Governor Scott Walker wins recall election

Yesterday, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker survived the recall election. This now puts him in U.S. history as the first Governor to ever win a recall election. In 1921, North Dakota's Governor Lynn Frazier was removed due to a recall and Gov. Gray Davis of California was recalled in 2003.

Although exit polls showed a tighter race, Walker ended up with 54% of the vote to Democrat Mayor Tom Barrett’s 45%, with nearly all the precincts reporting, and he will finish out his term.

Walker, who won by a bigger margin than when he defeated Barrett in 2010, called for unity after a bitter, expensive battle.