Mark Bryan Wyland (October 27, 1946) is a

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from the state of

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, who represented the 38th District in the California State Senate.

Biography

Wyland grew up in the city of Escondido. As a Fulbright Scholar, he earned a

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, where he is a current trustee, and an

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. After briefly working for the city of New York, he returned to Escondido and worked at Pine Tree Lumber Company, his family’s lumber and building materials business, where he worked his way up and eventually became a co-owner. Wyland began his first government service by sitting on the

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Board from 1997 to 2000. In 2000, he was elected to the California State Assembly to represent the 74th Assembly District. In 2006 he was elected to the 38th Senate District California State Senate. Senator Mark Wyland was reelected to the California State Senate in November 2010. Wyland served on the Governmental Organization, Transportation, Insurance, and Business and Professions Committees. In addition, he is the ranking Republican on the Labor and Industrial Relations Committee. Senator Wyland is also a member of the state’s Little Hoover Commission, which makes recommendations on government reform proposals, and the State Allocation Board, which allocates and oversees bond funding for school construction.

External links

Official Senate website

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References

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