evidence: That’s the year Kleefisch jumped headfirst into politics, winning a GOP primary for lieutenant governor to join Scott Walker’s ticket. It’s the year Walker, Kleefisch and legislative Republicans won control of state government and fundamentally changed Wisconsin. Kleefisch first built her political brand in her 2010 campaign for lieutenant governor. She was a former TV reporter who introduced herself to voters as a minivan-driving mom who was fed up with state government. The next year, she stood by Walker as he introduced his landmark changes to union laws. And in 2012, Kleefisch became the first lieutenant governor in U.S. history to survive a recall election. [...] Kleefisch said she first considered she might be governor some day during Walker’s run for president in 2015. While Walker’s candidacy ended quickly, she said the experience gave her the mental freedom to think about how she would handle the job.