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Show AS Wilsonleaving Hinckley Institute @ Continued from kooky right,” Wilson says scared the hell out of him.” help raising funds ities such as Robert A Wilson rx the race ach shady he says. W de fer Ww te posa om s. And despite or and se’ on f the most promi X n tate, a the whose t you wanted, Wil rather be remembered n would r teachin) % Mike Han ed er vedthechange ) kin Idon't xd a mayor eft office,” says admittedly bi of Wilson's “mo ung people’s lives each year ire changed by Ted. There are very few people who can say that Most politicians cannot say hat The prized (Gtvvi/ The Salt Lake Trib The walls in Ted Wilson's office at the University of Utah are covered Ider son of working-class par- with memorabilia of many campaigns ~ but noneof his. “'I don’t have ents, Wilson grew up learning any more left,” he says y: with the lack of buttons or bumperstickers. about Franklin Delano Roosevelt Great Depression. Hi t the University of Utah, inter set. mother was Mormon. His father rupted by a year in the wasn't. National Guard and marriage to His mother operated Army Owens won the election The only time we dressed up vas on Sundays to listen to the FDR Fireside Chats,” Wilson job teaching and running the ski prog am at the Amer ran School in Leysin, Switzerland. ays. “I was 14 before | realized Damn Republicans’ was two words.” On his return home, he was hiredasa social studies and history teacher at Skyline High Wilson's first race, against Con rad Harrison, wasa culture war ofsorts,asea change in Salt Lake School in East Millcreek. But politics was beckoning. City politics. He was a so-called Magleby Democrat before the That same year, his father Republican was determined to pay off “We only have one good name,” she told her two sons workingtwo erman Li iccessful 1970 bid for Congress. Two years later, Wilson latched onto another, of Utah DemocraticParty Chair n Holbrook, who worked as Wilson’s financedirector that the starting Wilson led by 44 percent a yearbeforetheelection, 30 per- ay hold mo- ment for Utah Democrats. “The governor is the most powerful official in Utah,” she says. “He or she is the one who's ed. She retable trays in ho92 paper and never cent in May. But that lead dwin: died. Merrill Cook’s tax initia tive lured voters fromboth sides. making it tothe carafteramovie By the weekendbeforethe elec- because residents stopped her tion, the lead was gone dad to talk. She left one long “I never faulted the Wilson Post-It note message from an campaign,” says Salt Lake City see day after day. outragedcity resident one night. Councilman Dave Buhler, man- hadbeenelected, the Republican “He said, ‘Damn that President ager of the Bangerter’s 1988 cam- majority Carter,’ “ she wrote. Just oneof Wilson’s children paign. He figures Wilson played it safe to avoid offending responsible for everything from education to wilderness “Ted is a very moderate, fun ny, kind, attractive Utahn. If he never would have ‘See NEXT PAGE TenNeda oteyAiseceame where prohibited by low: uth and environmental leanings were balanced by his religion Morme ind passel of kids. He challenged the con: switchboard jobs to make ends like-minded comer challenging Lloyd WayneOwens andhisfateasa perpetual political underdog asa new- date andwonthetop spot among five city commissioners. 1 think he’s as good a manas 1957. He studied political science liberal in conserva servative establishment candi. the was Democrats have put up,” ole eae ey oe! $109 STUDENT SEASON PASSES aes rereee Deton) 'TAH ADULT UNLIMITED SEASON PASSES GOLDEN EAGLE STUDENT PASSESFOR $109 Roll hme MT hbo Horvest Home GRADESK Lobel Baskets tah. 6 and u | HURRY! 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When he ited the next year, Wilson took a died of a heart attack, changing Wilson's life in ways he is just beginning to understand. Bob second term as governor. After Two hospital switchboard. His father owned a tent and awning shop. Healso lost therace, by 2 per- But after just three years, he was back in the political fray, ter, is the to follow him into poli lured him to Washington, D.C With a job the next year. HinckleyInstitute. “I couldn't attack Tease, behimabout the tax ause | would have done the the same in thing same reu nces. I brought the street fighter out in Norm. I was tiptoeing around. | campaigned poorly at theend. I lost my zip. t Jenny Wilson, tics full time. Between annual rock-climb trips to Grand n National Park, thefive personally jogged storm s the only time I got ain. beageneral.”hesays.Aphoto of State Street awash hangs in his university office. Two years later, worn out. 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