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A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Michigan's 14th congressional district, which included the eastern half of Detroit, the Grosse Pointes, Hamtramck, Southfield, and Pontiac, from 2009 to 2015 (the district was Michigan's 9th congressional district until 2013).
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- 1993–2008
- Colleen Ochoa
- Democratic
In the 116th Congress (2019-2020) he was recognized as the #1 most effective Senator despite serving as a member of the minority party – an achievement that hadn’t been accomplished since the non-partisan Center for Effective Lawmaking began collecting data over 50 years ago.
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Nov 3, 2023 · Sen. Gary Peters, the chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, pulled off a major upset by helping to reelect every Democratic incumbent in 2022. But 2024 might be even more...
6 days ago · WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) was recognized as the 2 nd-most bipartisan Senator – and the most bipartisan Democrat – in 2023, according to new rankings released by the non-partisan Lugar Center and McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
Dec 15, 2022 · WASHINGTON — Senator Gary Peters knows tough campaigns. A Michigan Democrat, he beat an eight-term Republican incumbent in 2008 to win a House seat and then survived the Tea Party wave in...
May 8, 2024 · Gary Peters is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2014 and began representing Michigan in that body the following year. He previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (2009–15).
Gary Peters was the first Democrat to represent his Congressional district since 1893. The son of a World War II veteran, Congressman Peters served in uniform as a Seabee combat warfare specialist and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve.
