Peter Cownie

Peter Cownie (born April 19, 1980) is an 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 by	Libby Jacobs
Succeeded by	Kristin Sunde
Personal details
Born	(1980-04-19) April 19, 1980 (age 45) Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Mary
Residence	West Des Moines, Iowa
Education	University of Virginia (BA) Drake University (MPA)
Occupation	President, Junior Achievement of Central Iowa
Website	legis.iowa.gov/...

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 Cownie	Republican	unopposed
Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2008  [6] District 60 Turnout: 17,321		Republican hold		Peter Cownie	Republican	8,905	51.41%
				Alan R. Koslow	Democratic	6,874	39.69%
				Russ Gibson	Libertarian	499	2.88%
Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2010  [7] District 60		Republican		Peter Cownie*	Republican	unopposed
Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2010  [8] District 60 Turnout: 12,739		Republican hold		Peter Cownie*	Republican	7,761	60.92%
				Alan R. Koslow	Democratic	4,333	34.01%
Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2012  [9] District 42		Republican		Peter Cownie*	Republican	unopposed
Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2012  [10] District 42 Turnout: 18,030		Republican (newly redistricted)		Peter Cownie*	Republican	9,581	53.14%
				Mike McRee	Democratic	7,341	40.72%
Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2014  [11] District 42		Republican		Peter Cownie*	Republican	unopposed
Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2014  [12] District 42 Turnout: 12,958		Republican		Peter Cownie*	Republican	7,419	57.25%
				Daniel Fessler	Democratic	4,911	37.90%
Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2016  [13] District 42		Republican		Peter Cownie*	Republican	unopposed
Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2016  [14] District 42 Turnout: 17,720		Republican		Peter Cownie*	Republican	9,065	51.16%
				Claire Celsi	Democratic	7,948	44.85%
Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2018  [15] District 42		Republican		Peter Cownie*	Republican	unopposed
Iowa House of Representatives general elections, 2018  [15] District 42 Turnout: 15,511		Democratic		Kristin Sunde	Democratic	8,346	53.8%
				Peter Cownie*	Republican	7,155	46.1%