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Gubernatorial Race Heats Up With Just Over a Year Until Election

Gov. Scott Walker is expected to run for a third term. He is up for relection in 2018.

There are about 16 months left before Wisconsin's next gubernatorial election. Republican Scott Walker is expected to run for a third term, but who will be his opponent? Observers have been wondering. And it now appears the race is beginning to heat up on the Democratic side. WUWM spoke with UW Madison political scientist Barry Burden about the jockeying happening right now.

LaToya was a reporter with WUWM from 2006 to 2021.