![Scott Walker's senior portrait from Delavan Darien High School in Delavan, Wisc., 1986](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_05.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![MJS Untitled-2.jpg Scott Walker at age 2.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![plainfield01p1.jpg Scott Walker appears with his younger brother David and his parents Llew and Pat in this undated photo.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![MJS Untitled-6.jpg Scott Walker an in Eagle Scout in 1986.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_03.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Scott Walker Senior Year 1986Delavan Darien High School, Delavan, WISwing Choir; he is upper right](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scottwalkersrswingchoir.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Scott Walker's senior portrait from Delavan Darien High School in Delavan, Wisc., 1986](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_05.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Tom Barrett, Scott Walker Wisconsin Governor candidates Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, left, and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker greet each other before their final debate in Madison, Wis., on Oct. 29, 2010.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_06.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Wisconsin Governor Supporters cheer as Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker enters his victory party, in Pewaukee, Wisc., on Nov, 2, 2010.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_07.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Scott Walker Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at an inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the state Capitol Monday in Madison, Wis., on Jan. 3, 2011.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_08.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![walker_ball, nws, sieu, 2 Scott Walker dances with his wife, Tonette, at the Inaugural Ball at Monona Terrace in Madison, Wis., on Jan. 3, 2011.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_09.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Wisconsin State Governor Walker signs the ceremonial bill after the House and Senate eliminated almost all collective bargaining for most public workers at the state Capitol in Madison Wisconsin State Governor Scott Walker signs the ceremonial bill, after the Republican-controlled House and Senate eliminated almost all collective bargaining for most public workers at the state Capitol in Madison Wis., March 11, 2011.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_10.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Wisconsin Governor Walker presents U.S. President Obama with a Milwaukee Brewers jersey in Milwaukee Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker presents U.S. President Barack Obama with a Milwaukee Brewers jersey upon his arrival in Milwaukee, Wis., on Feb. 15, 2012.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_11.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and Gov. Scott Walker wave in Wisconsin U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney (2nd R) waves next to Governor Scott Walker (R), Representative Paul Ryan (2nd L), and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus (L) before speaking to a crowd at Monterey Mills in Janesville, Wis., June 18, 2012.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_12.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Scott Walker Gov. Scott Walker, right, talks with farmer Jeff Ehrhart about drought damage to his corn crop in the background in Burlington, Wis., on July 20, 2012.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_13.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Wisconsin Governor Walker attends a prayer service at the Sikh Temple in Brookfield, Wisconsin Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker attends a prayer service at the Sikh Temple in Brookfield, Wis., on August 6, 2012.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_14.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Gov. Scott Walker Attends Election Night Rally In Milwaukee Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at his election night party in West Allis, Wis., on Nov. 4, 2014](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/scott-walker_15.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, MD, February 26-28, 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, MD, February 26-28, 2015](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/scott-walker-cpac.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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