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On September 27, 2007, Wilson endorsed [[Rudolph Giuliani]] for [[U.S. President]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/28/nation/na-wilson28 |title=Scott Martelle, Pete Wilson endorses Giuliani. ''Los Angeles Times'', September 28, 2007 |date= September 28, 2007|access-date=January 21, 2011}}</ref> but Giuliani later dropped out of the primary. On February 4, 2008, Wilson endorsed [[John McCain]] as a candidate for U.S. president.
 
In 2007, a statue of Wilson joined Ernest Hahn and [[Alonzo Horton]] on the San Diego Walk of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |last=Steele |first=Jeanette |url=http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070826-9999-1m26wilson.html |title=Jeanette Steele, Wilson statue is unveiled as Latinos, gays protest. ''San Diego Union-Tribune, August 26, 2007 |publisher=Legacy.signonsandiego.com |date=August 26, 2007 |access-date=January 21, 2011 |archive-date=February 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224075242/http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070826-9999-1m26wilson.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Two hundred sponsors donated $200,000 to build the statue. Progressive Latino and LGBT groups protested the unveiling.<ref>{{cite web|last=Steele |first=Jeanette |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070826/news_1m26wilson.html |title=Wilson statue is unveiled as Latinos, gays protest &#124; The San Diego Union-Tribune |publisher=Signonsandiego.com |date=August 26, 2007 |access-date=January 21, 2011}}</ref>
 
On May 23, 2009, Wilson gave the commencement speech and received an honorary degree from the San Diego State University of Professional Studies and Fine Arts.<ref>{{cite web