Walker defeated Barrett in the June 5 recall election by garnering 53.2%-46.3%, a similar margin to the 2010 election. Walker thus became the first Governor in US history to survive a recall election. Personal life Barrett and his wife still live in Milwaukee's Washington Heights neighborhood, blocks away from his childhood home, where they raised their four, now adult, children Tommy, Annie, Erin and Kate, who all attended Milwaukee German Immersion School. 2009 Wisconsin State Fair attack Barrett was the subject of national news headlines when he was attacked outside the Wisconsin State Fair on August 15, 2009, by a man wielding a pipe. Barrett and some family members were leaving the fair when he responded to a woman's cries for help. They encountered a man and a woman in a heated confrontation. While the mayor called the police, the man, 20-year-old Anthony J. Peters, attacked him with a pipe. Barrett was hospitalized after the incident and again later for reconstructive surgery for his hand. Governor Jim Doyle visited Barrett in the hospital the next morning and said he "found him to be in good spirits and looking good considering what happened... The mayor's heroic actions clearly saved a woman and others from harm", Doyle said in a statement. Peters was arrested the next day. Both President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden telephoned Barrett in the hospital to inquire as to his condition; Obama told Barrett that he went above the call of duty and said he was proud of Barrett's actions. Barrett's injuries included broken teeth, a permanently damaged hand, as well as blows to the head where he was struck with the pipe. Peters plead guilty and was sentenced to 12 years in prison and a further 10 years of supervision. Electoral history U.S. House of Representatives Mayor of Milwaukee Gubernatorial bids See also List of mayors of the 50 largest cities in the United States Zapple doctrine − role in 2012 campaign References External links Mayor Tom Barrett official government site Appearances at the Internet Movie Database |- |- |- |- |- 1953 births 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American politicians Ambassadors of the United States to Luxembourg American people of Irish descent Candidates in the 2010 United States elections Candidates in the 2012 United States elections Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin Living people Marquette University