outlets such as the Wall Street Journal and NPR run stories warning about the legacy of Pete Wilson, California’s governor from 1991 to 1999. The message is fairly consistent: Strenuously ...

In some ways, running for governor of her home state of California seems like ... a fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and former speechwriter for Republican Gov. Pete Wilson, asked.

Stu Spencer was not afraid to speak truth to power. It helped him hold the position of California's preeminent Republican consultant for decades.

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.

Political leaders can rise or fall with disasters. Former Vice President Kamala Harris took a wise step toward potentially ...

From left, former California Govs. Pete Wilson, Gray Davis and George Deukmejian fit the drab mold voters in the state tend to favor. (Associated Press) ...

Those guideposts helped elect actor Ronald Reagan California governor and, later, president, and also aided New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, President Ford, Gov. Pete Wilson and hundreds of ...