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==Early life==
==Early life==
Walker was born on November 2, 1967 in [[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]].<ref name="Bio">[http://www.biography.com/people/scott-walker-20941829 Scott Walker]. ''Biography.com''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> His father was a Baptist minister, and the Walker family moved to Plainfield, [[Iowa]] and then to the small town of Delavan, Wisconsin when Walker was nine.<ref name="Bio"/><ref name="Timeline">Stein, Kate (July 19, 2015). [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/timeline-the-life-and-career-of-scott-walker/html_4c4013e6-9bfe-5cdd-b494-2ba6bcf88827.html Timeline: The life and career of Scott Walker]. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> Walker was active in school sports and other activities as a kid, and he was an [[Eagle Scout]].<ref name="Barbour">Barbour, Clay (October 24, 2010). [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/article_da67cf2c-df74-11df-acf0-001cc4c002e0.html From preacher’s kid to front-runner: Scott Walker’s small-town roots led to reputation as fiscal hawk]. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> In 1985, he was one of two boys chosen to represent Wisconsin for the Boys Nation, an event in [[Washington D.C.]] sponsored by the American Legion.<ref name="Bio"/> At the event, Walker was able to meet United States President [[Ronald Reagan]], "who he said inspired him and became his role model",<ref name="Bio"/> and he has stated that the even gave "him the political bug."<ref name="Barbour"/> Walker graduated from Delavan-Darien High School in 1986.<ref name="Timeline"/>
Walker was born on November 2, 1967 in [[Colorado Springs]], [[Colorado]].<ref name="Bio">[http://www.biography.com/people/scott-walker-20941829 Scott Walker]. ''Biography.com''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> His father was a Baptist minister, and the Walker family moved to Plainfield, [[Iowa]] and then to the small town of Delavan, Wisconsin when Walker was nine.<ref name="Bio"/><ref name="Timeline">Stein, Kate (July 19, 2015). [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/timeline-the-life-and-career-of-scott-walker/html_4c4013e6-9bfe-5cdd-b494-2ba6bcf88827.html Timeline: The life and career of Scott Walker]. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> Walker was active in school sports and other activities as a kid, and he was an [[Eagle Scout]].<ref name="Barbour">Barbour, Clay (October 24, 2010). [http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/article_da67cf2c-df74-11df-acf0-001cc4c002e0.html From preacher’s kid to front-runner: Scott Walker’s small-town roots led to reputation as fiscal hawk]. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> In 1985, he was one of two boys chosen to represent Wisconsin for the Boys Nation, an event in [[Washington D.C.]] sponsored by the American Legion.<ref name="Bio"/> At the event, Walker was able to meet United States President [[Ronald Reagan]], "who he said inspired him and became his role model",<ref name="Bio"/> and he has stated that the even gave "him the political bug."<ref name="Barbour"/> Walker graduated from Delavan-Darien High School in 1986.<ref name="Timeline"/>
The same year he graduated high school, Walker entered Marquette University, and he would be a student there until the spring of 1990.<ref name="Bio"/> Walker was very active in student government, and he unsuccessfully ran for student president in 1988.<ref name="Timeline"/> Walker earned good grades, had a clean record, and was only 34 credits away from graduating, however he voluntarily dropped out after he received a well-paying job at American Red Cross.<ref name="Barbour"><ref>Viser, Matt (February 11, 2015). [https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/02/11/scott-walker-dropped-out-marquette-but-his-education-campus-politics-set-him-ambitious-path/m41BjqIY9xAltlCgR6z5CM/story.html Scott Walker’s political ambitions fostered at Marquette]. ''The Boston Globe''. Retrieved October 20, 2016.</ref> Liberals tried to mock him because of this in 2015, but Marquette made clear that he was "a senior in good standing when he voluntarily withdrew".<ref name="Bio"/>
==Governor of Wisconsin==
==Governor of Wisconsin==