Deb M. Peters (born October 11, 1974 in

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) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the

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from January 11, 2011 to January 2019. Peters served consecutively in the

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from January 2005 until January 11, 2011 in the

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District 9 seat. In August 2017, Peters was elected to be the 45th president of the

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. Peters resigned from the Senate on January 4, 2019 to serve in the

. She never took office, and was replaced by

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Education

Peters earned her BS degrees in

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and

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from the

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Elections

* 2004 To challenge House District 9 incumbent Democratic Representative

Richard Engels Richard Engels was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the South Dakota House of Representatives. He represented the 9th district from 2003 to 2004, and again from 2007 to 2010. Engels was a Legislative Research Council Exe ...

, Peters and incumbent Republican Representative Daryl Christensen were unopposed for the June 1, 2004 Republican Primary; in the four-way November 2, 2004 General election Peters took the first seat by 16 votes with 4,329 votes (26.42%) and Democratic nominee Elaine Roberts took the second seat ahead of incumbent Democratic Representative Engels and Republican Representative Christensen. * 2006 Peters ran in the June 6, 2006 Republican Primary and won the four-way November 7, 2006 General election she took the first seat with 3,699 votes (25.99%) and Democratic former Representative Engels took the second seat ahead of incumbent Democratic Representative Roberts and Republican nominee Katy Dressen. * 2008 Peters ran in the June 3, 2008 Republican Primary, and won the four-way November 4, 2008 General election where she took the first seat with 5,115 votes (30.14%) and incumbent Democratic Representative Engels took the second seat ahead of Republican nominee Tom Sutton and Democratic nominee Marlyn Beebe. * 2010 When Senate District 9 incumbent

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Senator Tom Dempster was

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ed and left the Legislature, Peters was unopposed for the June 8, 2010 Republican Primary and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 5,119 votes (63.39%) against Democratic nominee Rob Wilson. * 2012 Peters was challenged in the June 5, 2012 Republican primary by State Representative Lora Hubbel and won by 42 votes out of 405 votes cast (52.73%). Peters was unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 5,939 votes. * 2014 Peters was unopposed in the Republican primary. Democrat Sheryl Knutson withdrew from running after the primary, and Peters was unopposed in the general election. * 2016 Deb Peters defeated Lora Hubbel in the South Dakota State Senate District 9 Republican primary on a vote of 569 to 441 (56.3% to 43.4%). In the general election, Peters defeated John Koch on a vote of 6,426 to 3,398 (65.4% to 35.6%). The 2016 election represents Peters' 4th consecutive election for State Senate, and she is barred by state law from seeking another consecutive term for this office due to term limits.

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