Patricia Rae Peppers is an American politician who served as a member of the

Montana House of Representatives The Montana House of Representatives is, with the Montana Senate, one of the two houses of the Montana Legislature. Composed of 100 members, the House elects its leadership every two years. Composition of the House In the event that the parti ...

from 2013 to 2021. When elected in 2012, Peppers defeated Republican incumbent Sterling Small by a margin of 1,399 to 1,080.

Montana House of Representatives

Elections

In 2012, Rae Peppers decided to run for Montana's 41st House District in the

. She was unopposed in the June Democratic primary, and in the general election she defeated incumbent Sterling Small 56%-44%. She ran unopposed in 2014 and was re-elected.

Tenure

In 2012, Peppers' son, Joshua Peppers, lost his right foot following an attack involving an IED while on duty with the

U.S. Army The United States Army (USA) is the primary land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of the United Stat ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

. Subsequently, in 2013 she sponsored legislation (House Bill 447) to provide scholarships for Montana

Purple Heart The Purple Heart (PH) is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after 5 April 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, ...

recipients.

Committee assignments

*House Appropriations Committee (2015) *House Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Long-Range Planning (2015)

Personal life

She is a member of the

Crow Tribe The Crow, whose Endonym and exonym, autonym is Apsáalooke (), are Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans living primarily in southern Montana. Today, the Crow people have a List of federally recognized tribes in the United St ...

and resides in

Lame Deer Lame Deer (c. 1821–1877), also called "The Elk that Whistles Running," was a first chief of the Miniconjou Lakota (trans. "They who plant by the water") and vice chief of the Wakpokinyan (trans. "To Fly along the river") band. Biography Lame D ...

Montana Montana ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota to the east, South Dakota to the southeast, Wyoming to the south, an ...

References

External links

Official legislative webpage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Peppers, Rae Living people American people of Cheyenne descent Crow people Democratic Party members of the Montana House of Representatives Native American state legislators in Montana Native American women in politics Women state legislators in Montana Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century members of the Montana Legislature