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Ron Unz

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Ron K. Unz, born 1961, is a former businessman and political activist, best known for an unsuccesful run for the governorship of California, and for sponsoring propositions opposing bilingual education.

Unz attended Harvard University, graduating in physics, and then went to Stanford to work on a PhD in theoretical physics, however he flunked out after two years. Unz then went to work in the banking industry writing software for mortgage securities. Unz founded a company called Wall Street Analytics and moved back to Palo Alto California.

Unz made an unsuccesful bid for the Republican nomination for governor of California in 1994, finishing in third place. In 1998 he sponsored Proposition 227, a proposition to ban bilingual education, which was approved by the voters.

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