SCOTT WALKER: Just three votes on one ballot helped decide Wisconsin’s future
Three votes.
That is the margin that helped launch one of the most consequential political careers in modern Wisconsin state government .
In September 2010, Tyler August was a 27-year-old candidate running in a six-way Republican primary for an open seat in the Wisconsin State Assembly.
When election night ended, it appeared he had lost.
Adam Gibbs was reported ahead by four votes.
FOX NEWS POWER RANKINGS: AS THE HOUSE FALLS, THE SENATE STAYS IN PLAY Then came the recount.
When it was finished, August had won 1,760 votes to Gibbs’ 1,757.
Three votes.
Out of more than 7,300 cast.
Fewer people than fit around most kitchen tables separated winning from losing.
GEORGIA VOTERS SET EARLY-VOTING RECORD AS MIDTERM ELECTIONS HEAT UP August went on to win the general election that November.
Sixteen years later, he serves as majority leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly, one of the most powerful positions in state government.
Think about everything that had to pass through that three-vote doorway first.
Every vote he has cast in the legislature.
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