Governor races

Priebus said Wisconsin Gov. Walker, facing a recall election, was "talking about that the fact that his reforms are working"

Milwaukee's mayor said Gov. Walker was using Wisconsin's recall to position himself as "the rock star of the far right."

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee said it has put another $100,000 into the effort to remove Gov. Scott Walker.

Ron Kind, Tammy Baldwin and Gwen Moore downplayed polling showing Walker with a lead over the Democratic candidate.

Clinton was in Wisconsin as Democrats are making their final push to bolster Tom Barrett's chances to unseat Gov. Walker.

In a sometimes-heated final debate Thursday night, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) drilled in on the ongoing criminal investigation of some of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's (R) former aides.

Walker and Barrett have run hard-hitting ads questioning each other's honesty in recent days — Barrett's targeted the probe, while Walker's ads have questioned whether his police department has doctored statistics on violent crime. Both topics were the focus of the debate, and showed that in a race that started out as a referendum on labor rights, the final days will be fought on more personal territory.

"I have a police department that arrests felons," Barrett said at one point, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. "He has a practice of hiring them."

Thirteen former Walker aides from his time as Milwaukee County executive have been granted immunity in the case in exchange for their cooperation, including Walker's former spokeswoman at the department, whose name was added to the list this week.

Walker criticized Barrett for how his police department has handled crime statistics. Barrett has touted a drop in violent crime, but a Journal-Sentinel piece showed much of that drop might have derived from massaged statistics.

The two will face off in the recall election on Tuesday. Walker has led narrowly in most nonpartisan polls, but Barrett hopes that a visit Friday from former President Bill Clinton will help stir up enthusiasm for his campaign.

The leader of one of the country’s most politically powerful unions said national Democrats could have done more in Wisconsin.

Democrats are turning to the former president as polls show Gov. Walker leading his opponent by 7 points.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has maintained his lead over Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) with less than a week to go before their recall election, according to a new poll from Marquette University.

Walker leads Barrett by 52 to 45 percent, according to the poll. That's virtually unchanged from his 50 to 44 percent lead in the last poll they conducted earlier in May.

The two will face off on Tuesday. Walker has held a lead in all recent polling of the race.

The poll was conducted from May 23-26.

An Obama spokeswoman said the Wisconsin recall "has nothing to do with President Obama at the top of the ticket."