A look through Wis. Gov. Scott Walker's tenure

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A look through Wis. Gov. Scott Walker's tenure
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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010 file photo, supporters cheer as then Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker enters his victory party in Pewaukee, Wis. More than a year after the standoff over union rights that rocked Wisconsin and the nation for weeks, the Republican Governor will face Milwaukee's Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett in Tuesday's recall election. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2010 file photo, supporters cheer as then Wisconsin Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker enters his victory party in Pewaukee, Wis. More than a year after the standoff over union rights that rocked Wisconsin and the nation for weeks, the Republican Governor will face Milwaukee's Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett in Tuesday's recall election. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)

FILE _ In this Nov. 15, 2010 file photo, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO President Phil Neuenfeldt speaks at a Milwaukee rally outside train maker Talgo Inc. on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, calling on Republican Gov.-elect Scott Walker to drop his opposition to the state?s federally funded high-speed rail project. More than a year after the standoff over union rights that rocked Wisconsin and the nation for weeks, the Republican Governor will face Milwaukee's Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett in Tuesday's recall election. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2011, file photo Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at an inauguration ceremony at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. More than a year after the standoff over union rights that rocked Wisconsin and the nation for weeks, the Republican Governor will face Milwaukee's Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett in Tuesday's recall election. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2011 file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is sworn in by Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson at an inauguration ceremony in the rotunda of the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. More than a year after the standoff over union rights that rocked Wisconsin and the nation for weeks, the Republican Governor will face Milwaukee's Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett in Tuesday's recall election. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2011 file photo, President Barack Obama receives an autographed Green Bay Packers Charles Woodson from Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, center, and Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt, upon his arrival in Green Bay, Wis., en route to nearby Manitowoc, Wis., where he will a tour renewable-energy factories and talk about jobs and the economy. More than a year after the standoff over union rights that rocked Wisconsin and the nation for weeks, the Republican Governor will face Milwaukee's Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett in Tuesday's recall election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

MADISON, Wis. (AP) ? On Tuesday, Wis. Gov. Scott Walker becomes the third governor in U.S. history to face a recall vote.

The effort to remove him from office began last year, when the Republican governor released a plan that called on public workers to give up nearly all of their collective bargaining rights in an effort to control the state budget. Protests as large as 100,000 swelled at the state Capitol, but despite the outcry, the bill was signed into law.

Since then, Walker has remained a rising national star while fighting the recall campaign at home. If he wins Tuesday's race, he will retain his seat until 2014. If he loses, he will be required to quickly leave office.

Watch how the recall movement was born in this series of photos that shows Walker's tumultuous term in Wisconsin.

Associated Press

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