Politics

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Gov. Scott Walker talks about the release of the first television ad run against him by Democratic challenger Mary Burke on Wednesday, March 5, 2014, in Madison, Wis. The ad, released by Burke’s campaign online Wednesday, comes eight months before the November election and signals that the race is heating up. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer)

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FILE - In this file photo provided by the Burke campaign is former Wisconsin commerce secretary. Democrat Burke’s first television ad in the race against Republican Gov. Scott Walker will begin airing in multiple markets Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 touting her background with bicycle maker Trek while also attacking Walker’s record on jobs. (AP Photo/courtesy of Mary Burke, File)

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File-This Nov. 1, 2011 file photo shows Sen. Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix, holds a news conference at the Arizona Capitol, in Phoenix. Gallardo a veteran Arizona legislator who is running for the open U.S. House seat being vacated by the retirement of Rep. Ed Pastor told reporters Wednesday, March 5, 2014 that he is gay. Gallardo said he felt the need to come out publicly partly because of the recent battle against a bill approved by the Arizona Legislature that would have allowed businesses to refuse service to gays based on religious beliefs. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin,File)

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Austria's Marko Arnautovic, right, challenges for a ball with Uruguay's Maximiliano Pereira, left, during a friendly soccer match between Austria and Uruguay, in Klagenfurt, Austria , Wednesday, March 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

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Austria's David Alaba, right, challenges for the ball with Uruguay's Diego Perez, left, during a friendly soccer match between Austria and Uruguay, in Klagenfurt, Austria, Wednesday, March 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

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In this Sept. 5, 2013 file photo, Rep. Alan Grayson, R-Fla., arrives to join lawmakers and national security officials at the Capitol for a closed-door briefing on the situation in Syria, in Washington. Grayson issued a statement Wednesday, March 5, 2014 denying he battered his estranged wife. His wife, Lolita, claims he pushed her against the front door of their Orlando home when he stopped by the house to visit his children on Saturday, March 1, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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French-built warship BPC Vladivostock, designed to strengthen Russia's ability to deploy troops, tanks and helicopter gunships, leaves the Saint Nazaire's harbor, western France, for its test run on the open sea off coast of France, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, just as Western powers are trying to rein in Russian President Vladimir Putin's military threat to Ukraine. The warship is part of a 1.2-billion-euro deal ($1.6-billion) that marked the biggest-ever sale of NATO weaponry to Moscow, a deal that already raised eyebrows both within Russia's military circles and among France's Western allies when it was struck in 2011. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

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French-built warship BPC Vladivostock, designed to strengthen Russia's ability to deploy troops, tanks and helicopter gunships, leaves the Saint Nazaire's harbor, western France, for its test run on the open sea off coast of France, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, just as Western powers are trying to rein in Russian President Vladimir Putin's military threat to Ukraine. The warship is part of a 1.2-billion-euro deal ($1.6-billion) that marked the biggest-ever sale of NATO weaponry to Moscow, a deal that already raised eyebrows both within Russia's military circles and among France's Western allies when it was struck in 2011. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

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French-built warship BPC Vladivostock, designed to strengthen Russia's ability to deploy troops, tanks and helicopter gunships, leaves the Saint Nazaire's harbor, western France, for its test run on the open sea off coast of France, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, just as Western powers are trying to rein in Russian President Vladimir Putin's military threat to Ukraine. The warship is part of a 1.2-billion-euro deal ($1.6-billion) that marked the biggest-ever sale of NATO weaponry to Moscow, a deal that already raised eyebrows both within Russia's military circles and among France's Western allies when it was struck in 2011. (AP Photo/David Vincent)

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French-built warship BPC Vladivostock, designed to strengthen Russia's ability to deploy troops, tanks and helicopter gunships, leaves the Saint Nazaire's harbor, western France, for its test run on the open sea off coast of France, Wednesday, March 5, 2014, just as Western powers are trying to rein in Russian President Vladimir Putin's military threat to Ukraine. The warship is part of a 1.2-billion-euro deal ($1.6-billion) that marked the biggest-ever sale of NATO weaponry to Moscow, a deal that already raised eyebrows both within Russia's military circles and among France's Western allies when it was struck in 2011. (AP Photo/David Vincent)