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===January 2012===
*'''January 17, 2012''' Organizers of the effort to recall Gov. [[Scott Walker]] filed over 1 million signatures with the Government Accountability Board (GAB). An additional 845,000 signatures were filed to recall Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and a sufficient number to recall for Republican Sens. [[Pam Galloway]] of Wausau, [[Van Wanggaard]] of Racine and [[Terry Moulton]] of Chippewa Falls. Earlier in the day, the group working to recall Senate Majority Leader [[Scott Fitzgerald]], R-Juneau, filed 20,600 signatures. <ref> Clay Barbour, Mary Spicuzza, [http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/organizers-file-more-than-million-signatures-to-recall-walker/article_aaa74733-e658-593c-8ac6-c9ff225af629.html Organizers file more than 1 million signatures to recall Walker], [http://www.lacrossetribune.com Lacrosse Tribune], January 18, 2011 </ref>
===February 2012===
*'''February 20, 2012'''[[David Koch]] told the '''Pam Beach Post''' that he was going to help [[Walker]] get reelected: "We're helping him, as we should. We've gotten pretty good at this over the years," said Koch, "We've spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We're going to spend more."<ref>Stacey Singer, [http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/business/david-koch-intends-to-cure-cancer-in-his-lifetime-/nL4Fb/ "David Koch intends to cure cancer in his lifetime and remake American politics"], ''The Palm Beach Post'', February 20, 2012.</ref> [[David Koch]]'s [[Americans for Prosperity]] 501(c )(3) "charitable" arm worked with the right-wing [[MacIver Institute]] to produce a multi-million dollar "issue-ad" campaign called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lD9HiwRKTE/ "It's Working!"] The online, television and direct mail campaign touts the benefits of the Walker austerity budget, which sent unemployment in the state off a cliff.<ref>Mary Bottari, [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-bottari/post_3034_b_1293865.html/ "On Anniversary of Prank Call to Gov. Walker, the Real David Koch Wants to "Stop Union Power"], ''Huffington Post'', February 23, 2013.</ref> Sources say the groups have spent $2.9 million on TV ads to date and untold sums on staff, rallies, direct mail and internet ad campaigns.
===May 2012===
