Scott Walker opens Iowa office

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has opened an office in Iowa, making him the first potential 2016 contender to set up shop in the first-in-the-nation caucus state.

The Hill confirmed Tuesday that Walker’s political organization, Our American Revival, had leased a space in the city of Urbandale, just west of Des Moines. The Des Moines Register first reported the news. 

{mosads}The same office space was used in past presidential campaigns by former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the newspaper noted. 

Walker has moved quickly in recent weeks toward launching a White House bid, propelled by a speech last month at Rep. Steve King’s (R-Iowa) Freedom Summit that electrified conservatives. 

Since the speech, Walker has hired two former staffers for Romney’s 2008 presidential run and was the top choice among Iowa GOP voters in a Des Moines Register poll released recently. 

Activists pushing for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and neurosurgeon Ben Carson to launch presidential bids also have space in Iowa, according to The Des Moines Register.

This post was updated at 4:47 p.m.