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 "The week of the 13th is when we will be likely to make our
announcement as to what our intentions are," Scott told Fox News.
Walker is in second place among the large field of Republican
presidential candidates and expected entrants, trailing front-runner
Jeb Bush, a former Florida governor, in an average of polls compiled
by RealClearPolitics.
If he decides to run, Walker, 47, would enter the race with the
potential to appeal to a wide swath of Republican primary voters,
from establishment-minded moderates to conservative Christians.
Shortly after becoming governor in 2011, Walker proposed curbing the
collective-bargaining rights of teachers and other public employees
in the state. The ensuing political battle rallied conservatives and
brought him national attention.
When Walker's measure became law, labor unions mounted an
unsuccessful effort to recall him in 2012.
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Walker won re-election in 2014, claiming victory for a third time in
a political battleground state that has not voted for a Republican
presidential candidate since 1984.
(Reporting by Eric Beech and Andy Sullivan; Editing by Mohammad
Zargham)
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