Pete Wilson
★ U.S. Senator
- Born
- August 23, 1933
- Current age
- 92
- Home state
- California
- Party
- Republican
- On the ballot
- 1982–1994
4-0
RecordWin–Loss
Total Popular Votes
Wilson17.7M
Opponents15.4M
4
Elections run
Between 1982 and 1994, Pete Wilson ran in 4 elections across 2 offices (U.S. Senate and Governor), winning all 4. Wilson's biggest single-election total was 5,143,409 votes, in the 1988 U.S. Senate election in California. Wilson's closest win came in the 1990 governor election in California, decided by 266,707 votes.
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How many votes has Pete Wilson received?
Pete Wilson has received 17,739,644 popular votes across 4 U.S. elections, with a career record of 4–0.
Election history
| Year | Office | Result | Votes | Opponent(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | GovernorCalifornia | Won | 4,781,76655.18% | Kathleen Brown |
| 1990 | GovernorCalifornia | Won | 3,791,90449.25% | Dianne Feinstein |
| 1988 | U.S. SenateCalifornia | Won | 5,143,40952.79% | Leo McCarthy M. Elizabeth Munoz Jack Dean Merton D. Short |
| 1982 | U.S. SenateCalifornia | Won | 4,022,56551.54% | Edmund G. Brown Jr. Joseph Fuhrig David Wald Theresa Tena Dietrich |
Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (W000607) and Wikidata (Q714909). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.
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