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Ben Wikler: “It took three elections to defeat Scott Walker.”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 14:48

And we had a Republican state supreme court, Republican governor, Republican attorney general, and Republicans in total control of both chambers of our state legislature for a long time. It took three elections to defeat Scott Walker. 2018, we won by 1.1 percentage point. In the governor's race, Michigan was 10 points. We're a little jealous of that, but we managed to win that election. (14:48–14:52)

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Asserts that defeating Scott Walker required three election cycles.

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