After months of speculation, on March 30 Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett officially entered the crowded recall race to oust Gov. Scott Walker.
Barrett will face former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, long-time Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette and state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, D-Alma, in a May 8 primary election. The winner will challenge Walker June 5.
The most recent Marquette Law School Poll suggests Barrett would fair slightly better than Falk in a face-off against Walker, but both would lose to the embattled governor by a slim margin. La Follette and Vinehout trail by a significant amount in the polls.
Barrett entered the race for governor less than a week before his April 3 re-election as Milwaukee Mayor, a race he easily won.
