# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/421 "2018-11-07T07:42:22Z")
Tony Evers wins the Wisconsin governor’s race. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/422 "2018-11-07T07:52:59Z")
woot ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/423 "2018-11-07T13:36:13Z")
Walker not conceding… “Prepare for a long recount”. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/424 "2018-11-07T13:55:01Z")
Congrats Badgers on the apparent success in removing this cancerous tumor from your governor’s mansion. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/425 "2018-11-07T13:55:06Z")
The recount can only happen if the margin is \< 1% (Poetic justice - the Republicans voted this after the 2016 recount paid for by Jill Stein) Not sure it can hit that margin. Brian ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/426 "2018-11-07T15:39:35Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > The recount can only happen if the margin is \< 1% (Poetic justice - the Republicans voted this after the 2016 recount paid for by Jill Stein) > Not sure it can hit that margin. The current stats on the [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel election page](https://projects.jsonline.com/topics/election/2018/11/6/november-2018-wisconsin-general-election-results.html) indicate that it’s at: - Evers 49.58% - Walker 48.43% They show only one precinct still not reporting, though I have no idea if there are yet-to-be tallied absentee or provisional ballots, as well. Regardless, anything still uncounted would need to move substantially in Walker’s favor to even open the door for a recount, and he’s still currently down by over 30,000 votes. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/427 "2018-11-07T17:38:00Z")
Same website has all precincts reported Scott Walker (I) R 1,293,799 Tony Evers D 1,324,648 so 30,489 out of 2,761,347 = 1.104% I added the totals for the 3rd party candidates If we just take those two it is 2,618,447 so 1.116% Brian (lives in MN but works in WI, has siblings in WI, and spends time in WI) (please double check my math) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/428 "2018-11-07T18:21:05Z")
[Nelson]Ha ha![/Nelson] ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/429 "2018-11-08T01:21:46Z")
All day long I was googling “Walker Concedes”, and lo and behold, that popped up as a headline this afternoon! > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [Nelson]Ha ha![/Nelson] ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/430 "2018-11-08T01:52:59Z")
And yet the Wisconsin GOP still holds power in both chambers of the Legislature [so they may show us what sore losers they really are.](https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/scott-walker-concedes-to-tony-evers-assembly-speaker-says-gop/article_c5d323d1-7b64-5a8c-b5db-3cd168a530c1.html) > [@](#): > > Speaking to reporters at the state Capitol, [Assembly Speaker Robin] Vos suggested he may seek to curtail the governor’s powers during a lame-duck session before Evers takes office in January. > > “If there are areas we could look and say ‘Geez, have we made mistakes where we granted too much power to the executive,’ I’d be open to taking a look & saying ‘what could we do to change that?’” Vos, R-Rochester, said. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184/431 "2018-11-09T18:42:37Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Congrats Badgers on the apparent success in removing this cancerous tumor from your governor’s mansion. Ding Dong the Witch is Dead A necessary first step toward returning to sanity. We’ll see if the GOP passes a bunch of sore loser laws restricting the governor’s powers. I suppose mostly with regard to the line item veto. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-scott-walker-be-re-elected-governor-of-wisconsin/691184.md?page=21)