Scott Walker's donors are reportedly panicking as his campaign flounders

Gov. Scott Walker
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After a borderline nonexistent performance in Wednesday night's Republican debate, Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) plans to assuage donors' fears by focusing his campaign more squarely on Iowa, the first state to vote in the 2016 presidential race, he said in a conference call with donors Thursday. Supporters were concerned when Walker ranked dead-last in speaking time among a field of 11 candidates, The Associated Press reports.

Donor Stanley Hubbard, a media mogul who has given $100,000 to pro-Walker groups this year, told the AP he will start supporting Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, and Chris Christie as well. Other billionaire donors, like Houston Texans owner Robert McNair, are also spreading the wealth to other presidential candidates.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.