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	Doug Wilder’s Campaign
		Wilder, a suave yet street-wise Richmond lawyer, a 15-year Senate veteran, the grandson of a slave, had not only achieved what virtually every state political analyst had said was impossible.
		Against that backdrop, Doug Wilder’s mid-1984 announcement that he was running for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of Virginia was greeted with emotions ranging from skepticism to dismay.
		Spectacular as Wilder’s victory was, however, southern political leaders view it primarily as a milestone, not as the climax of an evolutionary shift.
	www.aliciapatterson.org /APF0902/Edds/Edds.html (3436 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Enter, Stage Right: Doug Wilder in His New Political Role (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In April 1992 Wilder was publicly mulling a new campaign and subsequently moved to deny Sen. Charles Robb's bid to be renominated.
		Until Wilder, that is. He most unreluctantly exploited the bad news in the hopes of riding the recession to national prominence as the conservative fl alternative to Jesse Jackson.
		Wilder's dance prepared the stage for the Republican takeover of the legislature, which began before he even left office, and the subsequent election to the governor's office of George Allen and Jim Gilmore.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A48874-2004Sep24?language=printer (855 words)

	USATODAY.com - First elected black governor runs for mayor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Wilder's mayoral bid is part of a long political resume that dates back to the 1960s, when he was first elected to the Virginia Senate.
		The grandson of slaves, Wilder served as governor from 1990-1994 and briefly sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992.
		Wilder is now one of four candidates, but his chief rival is incumbent Rudy McCollum, an eight-year councilman who has doubled as mayor the past three years.
	www.usatoday.com /news/politicselections/local/2004-09-26-wilder_x.htm (902 words)

	DOUG WILDER HE'S BACK
		Wilder, being quintessentially Wilder, announced afterward, with great drama, that he would remain neutral in the governor's race until after he moderates a gubernatorial debate on Oct. 6.
		To his detractors, Wilder is a gadfly, a ruthless maverick, a publicity-seeking vindictive politician who never makes a move without coldly calculating its political payoff to himself.
		As long as Wilder figures to be a presence in Virginia's gubernatorial race, we hope he'll use his clout to demand more substance from the candidates.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1997/vp970818/08160009.htm (634 words)

	SLANTblog: Of kissing Wilder's ring
		Well, the answer isn’t pretty, but it comes as no surprise to those who have followed his career that the sometime Democrat, Doug Wilder, is waiting until the last minute, hoping to play all the angles.
		Yet, Wilder is a very big dog in Virginia politics, and all candidates running for state-wide office must recognize that fact and treat Wilder accordingly.
		In fact, many who supported Wilder’s proposal for a strong mayor, and then his run for that office, have grown more than a little weary of his constant bickering with everyone in sight over power.
	slantblog.blogspot.com /2006/10/of-kissing-wilders-ring.html (1039 words)

	Douglas Wilder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ascending from the office of Lieutenant Governor, Wilder was elected to succeed Baliles on November 8, 1989, defeating Republican Marshall Coleman by a spread of less than half a percent.
		Wilder is a prominent life member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. an intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
		Wilder • Allen • Gilmore • Warner • Kaine
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Douglas_Wilder (689 words)

	The never ending war over slavery - Salon
		When Wilder hears such sentiments -- and they are not entirely rare in modern Richmond, the capital of the Old South -- it reinforces his conviction that Virginia, and the entire nation, need a museum of American slavery to fully comprehend the institution's complexities.
		Wilder envisions his National Slavery Museum examining, as he puts it, "the roots and fruits" of the slave culture, from its beginnings in the late 15th century off the African coast through modern times.
		Wilder sees the museum as an educational center, complete with an auditorium, lecture halls, research offices, a library, exhibition space, a repository for artifacts and documents, a full-scale reproduction of a slave ship, and a bookstore.
	dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/2003/05/27/slavery/index.html (1220 words)

	Virginia Business Magazine: Wilder sets his own agenda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Wilder, 75, began his second year in office with a call for a $250 million-plus debt-financed plan to build schools and make citywide infrastructure improvements, such as upgrading technology in city libraries.
		Wilder denies feuding with Ukrop, saying he didn’t mean to single out the businessman when he said that no one will own him or tell him what to do as mayor.
		Wilder’s regional cooperation commission also is looking at other revitalization efforts such as revamping decaying, corridors that overlap the city and surrounding counties, such as Jefferson Davis Highway and Laburnum Avenue.
	virginiabusiness.com /magazine/yr2006/apr06/rich_wilder.shtml (1683 words)

	Doug Ross - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Doug Ross was raised by his mother, Sarah Ross after his father, Ray Ross, abandoned their family.
		Doug has difficulty reconnecting with the man who abandoned him and his mom, and was never a dependable figure when he was around.
		Doug is a womanizer, who has dated and left many women throughout the course of the show; in the first season, it is mentioned that Doug has an eight-year-old son whom he has never met, but nothing further is ever revealed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doug_Ross (1177 words)

	Wilder won't wait for swearing-in - The Washington Times: Metropolitan - November 11, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Wilder, who won all of the city's nine districts with a total of 78.6 percent of the vote, cautioned current City Council members to hold off on taking action on issues until he takes office the first week of January.
		Wilder chose to include residents on his team so they could evaluate candidates on their merits, and not on their political worth.
		Wilder plans to establish a political action committee with the more than $200,000 left over from the estimated $365,000 he raised during his mayoral campaign.
	washingtontimes.com /metro/20041111-011023-2832r.htm (732 words)

	Worldandnation: Ex-Va. leader decries Lyons
		Wilder, who in 1989 became the nation's first elected African-American governor, last month was named president of Virginia Union University, a historically fl school founded more than a century ago by Baptists.
		Wilder, who takes over as Virginia Union's president in two weeks, could not be reached.
		The 67-year-old Wilder is the grandson of slaves.
	www.sptimes.com /Worldandnation/71698/Ex_Va_leader_decries_.html (806 words)

	In Office Again, Wilder Lays Out Richmond's Path (washingtonpost.com)
		Wilder was sworn in by his former law partner Judge Roger L. Gregory, the first African American to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in Richmond, and he was introduced by entertainer Bill Cosby, a longtime friend who informally campaigned with the candidate during the summer.
		Wilder is also a professor of government at Virginia Commonwealth, and some opponents have said that he now has a conflict of interest.
		Observers expect that Wilder's tenure in the mayor's office will be just as unpredictable and controversial as his four years in the governor's mansion, when he squabbled with the legislature and members of his own party and launched a short-lived campaign for president.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A43183-2005Jan2.html (800 words)

	The Cavalier Daily (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Wilder, as a leader of a portion of that voting bloc, may hold the key to bringing them some much-warranted attention.
		Wilder is a former Democratic governor of Virginia and the first African-American governor to be elected in Virginia.
		Wilder might do one of three things: endorse the Democrat, something that the polls probably already assume; endorse nobody, leaving a certain segment of the African-American population with perhaps a certain dislike for Warner or the chance to like Earley; endorse Earley, possibly giving critical votes to Earley.
	www.cavalierdaily.com /CVArticle_print.asp?ID=9751&pid771 (756 words)

	Wine experts
		Doug Wilder's expertise as a boutique California wine buyer has developed over the past fifteen years by tasting up to three thousand wines each year.
		Doug's commitment and ardor for California wine drive his pursuit of new brands and often unheard of winemakers.
		Doug loves to say "living and working in Napa Valley is where the pebble meets the pond." Short of moving nearer to his second love, Single Malt Scotch, his heart belongs to California.
	www.vinfolio.com /jsp/public/company/wilder.jsp (1895 words)

	Who is Doug Wilder - Page 5 - Sean Hannity Discussion
		Wilder brings decades of political leadership to his new position, and his career is highlighted with many precedents.
		Wilder became the first African-American to be elected governor in the U.S., leading the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1990 to 1994.
		Wilder is a Distinguished Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, a newspaper columnist and the driving force for establishing a national Slavery Museum in Fredericksburg, VA.
	www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?p=8297355#post8297355 (3835 words)

	Style Weekly : Richmond's alternative for news, arts, culture and opinion
		Hurricane Doug was a welcome change from what many considered the stagnation and corruption of the previous Council-dominated government.
		“Doug Wilder is the greatest in terms of getting people to see the need for change,” says Thomas J. Shields, director of the Center for Leadership in Education at the University of Richmond’s Jepson School of Leadership Studies.
		Robertson cites Wilder’s dismantling of the city’s neighborhood team process — nine geographically selected chairs who reported back to the city administration — as well as his reliance on handpicked, closed-door advisory committees and most recently, his education advisers’ suggestion that the School Board be appointed rather than elected by the public.
	www.styleweekly.com /article.asp?idarticle=12498 (1020 words)

	Virginia Business: The City Crusader
		Wilder captured nearly 80 percent of the vote by running a scathing, throw-the-bums-out campaign to clean up a city government beset by recent corruption scandals and swamped by various social ills.
		A case in point may be Wilder’s early reaction to a proposal by the Richmond Braves and a private development company to build a baseball stadium and village-type complex in the city’s Shockoe Bottom area.
		Wilder has withheld his support until further information is provided, citing the plan’s lack of detail on traffic and impact studies.
	www.gatewayva.com /biz/virginiabusiness/magazine/yr2005/apr05/wilder1.shtml (2763 words)

	roanoke.com Real Politics / Preston Bryant
		Wilder gave Democrats fits in late 1984 when he turned back rivals preferred by party bosses for their nomination for lieutenant governor.
		Wilder was forever having to get past high-ranking party generals who feared what a fl man’s presence on their statewide ticket would do to other Democrats on the ballot, not to mention what his candidacies would do to the party itself in the long run.
		And truth be told, in the years since Wilder left the governor’s office, he’s continued to look for most any opportunity to needle the party some would say even today offers only tepid recognition of him and his historic victories.
	www.roanoke.com /politics/bryant9.16.02.html (773 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Wilder's victory over two white opponents was the first display of a gutsy, political courage that would become a Wilder trademark and made him the first African American in the Virginia Senate since Reconstruction.
		Doug Wilder was one of the first African American politicians to be able to do that.
		LARRY SABATO Wilder was tough, always tough, that will always be the adjective that I will most associate with him, and his assignment was to balance the budget and by God he was going to balance the budget and if people didn’t like it, too bad.
	www.wcve.org /wilder/transcript.doc (4960 words)

	Race to Richmond
		Douglas Wilder is going to throw his support in the governor's race is starting to become a hot one among political insiders around the state.
		A couple of months back, Wilder opened up the pitch for his support by asking Tim Kaine, Jerry Kilgore and Russ Potts a few questions about a 10-point plan he developed to help improve cities around the commonwealth.
		Wilder has asked Gov. Mark R. Warner (D) to use the state's surplus to help set up a program that will help poor and working class Virginians pay their energy bills this winter.
	blog.washingtonpost.com /racetorichmond/2005/10/which_way_wilde.html (837 words)

	First Out: The Short-Lived Wilder Candidacy - CURRENT ISSUES
		Wilder's campaign theme had been "Put America First," but what it really meant was "Put Doug Wilder First"--something he had been doing all his life.
		Wilder grew up in poor fl district of Richmond called Church Hill, not far from the governor's mansion where he now sleeps--and where he keeps a 9 mm pistol in the office next to his bedroom.
		Perhaps because Wilder was building his career and personal fortune (now estimated to $1-2 million) while others were facing fire hoses, some fls now view Wilder's commitment to the cause with skepticism.
	www.worldandihomeschool.com /public_articles/1992/march/wis20419.asp (384 words)

	Mayor Wilder eager to work with new council members \| NBC12 \| Virginia News
		Mayor Doug Wilder played a role both publicly and privately in several city council races.
		Wilder today said he privately wrote a letter to Trammel early in the campaign to help her correct what he called "misinformation" from councilwoman Jackson.
		Wilder also said he was concerned with how long it took some Richmond precincts to report their results.
	www.nbc12.com /news/state/4594831.html (420 words)

	Wilder endorses Webb, promises help with turnout - News - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		WAVY-TV RICHMOND, Va. Richmond mayor Doug Wilder is endorsing Democrat Jim Webb in his tight senate campaign against G-O-P Senator George Allen.
		Wilder says he's angry at the way President Bush has handled the Iraq war.
		Wilder and Webb appeared together at a press conference at city hall in Richmond this afternoon.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/15418257 (278 words)

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		Wilder’s Democratic Party eye-poking goes back decades, all the way back to the 1980s when, as a state senator, he had to maneuver around old line party bosses to get the nomination for lieutenant governor and four years later for governor.
		An obvious payback to Wilder for his eventual endorsement of candidate Warner, it was a good deed that was destined to bite the new governor.
		And as for Republicans, they’ll always be backing Doug Wilder in most anything he wants to do, because they know that in the end it’ll somehow play to their advantage.
	www.roanoke.com /politics/bryant3.8.04.html (1175 words)

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