Peter Kinder

Peter Kinder
Alternate Federal Co-Chairman of the
Delta Regional Authority
In office
September 8, 2017 – June 1, 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byMichael G. Marshall
Succeeded byLeslie Durham[1]
46th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
In office
January 10, 2005 – January 9, 2017
GovernorMatt Blunt
Jay Nixon
Preceded byJoe Maxwell
Succeeded byMike Parson
President pro tempore of the
Missouri Senate
In office
February 5, 2001 – January 5, 2005
Preceded byEdward Quick[2]
Succeeded byMichael R. Gibbons[3]
Member of the Missouri Senate
from the 27th district
In office
January 6, 1993 – January 5, 2005
Preceded byJohn Dennis
Succeeded byJason Crowell
Personal details
Born (1954-05-12) May 12, 1954 (age 70)
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Education

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.[4][5] He was appointed as a co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority in August 2017,[6] serving in that post until he resigned in June 2018.

Kinder was first elected lieutenant governor in 2004, succeeding Joe Maxwell,[5] and was re-elected in 2008 at the same time Democrat Jay Nixon was elected governor.[5] 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.[7] Despite the generally poor election year for Republicans, Kinder carried 109 of Missouri's 114 counties.[5]

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.[8] In July 2015, Kinder announced his entry into the 2016 gubernatorial election; he was later defeated in the Republican primary by Eric Greitens.[9]

  1. ^ "President Biden Appoints Leslie Durham as Delta Regional Authority Alternate Federal Co-Chairwoman". Delta Regional Authority. November 9, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  2. ^ "Our Campaigns – MO State Senate President Pro Tempore Race – Feb 05, 2001".
  3. ^ "Our Campaigns – MO State Senate President Pro Tempore Race – Jan 08, 2003".
  4. ^ "History of the Office of Lieutenant Governor". State of Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d "Biography of Peter Kinder". Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Archived from the original on September 3, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
  6. ^ Moreau, Andrew (August 11, 2017). "Peter Dickson Kinder of Missouri is named DRA Alternate Federal Co-Chairman" (Press release). Delta Regional Authority. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  7. ^ Glaser, Rachel (December 17, 2008). "Kinder: The Lone Republican". Missouri Digital News. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
  8. ^ Griffin, Marshall (November 7, 2012). "Kinder Wins Third Term As Missouri Lt. Governor". St. Louis Public Radio. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  9. ^ Pistor, Nicholas J.C. (July 12, 2015). "Peter Kinder will seek Missouri governor's office in 2016". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved September 20, 2015.