Mark Wyland
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Mark Bryan Wyland is a U.S.
United States
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 Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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 politician
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 from the state of California
California
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, who represents the 38th District in the California State Senate
California State Senate
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.

Biography

Wyland grew up in Escondido, California
Escondido, California
Escondido is a city occupying a shallow valley ringed by rocky hills, just north of the city of San Diego, California. Founded in 1888, it is one of the oldest cities in San Diego County. The city had a population of 143,911 at the 2010 census. Its municipal government set itself an operating...

, where he co-owned a family business. Wyland has a BA
Bachelor of Arts
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 in international relations
International relations
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 from Pomona College
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 and an MA
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
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 in political science
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 from Columbia University
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. After briefly working for the city of New York, he returned to Escondido and began working at Pine Tree Lumber Company, a lumber and building materials supplier where he became a co-owner. The company has since been sold. Before his election to the California State Assembly
California State Assembly
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, Wyland served on the Escondido Union School District
Escondido Union School District
The Escondido Union School District is a school district that serves the city of Escondido, California. The district serves almost 20,000 students within the elementary and middle schools with a student to teacher ratio of 19.6 to 1...

 Board from 1997 until his election to the State Assembly in 2000.

Wyland was first elected in 2000 to represent the 74th Assembly District, which includes Vista
Vista, California
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, Carlsbad
Carlsbad, California
-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Carlsbad had a population of 105,328. The population density was 2,693.1 people per square mile . The racial makeup of Carlsbad was 87,205 White, 1,379 African American, 514 Native American, 7,460 Asian, 198 Pacific Islander, 4,189 from other...

, Escondido
Escondido, California
Escondido is a city occupying a shallow valley ringed by rocky hills, just north of the city of San Diego, California. Founded in 1888, it is one of the oldest cities in San Diego County. The city had a population of 143,911 at the 2010 census. Its municipal government set itself an operating...

, Encinitas
Encinitas, California
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, and San Marcos
San Marcos, California
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, all in San Diego County, California
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. Wyland was the Whip
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 for the Republican Caucus. He was reelected in 2002 and 2004.

In 2006, Wyland was elected to the California State Senate
California State Senate
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, representing the 38th Senate District. Wyland became Assistant Republican Leader in 2008.

Senator Wyland serves on seven committees. Despite being a newly elected member from the minority party, he is the Chair of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. He is also Vice-Chair of both the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Labor & Industrial Relations Committee. He is a member of the Senate Appropriations, Budget, Governmental Organization, and Health Committees.

Senator Wyland also serves on the Board of Trustees of Pomona College
Pomona College
Pomona College is a private, residential, liberal arts college in Claremont, California. Founded in 1887 in Pomona, California by a group of Congregationalists, the college moved to Claremont in 1889 to the site of a hotel, retaining its name. The school enrolls 1,548 students.The founding member...

, his alma mater.

38th Senate District

Senate District 38 is composed of portions of Orange County and San Diego County.

North San Diego County - stretches along Interstate 5 from the horse track of Del Mar to the Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton. Additional San Diego County cities include Carlsbad, Encinitas, Escondido, Oceanside, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Fairbanks Ranch, Rancho Santa Fe, Hidden Meadows, Bonsall and Vista.

South Orange County - cities include San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano.
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