Peter Kinder
Peter Dickson Kinder (born May 12, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri from 2005 to 2017. He was appointed as a co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority in August 2017, serving in that post until he resigned in June 2018.
Peter Kinder | |
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| Alternate Federal Co-Chairman of the Delta Regional Authority | |
| In office September 8, 2017 – June 1, 2018 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Michael G. Marshall |
| Succeeded by | Leslie Durham |
| 46th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri | |
| In office January 10, 2005 – January 9, 2017 | |
| Governor | Matt Blunt Jay Nixon |
| Preceded by | Joe Maxwell |
| Succeeded by | Mike Parson |
| President pro tempore of the Missouri Senate | |
| In office February 5, 2001 – January 5, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Quick |
| Succeeded by | Michael R. Gibbons |
| Member of the Missouri Senate from the 27th district | |
| In office January 6, 1993 – January 5, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | John Dennis |
| Succeeded by | Jason Crowell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 12, 1954 Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | |
Kinder was first elected lieutenant governor in 2004, succeeding Joe Maxwell, and was re-elected in 2008 at the same time Democrat Jay Nixon was elected governor. Kinder was the only Republican in Missouri to win statewide office in 2008, as all other Republicans running for each of the other statewide offices suffered defeat. Despite the generally poor election year for Republicans, Kinder carried 109 of Missouri's 114 counties.
Considered the front-runner in the 2012 Republican gubernatorial primary, Kinder instead ran for re-election in 2012 and was again the only Republican to win statewide and became the first lieutenant governor to be elected to a third term in Missouri since 1940. In July 2015, Kinder announced his entry into the 2016 gubernatorial election; he was later defeated in the Republican primary by Eric Greitens.