Peter Cownie
American politician (born 1980)
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Peter Cownie (born April 19, 1980) is an American politician.
Peter Cownie | |
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| Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 42nd district 60th (2009–2013) | |
| In office January 12, 2009 – January 14, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Libby Jacobs |
| Succeeded by | Kristin Sunde |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 19, 1980 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Mary |
| Education | University of Virginia (BA) Drake University (MPA) |
| Occupation | President, Junior Achievement of Central Iowa |
| Website | legis.iowa.gov/... |
Cownie was born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa and resides in West Des Moines, Iowa. He has a B.A. in American government from the University of Virginia and a Master's of Public Administration with an emphasis in public policy from Drake University. He is a Republican Party member who served on the Iowa House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. Until 2013, Cownie held the District 60 seat. He was subsequently redistricted to District 42.
Cownie's mother Patricia was appointed to the Iowa Board of Regents in 2015 by Governor Terry Branstad.[1][2] During her tenure, Patricia Cownie served as president pro term.[3] Branstad's successor Kim Reynolds did not nominate Patricia Cownie to a second term.[4]
Electoral history
*incumbent
| Election | Political result | Candidate | Party | Votes | % | ||
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| Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2008 [5] District 60 | Republican | Peter Cownie | Republican | unopposed | |||
| Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2008 [6] District 60 Turnout: 17,321 | Republican hold | Peter Cownie | Republican | 8,905 | 51.41% | ||
| Alan R. Koslow | Democratic | 6,874 | 39.69% | ||||
| Russ Gibson | Libertarian | 499 | 2.88% | ||||
| Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2010 [7] District 60 | Republican | Peter Cownie* | Republican | unopposed | |||
| Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2010 [8] District 60 Turnout: 12,739 | Republican hold | Peter Cownie* | Republican | 7,761 | 60.92% | ||
| Alan R. Koslow | Democratic | 4,333 | 34.01% | ||||
| Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2012 [9] District 42 | Republican | Peter Cownie* | Republican | unopposed | |||
| Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2012 [10] District 42 Turnout: 18,030 | Republican (newly redistricted) | Peter Cownie* | Republican | 9,581 | 53.14% | ||
| Mike McRee | Democratic | 7,341 | 40.72% | ||||
| Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2014 [11] District 42 | Republican | Peter Cownie* | Republican | unopposed | |||
| Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2014 [12] District 42 Turnout: 12,958 | Republican | Peter Cownie* | Republican | 7,419 | 57.25% | ||
| Daniel Fessler | Democratic | 4,911 | 37.90% | ||||
| Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2016 [13] District 42 | Republican | Peter Cownie* | Republican | unopposed | |||
| Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2016 [14] District 42 Turnout: 17,720 | Republican | Peter Cownie* | Republican | 9,065 | 51.16% | ||
| Claire Celsi | Democratic | 7,948 | 44.85% | ||||
| Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2018 [15] District 42 | Republican | Peter Cownie* | Republican | unopposed | |||
| Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2018 [15] District 42 Turnout: 15,511 | Democratic | Kristin Sunde | Democratic | 8,346 | 53.8% | ||
| Peter Cownie* | Republican | 7,155 | 46.1% | ||||
