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As recently as the 1990s, both states elected statewide officials from both parties. Both have millions of Hispanic voters. So why did California become a solidly blue state and Texas red? The biggest reason races back to 1994, when Republicans Pete...
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His support for Proposition 187 didn’t work out too well for the GOP, provoking a massive flight of Latino voters to the Democratic party. “Pete Wilson is the best organizer of Latino voters I’ve ever known,” said Eliseo Medina, international...
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Former first lady Nancy Reagan (2nd L), Gayle Wilson (L), wife of former California Governor Pete Wilson, and Mary Pat Christie (R), wife of Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, listen as Governor Christie speaks at the Ronald Reagan... View Photo »
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Bitter, would that be like “Canadionne” math? Isn’t EJ a Canuck Pinko? Corey, technically, my first off year election was in 1982; my mom took me into the voting booth with her where I proudly pulled the levers for George Duekmejian (governor) and Pete...
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And unlike the last legal battle over Proposition 209, when former Republican Gov. Pete Wilson backed the affirmative action ban, civil rights lawyers now have the state on their side. Gov. Jerry Brown late last year jumped into the case, urging the...
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Redistricting by citizens' panel sparks competitive California congressional races
The San Jose Mercury NewsThe early 1990s saw similar vibrancy after the state Supreme Court appointed a panel of retired judges to draw redistricting lines after Republican Gov. Pete Wilson vetoed the maps drawn by the Democrat-dominated Legislature. In contrast, the...
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Former first lady Nancy Reagan (2nd R) is escorted by Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) as former California Governor Pete Wilson (L) and wife Gayle Wilson (2nd L) look on at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi... View Photo »
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Nope, not her. You guys really are bad at determining posting styles. NoMormon! The troll infestation at HHR is escalating. Pete Wilson was actually a pretty good governor. Better than Schwarznkennedy (the worst in a long time), Moonbeam, and Gray...
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When Democrat Ann Richards and Wilson were up for re-election, it looked like Richards would coast to victory and Wilson was a goner. The opposite happened because Wilson rode the anti-immigrant wave with Proposition 187, which sought to deny public...
About Pete Wilson
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Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American politician from California. Wilson served as the Republican thirty-sixth Governor of California (1991–1999), the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that included eight years as a United States Senator (1983–1991), eleven years as Mayor of San Diego (1971–1982) and... Full Article
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Former California Governors Gray Davis, far left, and Pete Wilson, second left, walk together out of the Walt Disney Concert Hall after attending a private memorial service for the former U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher, Monday March 27, 2011, in Los Angeles.
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Gayle Wilson, left, wife of former California Gov. Pete Wilson, former first lady Nancy Reagan, center, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie attend the Perspectives on Leadership Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif. ,Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. Gov. Christie...
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Former first lady Nancy Reagan (2nd L), Gayle Wilson (L), wife of former California Governor Pete Wilson, and Mary Pat Christie (R), wife of Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, listen as Governor Christie speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi...
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