2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2012_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_recall_election
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date June 5, 2012
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2012 Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:Scott_Walker
gptkbp:location gptkb:Wisconsin
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:2014_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election
gptkbp:notable_for first U.S. governor to survive a recall election
gptkbp:officeContested gptkb:Governor_of_Wisconsin
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Tom_Barrett
46.3%
1,164,480
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Wisconsin_Government_Accountability_Board
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:2010_Wisconsin_gubernatorial_election
gptkbp:recall controversy over collective bargaining rights for public employees
gptkbp:recallPetitionSignatures over 900,000
gptkbp:result Scott Walker retained office
gptkbp:runningMateOf gptkb:Rebecca_Kleefisch
gptkbp:runningMateOfMainOpponent gptkb:Mahlon_Mitchell
gptkbp:type recall election
gptkbp:voterTurnout 57.8%
gptkbp:votesForWinner 1,335,585
53.1%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Scott_Walker
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Scott_Walker
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5