Peter Cownie

American politician
Peter Cownie
84th General Assembly portrait (2011)
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
from the 42nd district
60th (2009–2013)
In office
January 12, 2009 – January 14, 2019
Preceded byLibby Jacobs
Succeeded byKristin Sunde
Personal details
Born (1980-04-19) April 19, 1980 (age 44)
Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMary
ResidenceWest Des Moines, Iowa
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
Drake University (MPA)
OccupationPresident, Junior Achievement of Central Iowa
Websitelegis.iowa.gov/...

Peter Cownie (born April 19, 1980) is an American politician.

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 %
Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2008 [5]
District 60		Republican Peter CownieRepublicanunopposed
Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2008 [6]
District 60
Turnout: 17,321		Republican hold Peter CownieRepublican8,90551.41%
Alan R. Koslow Democratic6,87439.69%
Russ Gibson Libertarian4992.88%
Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2010 [7]
District 60		Republican Peter Cownie*Republicanunopposed
Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2010 [8]
District 60
Turnout: 12,739		Republican hold Peter Cownie*Republican7,76160.92%
Alan R. Koslow Democratic4,33334.01%
Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2012 [9]
District 42		Republican Peter Cownie*Republicanunopposed
Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2012 [10]
District 42
Turnout: 18,030		Republican (newly redistricted) Peter Cownie*Republican9,58153.14%
Mike McRee Democratic7,34140.72%
Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2014 [11]
District 42		Republican Peter Cownie*Republicanunopposed
Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2014 [12]
District 42
Turnout: 12,958		Republican Peter Cownie*Republican7,41957.25%
Daniel Fessler Democratic4,91137.90%
Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2016 [13]
District 42		Republican Peter Cownie*Republicanunopposed
Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2016 [14]
District 42
Turnout: 17,720		Republican Peter Cownie*Republican9,06551.16%
Claire Celsi Democratic7,94844.85%
Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2018 [15]
District 42		Republican Peter Cownie*Republicanunopposed
Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2018 [15]
District 42
Turnout: 15,511		Democratic Kristin SundeDemocratic8,34653.8%
Peter Cownie* Republican7,15546.1%

References

  1. ^ Miller, Vanessa (March 3, 2015). "Iowa Regent appointments would leave one Democrat". The Gazette. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  2. ^ Charis-Carlson, Jeff (March 23, 2015). "Committee offers no opposition to regent nominees". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  3. ^ Payne, Marissa (April 1, 2020). "Mike Richards, Patty Cownie reappointed to Iowa regents leadership posts". The Daily Iowan. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  4. ^ Miller, Vanessa (April 16, 2021). "Governor names regents President Michael Richards to another term". The Gazette. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  5. ^ "Official Results Report – Statewide, 2008 Primary Election-06-03-2008 Party: All" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2008-06-19. p. 194. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  6. ^ "State of Iowa Official Canvass Summary, November 4, 2008 General Election" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. p. 51. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  7. ^ "Official Results Report, 2010 Primary Election held Tuesday, June 8th 2010" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  8. ^ "Official Results Report, General Election held Tuesday, November 2nd 2010" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2010-11-23. p. 101. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  9. ^ "2012 Primary Election Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. p. 144. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  10. ^ "2012 General Election Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. p. 88. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
  11. ^ "2014 Primary Election Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. p. 186. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  12. ^ "2014 General Election Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. p. 151. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  13. ^ "2016 Primary Election Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. p. 151. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  14. ^ "2016 General Election Canvass Summary" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. p. 106. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
  15. ^ a b "Peter Cownie". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
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