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Scott Walker is governor of Wisconsin, born in 1967 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. After college he entered politics as a Republican starting as an Assemblyman in the state legislature, then as Milwaukee County Executive. He is running for president in the 2016 elections. He is best known for standing up to unions, limiting collective bargaining rights, and balancing budgets by cutting spending. He is married to Tonette Tarantino and they have two sons.

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2 Nov, 1967

Scott Walker born in Colorado Springs

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Scott Walker is born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Llewellyn, a pastor, and Patricia Walker, a department store bookkeeper who also writes a column for the local newspaper. His family moves to Plainview, Iowa, when he is 2-1/2 years old where his father takes a job as pastor of the First Baptist Church. His third grade teacher says he is:

An excellent student. He was a mischievous little boy, but he wasn’t naughty.

When he is 10, they move to Delavan, Wisconsin. In 1985 he is selected as an Eagle Scout to represent Wisconsin at the American Legion Boys Nation in Washington, D.C.