Peter Stauber

Republican Representative of Minnesota's 8th district

Representative
Minnesota, district 8
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Representative
Minnesota, district 8
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
Representative
Minnesota, district 8
January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025

202-225-6211

@RepPeteStauber

stauber.house.gov

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May 10, 1966 (58 years old)

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Former professional hockey player and retired law enforcement officer
Served as a United States representative since 2019
Played college hockey and led his team to a national championship in 1988
Met President Ronald Reagan, which influenced his political ambition
Brief career in professional hockey, including being drafted in the NHL Expansion Draft
Served as a lieutenant in the Duluth Police Department, where he was shot on duty
Served as a county commissioner in St. Louis County, Minnesota
Defeated a Democratic nominee in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections
Represents a working-class and mostly rural district
Co-owns a company that received over $86,000 in bailout funds from the Paycheck Protection Program during the COVID-19 pandemic
Criticized for attempts to block the nomination of Deb Haaland as United States Secretary of the Interior
Voted against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act but takes credit for supporting the project’s funding
Supported by Donald Trump in his 2018 campaign for U.S. Representative
Filed a motion to support Texas v. Pennsylvania, aiming to invalidate millions of votes in the 2020 presidential election
Held a Bipartisan Index Score of 0.7 in the 116th United States Congress
Violated Delta’s rules by flying after interacting with people who tested positive for COVID-19
Signed an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election
Committee assignments include Natural Resources, Small Business, and Transportation and Infrastructure
Member of several caucuses, including the Law Enforcement Caucus and the Congressional Steel Caucus
Of German ancestry, lives in Hermantown, and is a member of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church