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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[1] |
| 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[2] |
| Succeeded by | Michael R. Gibbons[3] |
| 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 | |
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]
- ^ "President Biden Appoints Leslie Durham as Delta Regional Authority Alternate Federal Co-Chairwoman". Delta Regional Authority. November 9, 2021. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
- ^ "Our Campaigns – MO State Senate President Pro Tempore Race – Feb 05, 2001".
- ^ "Our Campaigns – MO State Senate President Pro Tempore Race – Jan 08, 2003".
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Glaser, Rachel (December 17, 2008). "Kinder: The Lone Republican". Missouri Digital News. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
- ^ Griffin, Marshall (November 7, 2012). "Kinder Wins Third Term As Missouri Lt. Governor". St. Louis Public Radio. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ 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.