Jeffrey Pepper

A native of Dearborn, Michigan, Pepper graduated from Dearborn High School in 1970. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Michigan State University in 1974 and a Juris Doctor from the Wayne State University Law School in 1977.^[1]

Pepper has worked as a lawyer and mediator in Dearborn for 45 years. After graduating from Michigan State in 1974, Pepper won the Republican nomination for the 22nd district of the Wayne County Commission, but was unsuccessful in the general election.^[2][3][4] Pepper was the president of the Wayne County Family Bar Association and Dearborn Bar Association. He served as a member of the Dearborn Civil Service Commission and Dearborn Police and Fire Pension System Board.^[5] After Abdullah Hammoud resigned from the Michigan House of Representatives to become mayor of Dearborn, Pepper was elected in a special election to succeed him.^[6][7]

Jeffrey Pepper supports gun control and in 2023 supported a bill to ban assault weapons.^[8]