ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/GOP/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Gov. Scott Walker, reiterating that he’s in the toughest race for governor in his career, said Friday [10-5-18] he would welcome a visit from President Donald Trump to help him out even as polls show most Wisconsin voters disapprove of the job Trump is doing. Walker told reporters after a stop at Automation Components Inc. that he’s said ‘100 times’ he would be glad if Trump visited, even while admitting that anger over politics in Washington is fueling his opponents. Polls have shown Walker trailing Democrat Tony Evers, the state superintendent, with the Nov. 6 election five weeks away. Trump narrowly won Wisconsin in 2016 and has not yet scheduled a campaign stop with Walker. Vice President Mike Pence plans to hold fundraisers for the two-term Republican incumbent in Green Bay and Eau Claire on Wednesday. Trump was last in the state in late June for the groundbreaking of the Foxconn Technology Group plant in Mount Pleasant. Walker said he’s shown that he can work with Trump and disagree with him at the same time.”
–The Associated Press, “Walker Would Welcome Trump During Hardest Gubernatorial Race,” The New York Times online, October 5, 2018