PETE BARTON WILSON - FRAGMENT SIGNED - HFSID 253440

PETE BARTON WILSON
Portion of an election campaign flyer signed by Pete Barton Wilson in black ink. He was re-elected to a second term as California's governor in 1994.
Fragment signed "Pete Wilson" in black ink. B/w, 5¼x1½. With facsimile signature in blue ink. This appears to be a campaign flyer from Pete Barton Wilson's 1994 re-election campaign as California's governor. Republican politician Wilson, born in 1933, has a long career in California politics, serving on the state assembly (1967-1971) and as Mayor of San Diego (1971-1982), U. S. Senator from California (1983-1991) and Governor of California (1991-1999). A fiscal conservative as mayor and Senator and strong supporter of national defense and President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative in Washington, D. C., he angered conservatives during his first year as governor by raising state taxes (in the land of Ronald Reagan, no less) by $7 billion to cover a deficit left over from the administration of George Deukmejian. But Wilson generally made headlines for more conservative actions, including his support for "Three Strikes" sentencing requirements, enacted in California in 1994, and for 1994's Proposition 187, which barred illegal immigrants from social services, health care and public education; resuming the death penalty in California; reducing infrastructure spending; and, in 1995, convincing the University of California's Board of Regents to eliminate their affirmative action policies, thus becoming the first state to eliminate racial preferences in college admissions. Lightly creased. Signature touches printed text. Irregular top and left edges, with portion of scored fold at left edge. Otherwise in fine condition.