Pete Wilson

Peter Barton "Pete" Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American Republican Party politician.

Wilson was the 36th Governor of California from 1991 through 1999. Before this, he was a United States Senator from 1983 through 1991, the Mayor of San Diego from 1971 through 1983 and a California State Assemblyman from 1967 through 1971.

A Republican, Wilson passed the anti-immigrant 1994 California Proposition 187. Since then, the only California Republican to win a major statewide election is Arnold Schwarzenegger.

He ran for the Republican nomination for President in 1996.

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 Reaffirming Liberty: Wilson for President Campaign Brochure 
 Pete Wilson, Candidate for Governor, 1994 Platform Papers, Speeches and Endorsements 
 Pete Wilson Biography and Inaugural addresses
 Hoover Institution Biography
 Cal Voter: Gov. Wilson's Record on Crime 
 Undated speech by Pete Wilson on Affirmative Action titled "The Minority-Majority Society"

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