There have been only two successful gubernatorial recalls in U.S. history, against California Gov. FILE - In this March 10, 2012, file photo, the Solidarity Singers lead a crowd in song at the end of a rally to recall Wisconsin Gov. Elections officials said that during that review they found just five fake names of the 931,053 submitted on the Walker petitions: Adolf Hitler, Mick E. Mous, Donald L. Duck, Fungky Van Den Elzen, and I Love Scott Walker Thanks. If the board orders elections on Friday as expected, recall primary elections — if necessary — are expected to be held on May 8, followed by a June 5 general election. A passionate fight ensued in Wisconsin, the first state to enact a comprehensive collective bargaining law in 1959 and the birthplace of the national union representing all non-federal public employees. Walker has run television ads almost nonstop since mid-November when the recall petitions first hit the street.
– And the state's elections board makes it official: The recall election against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has been ordered, the AP reports. Mick E. Mous, Donald L. Duck, and Adolf Hitler have been scratched, but almost all the other 900,000 signatures on a petition to recall Wisconsin's controversial Republican governor have been declared genuine, clearing the way for a June 5 election. At least three Democrats are running to replace Scott Walker, and a primary will be held May 8, reports the Wisconsin State Journal. The state's lieutenant governor and four Republican state senators also face recall. If Democrats succeed in ousting Walker, he will be only the third governor in US history to be recalled. "This was the greatest petition campaign in American history for a reason: Scott Walker's radical overreach and abuse of power," said a Democratic Party spokesman. A Walker campaign spokeswoman says the governor is ready to defend his record. The recall battle has been such a prominent issue in Wisconsin that even Republican activists say they haven't been paying much attention to the state's April 3 primary, AP notes.