In 1992 he was a strategist for the unsuccessful campaign of W. Cary Edwards for Governor of New Jersey, before going on to work for the political consultant David Welch on state legislative races.
[2] In November 2004 Wilson was elected chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee, in the lead-up to the 2005 gubernatorial primary battle between Doug Forrester, Bret Schundler, and five other candidates.
Wilson lodged a lawsuit to force Corzine to reveal all correspondence with Katz in order to determine whether her previous romantic relationship with the governor improperly influenced contract negotiations.
[4][5] On June 11, 2009, Republican gubernatorial candidate Christopher J. Christie announced his selection of Assemblyman Jay Webber to succeed Wilson as party chairman.
[1] From 2009 to 2016, Wilson was a Partner in the Kaufman Zita Group, a bi-partisan public affairs, lobbying and strategic communications firm in Princeton, New Jersey.