through a law limiting collective-bargaining rights for most public employees. Ray Suarez and Frederica Freyberg of Wisconsin Public Television discuss the race and possible national implications.
RAY SUAREZ (Newshour): Like many Republicans in 2010, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was swept into office on a wave of Tea Party support. But after just 16 months on the job, he faces a recall election this June.
The effort was born of protests last year, as Walker pushed through a new law limiting collective bargaining rights for most public employees. Ultimately, opponents of the law collected a million signatures to put the governor's recall on the ballot.
The two leading Democratic challengers are Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who lost to Walker in 2010, and Kathleen Falk, a former county executive. Falk has received more than $4 million from labor unions, which played a key role in organizing protests and collecting the recall petitions. Falk played up her union support in a television ad received last week.
Good luck Wisconsin citizens in returning sanity to your state politics.
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