Walker defends job creation record, touts workforce efforts ahead of re-election announcement
As he launches his bid for a third term, Gov. Scott Walker defended his record on job creation, telling WisPolitics.com the record number of people employed in Wisconsin shows he’s put the state back to work. Democrats have regularly knocked Walker because after seven years in the Capitol’s East Wing, he’s still short of his pledge to create 250,000 jobs during his first four years in office. The state also has regularly lagged behind other Midwestern states for the rate at which jobs are created. But Walker, who was to formally launch his campaign Nov. 5, pointed to the nearly