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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"/>
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"/>
==Early political career==
In 1990, Walker unsuccessfully ran for the Wisconsin State Assembly.<ref name="Timeline"/> In 1993, he was successfully elected to the state assembly in a special election.<ref name="Barbour"/> He was re-elected four times, serving until 2002.<ref name="Bio"/><ref name="Timeline"/> As early as his first election campaign and his tenure as state representative, it was clear that Walker was a solid fiscal and social conservative.<ref name="Bio"/><ref name="Timeline"/>
In 2002, the Democrat Milwaukee County Executive, Tom Ament, decided to retire rather than face a recall election due to a pension scandal.<ref name="Timeline"/><ref name="Barbour"/> Walker won the election in a historic victory, becoming "the youngest person and first Republican [ever] elected to the position"<ref name="Timeline"/> in a liberal county.<ref name="Barbour"/> As Milwaukee County Executive, Walker again showed his strong conservative values by shrinking the government workforce by 20 percent, by cutting over $44 million in proposed spending through his veto powers, and returning $370,000 of his government salary back to the county, among many other decisions.<ref name="Barbour"/> Walker was re-elected to the position in 2004 ad 2008.<ref name="Bio"/><ref name="Timeline"/>
==Governor of Wisconsin==
==Governor of Wisconsin==