# Can Scott Walker be re-elected Governor of Wisconsin? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 20, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184 "2014-06-20T00:36:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/321 "2014-11-02T13:50:54Z")
> [@Reginald\_Hobbes](#): > > What exactly are you responding to here? I think she was responding to allegations by the director of Human Resources at the Burke family company that they fired her for incompetence (she was director of European sales), and that her claims of the success of the company under her direction are lies. The same claim is backed by another, unnamed employee of the company, and denied by her brother, so FWIW. > [@](#): > > Ellerman and the other employees tell Wisconsin Reporter that Burke’s sales boasts are lies, that the European division did significantly lower numbers — at least $10 million lower — during her tenure as director. Most of the sales increases, they said, were in Trek’s United Kingdom market, which was well established before Burke arrived, and in the Japan operations, which Burke had nothing to do with. Any growth in sales was well offset by the losses sustained in Germany and other European countries, according to the former executives. > > Trek is a privately held company and does not disclose its sales or earnings figures. Mary Burke, too, has refused to provide documentation of the numbers. [Cite](http://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2014/10/29/oh-geez-mary-burkes-family-reportedly-terminated-her-for-incompetence-n1911613). Tom Albers is the former COO, and he has stated [on the record](http://hotair.com/archives/2014/10/30/mary-burke-i-wasnt-technically-fired-from-my-familys-company-they-just-eliminated-my-position/) > [@](#): > > “Her performance in Europe was not good,” he says. “We were losing a lot of money for us at the time. I don’t remember the amount, but it was considered significant based on where we were [as a company] at that particular point in time.” “And also, we were encountering personnel/people problems over there. The people were threatening to leave the company. Many of them were.” Primarily, Albers contends, because of the managerial style of their supervisor, Mary Burke. “Her way of managing was kind of a ‘her way or the highway’ kind of approach to things,” Albers explains… About her role as commerce secretary her (Democrat) predecessor Cory Nettles said > [@](#): > > In a September 2006 email that first surfaced two weeks ago, Nettles expressed a far harsher opinion of Burke. “She’s a disaster,” Nettles wrote at the time to another political appointee who was still working under Burke at the state Department of Commerce. Burke has claimed that she wasn’t fired from her position at Trek Bicycle (her family company), but was let go in a restructuring. Funny how this kind of thing passes under the SDMB radar, while prosecution documenting that Walker did nothing illegal is taken as absolute proof that he is about to be indicted and can’t possibly be re-elected. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/322 "2014-11-02T14:03:51Z")
and unlike the allegations against Walker, the ones against Burke are perfectly timed.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Reginald\_Hobbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@Reginald\_Hobbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reginald_Hobbes)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/323 "2014-11-02T17:59:27Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Burke has claimed that she wasn’t fired from her position at Trek Bicycle (her family company), but was let go in a restructuring. > > Regards, > Shodan Children of the company founder, who are responsible for millions in sales increases, are always the first to go. Tragic, really. > [@adaher](#): > > and unlike the allegations against Walker, the ones against Burke are perfectly timed.🙂 Part if the spin around here is that is an October Surprise / Walker dirty trick. With hundreds of thousands of people already having early voted, that tactic doesn’t really make sense anymore. Could just be the largest newspaper in the state embarrassed that it didn’t try a little harder to verify Burke’s resume. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/324 "2014-11-03T21:15:15Z")
> [@Reginald\_Hobbes](#): > > Children of the company founder, who are responsible for millions in sales increases, are always the first to go. 😃 Now Burke is running ads calling Walker supporters nazis. I smell fear. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/325 "2014-11-04T00:09:23Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Now Burke is running ads calling Walker supporters nazis. Way to distort. The ad accuses a Walker associate of using nazi-esque imagery on FB, that is a long, long way from calling Walker supporters (your implication would suggest you mean as a group) nazis. regards ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/326 "2014-11-04T12:07:28Z")
No, it isn’t different at all. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/327 "2014-11-04T15:56:08Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > 😃 > > Now Burke is running ads calling Walker supporters nazis. > > I smell fear. > > Regards, > Shodan Take a shower. ---
**Author:** ![Hayden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/91b2a8/32.png) [@Hayden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hayden)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/328 "2014-11-05T03:31:12Z")
Oh boy, Burke is getting hammered. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/329 "2014-11-05T03:45:45Z")
> [@Hayden](#): > > Oh boy, Burke is getting hammered. But…but… “Dead heat!” ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/330 "2014-11-05T04:19:08Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Looking forward to sending crow recipes to Shodan. Save your postage. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/331 "2014-11-05T18:32:18Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Looking forward to sending crow recipes to Shodan. You were saying? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/332 "2014-11-05T18:48:03Z")
I’ve been wrong too often to gloat, personally. Hopefully after today we all show a little more humility. Scott Walker looks like a 2016 frontrunner now though. Kasich too. One of the problems, a good kind of problem, that this election created is that it didn’t eliminate any 2016 contenders. If anything, it enhanced their reputations. It’ll be hard to coalesce around just one guy. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/333 "2014-11-05T20:20:16Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Can Scott Walker be re-elected Governor of Wisconsin? (post shortened) The answer is - Yes, Scott Walker can be re-elected Governor of Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/334 "2014-11-05T20:22:34Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > (post shortened) > > The answer is - Yes, Scott Walker can be re-elected Governor of Wisconsin. Will he be indicted? That’s the question! An indictment is coming any day now! ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/335 "2014-11-05T20:27:36Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Looking forward to sending crow recipes to Shodan. Marinated, baked for 30 minutes and grilled for 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/336 "2014-11-05T20:39:04Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Will he be indicted? That’s the question! An indictment is coming any day now! I have no idea if Scott Walker will be indicted. If the indictment was being held up pending the outcome of the election, and I don’t know this to be true, then the outcome of the election might also decide if Walker will, or will not, be indicted. Both political parties will make spurious claims. If the indictment was held so as not to appear to effect the outcome of the election, that plan failed before it started. Releasing it early could have influenced the voters and not releasing it early could have influenced the voters. A weak response on my part, to be sure, but it’s all I’ve got. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/337 "2014-11-05T23:37:05Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > … could possibly win a second term but in the end the voters get the government they deserve. Yeah, we kind of love it here. Debt free State economy, taxes lowered, schools doing much better as a whole, government services at full tilt, jobs and business climate improving… It’s nice to have someone with some fiscal common sense running things for a change. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/338 "2014-11-06T00:18:34Z")
And in a nutshell, that’s the case for Walker. Needless to say, it won him three elections for two terms. BTW, what other Republican can claim they won that many statewide elections in a purple state? Rick Perry has won more elections, but that’s Texas. Scott Walker is going to have a powerful argument to make for the nomination should he decide to run. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/339 "2014-11-06T01:37:51Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > And in a nutshell, that’s the case for Walker. Needless to say, it won him three elections for two terms. BTW, what other Republican can claim they won that many statewide elections in a purple state? Rick Perry has won more elections, but that’s Texas. Scott Walker is going to have a powerful argument to make for the nomination should he decide to run. His biggest problem will be sub-Kerry charisma. Also, his policies are shit, but I guess that doesn’t matter nowadays. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/340 "2014-11-06T02:06:30Z")
I guess the answer to the OP title was, “Yes”. By 6 points. I see that between the 2 candidates, $60 million was spent on this race, including outside spending. [Gov. Scott Walker wins re-election](http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/11/04/scott-walker-mary-burke-governor/18505161/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184.md?page=18)