Which Wisconsin state governor oversaw a vote to significantly limit public employee collective bargaining?
Wisconsin Senate recall elections, 2011 Recall elections for nine Wisconsin state senators were held during the summer of 2011; one was held on July 19, and six on August 9, with two more held on August 16. Voters attempted to put 16 state senators up for recall, eight Democrats and eight Republicans, because of the budget bill proposed by Governor Scott Walker and circumstances surrounding it. Republicans targeted Democrats for leaving the state for three weeks to prevent the bill from receiving a vote, while Democrats targeted Republicans for voting to significantly limit public employee collective bargaining. Scholars could cite only three times in American history when more than one state legislator has been recalled at roughly the same time over the same issue.
Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 1922 The 1922 gubernatorial election in Wisconsin was held on November 7, 1922. Republican candidate John J. Blaine won the election with 76% of the vote, winning his second of three terms in a massive victory as Governor of Wisconsin due to his massive popularity, the overall popularity of the Republican Party in the 1920s and the obscurity of his opponents. Blaine defeated Independent Democrat candidate Arthur A. Bentley, Socialist candidate Louis A. Arnold and Prohibition Party candidate M. L. Welles.