美国共和党籍的威斯康辛州州长沃克在一次罢免选举中击败了民主党对手巴雷特。观察人士说，这次选举结果将对今年11月的总统选举产生影响。
目前全部选票将近清点完毕，记票结果显示沃克在选战中以将近双位数字显著优势战胜巴雷特。在投票结束的数小时后，巴雷特承认败选。
沃克就任威斯康辛州州长之后不久，大力推动通过一项法律，以严格限制大多数州政府雇员要求提薪以及其他福利的权利，这一举动激怒了工会和民主党活动人士。
沃克是美国有史以来第一位在罢免选举中获胜的州长。
Republican Governor Scott Walker of ((the midwestern U.S. state of)) Wisconsin has defeated his Democratic opponent in a recall election that observers say has implications for the November presidential election.
With nearly all the votes counted, Walker was easily beating Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett by nearly a double digit margin in a race which attracted huge voter turnout. Barrettconceded the race hours after the polls closed.
Shortly after taking office, Walker pushed through a law that sharply curtailed the right of most government employees to bargain for pay raises and other benefits, angering unions and Democratic activists.
Walker is the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall election.