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'Gov. Pete Wilson Was Right': California state Assembly candidate revives controversial immigration ad
then-California Gov. Pete Wilson set off a political earthquake over immigration. The Republican governor’s critics over the years say the 1994 campaign — marked by his support of Proposition ...
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When VP Kamala Harris comes home: Running for governor seems like a no-brainer, but does she want it?
In some ways, running for governor of her home state of California seems like ... a fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover ...
Column: RIP Stu Spencer, California’s preeminent political consultant, advisor to presidents
Stu Spencer was not afraid to speak truth to power. It helped him hold the position of California’s preeminent Republican ...
Column: Natural disasters can destroy a politician’s carefully crafted career — or burnish it
Political leaders can rise or fall with disasters. Former Vice President Kamala Harris took a wise step toward potentially ...
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Column: More than 30 states have elected female governors. Will California finally join them?
Pete Wilson. Bill Carrick ... Or did the perils of wartime make them question a woman's capacity to serve as California governor? Carrick is not certain. Maybe it was both. Back then, he said ...
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Column: Forget Reagan and Schwarzenegger. In California governor's race, boring can be beautiful
California is about to ease into the 2026 ... Think George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis, whose public personas might best be rendered in broad strokes of beige, taupe and, yes, gray.