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Tony Evers
stated on December 9, 2018 in an interview:

"At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously."

By Tom Kertscher • December 13, 2018
Tony Evers
stated on September 26, 2018 in a campaign ad:

"Under Scott Walker, the Department of Corrections has only 18 people tracking 25,000 sex offenders" and "there are nearly 3,000 sex offenders that are unaccounted for."

By D.L. Davis • October 29, 2018
Tony Evers
stated on October 9, 2018 in a TV ad:

"Wisconsin pays 50% more than Minnesota for the same health care."

By Tom Kertscher • October 22, 2018
Tony Evers
stated on October 10, 2018 in a campaign video:

Says Scott Walker supports "a health care plan that would gut protections for pre-existing conditions."

By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2018
Tony Evers
stated on August 27, 2018 in a TV ad:

Says Scott Walker refused federal funds and "Wisconsin families now pay nearly 50% more than Minnesotans for the same health care."

By Eric Litke • September 7, 2018
Tony Evers
stated on July 22, 2018 in a candidates forum:

"Since Scott Walker has been our governor, we’ve gone from 50 percent state funding for the" University of Wisconsin System "to 15 percent."

By Tom Kertscher • August 6, 2018
Mahlon Mitchell
stated on June 19, 2018 in an interview:

Says Scott Walker "has cut more from public education than he's put back in, obviously. He took $1.6 billion and some change away and then puts back $630 million and he's calling that progress."

By Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on April 18, 2018 in a tweet and campaign event:

Wisconsin lost "almost 4,000 manufacturing jobs in 2017."

By Taylor Palmby • July 23, 2018
Dana Wachs
stated on April 11, 2018 in an interview:

Says Scott Walker "has turned down $1 billion of Medicaid money over the course of his tenure."

By Tom Kertscher • June 15, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on May 2, 2018 in an interview:

Says that under Scott Walker, on a percentage basis, Wisconsin is "spending twice as much on debt service for just basic road repair and maintenance" than before he took office.

By Tom Kertscher • June 11, 2018
Tony Evers
stated on March 23, 2018 in an interview:

Says that despite a recent increase in school funding, Scott Walker "has taken over a billion dollars from the public schools."

By Tom Kertscher • April 20, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on December 11, 2017 in a candidates forum:

In 2011 under Scott Walker, Wisconsin for the first time spent "more on our prison system than we did" on the University of Wisconsin System.

By Tom Kertscher • January 12, 2018
Matt Flynn
stated on November 4, 2017 in a news release:

Under Scott Walker, "average wages, when adjusted for inflation, are lower today than they were under Jim Doyle."

By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2017
Scot Ross
stated on November 3, 2017 in an interview:

"Since 2015, Scott Walker has not done a public event where you don't have to pay admission or be on an approved list."

By Tom Kertscher • November 15, 2017
Tony Evers
stated on October 4, 2017 in a video:

"Job creation fell by 70 percent in Wisconsin in 2016" under Scott Walker.

By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2017
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on August 6, 2017 in a TV interview:

Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin is "still 16,000 manufacturing jobs lower than we were during the recession."

By Alan Hovorka • August 30, 2017
Andy Gronik
stated on July 14, 2017 in a TV interview:

Says Scott Walker "has taken money away from internet expansion in our state."

By Devi Shastri • August 10, 2017
Andy Gronik
stated on July 11, 2017 in an interview:

Wisconsin is "dead-last in creating new businesses" for "three years in a row."

By Tom Kertscher • July 26, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on June 8, 2017 in a radio interview:

Says Scott Walker recently said "he got his bald spot from hitting his head on a cabinet, and it's not a joke, he actually said that his bald spot came because he hit his head on a cabinet."

By D.L. Davis • July 3, 2017
Mark Pocan
stated on June 2, 2017 in a speech at the state Democratic convention:

"Seven years later, (Scott Walker) has not hit his first campaign promise of creating 250,000 jobs."

By Alan Hovorka • June 23, 2017
X posts
stated on May 23, 2017 in a tweet:

"Docs: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker took $1 million from a pro-Putin Ukrainian businessman—last election cycle."

By Tom Kertscher • June 21, 2017
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on February 20, 2017 in an interview:

Says Scott Walker is proposing to add 485 employees "in the category of supervisor and management" to his Department of Administration.

By Tom Kertscher • March 1, 2017
Gordon Hintz
stated on January 30, 2017 in an interview:

"Eleven individuals who make over $30 million each got $22 million credit" from Wisconsin's manufacturing and agriculture tax credit.

By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2017
Howard Dean
stated on November 15, 2016 in an interview:

Says Scott Walker left college "under an ethical cloud for having tried to fix" the election for student body president.

By Tom Kertscher • November 18, 2016
Dana Wachs
stated on July 15, 2016 in a tweet:

Says Scott Walker's "listening sessions" are "invite-only and excluding the press."

By Tom Kertscher • August 24, 2016
Katrina Shankland
stated on January 29, 2016 in a news release:

"Faced with $1 million in campaign debt," Scott Walker "is unloading his campaign security costs onto the backs of Wisconsin taxpayers."

By Tom Kertscher • February 5, 2016
Scot Ross
stated on December 13, 2015 in a television interview:

Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin "moved from 16th to third in percentage of people with student loan debt."

By James B. Nelson • January 8, 2016
Jon Erpenbach
stated on September 25, 2015 in an interview:

Says Scott Walker "said he wouldn't touch" the state civil service system but now supports overhauling it.

By Tom Kertscher • October 2, 2015
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 11, 2015 in a speech:

Says Scott Walker rejected legislation to make college loan payments tax deductible and the result was "to raise taxes on students."

By Tom Kertscher • September 9, 2015
Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2015 in comments to reporters:

Says Scott Walker "brags a lot about having an independent agency investigate police shootings. Of course, he didn’t fund it."

By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2015

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