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Line 1: − Lawrence Douglas Wilder is an American politician from [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]]. He was the first [[African-American]] to be elected as a state official in Virginia, when he was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1985. He had earlier served on the state Senate. In 1989 Wilder was elected governor of Virginia, the first African-American to be elected as a governor in the country. After his first term was up, Wilder could not run for reelection due to term limits. In 2004, he ran for mayor of Richmond and won with 79% percent of the vote. After serving a term as mayor, Wilder announced he was finished. He is now a professor at [[Virginia Commonwealth University]]. + + + + + + + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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{{Officeholder
|name=Douglas Wilder
|image=000dougwilder.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Eunice Montgomery (div.)
|religion=Baptist
|offices=
Despite being a [[Democrat]], Wilder has been considered [[conservative]] on issues such as the [[death penalty]].
{{Officeholder/governor
|state=Virginia
|terms=January 14, 1990 – January 14, 1994
|preceded=[[Gerald L. Baliles]]
|former=n
|succeeded=[[George Allen]]
}}
}}
'''Lawrence Douglas Wilder''' (born January 17, 1931) is an American politician from [[Richmond]], [[Virginia]]. He was the first [[African-American]] to be elected as a state official in Virginia, when he was elected [[Lieutenant Governor]] in 1985. He had earlier served on the state Senate. In 1989 Wilder was elected governor of Virginia, the first African-American to be elected as a governor in the country. After his first expired, Wilder could not run for reelection due to term limits. In 2004, he ran for mayor of Richmond and won with 79% percent of the vote. After serving a term as mayor, Wilder announced he would not seek a second term. He is now a professor at [[Virginia Commonwealth University]].
Despite being a [[Democrat]], Wilder has been considered [[conservative]] on issues such as the [[death penalty]]. In 2009, Wilder withheld from endorsing Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate [[Creigh Deeds]], saying he has concerns over Deeds' stances on "financial stewardship", [[gun control]] and [[abortion]]. "It can't be just that we have to go along because he's a Democrat. That doesn't cut it for me...The question is leadership. Where is your mantle of leadership? I have not seen it." On the contrary Wilder called Deeds' [[Republican]] opponent [[Bob McDonnell]] "pleasant folk, a family man." <ref>http://voices.washingtonpost.com/virginiapolitics/2009/07/wilder_deeds_has_not_yet_asked.html</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Virginia Governors]]
[[Category:Democratic Governors]]
[[Category:United States Lieutenant Governors]]
[[Category:Democratic Party]]