# Peter Cownie

Peter Cownie (born April 19, 1980) is an American politician.
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. During her tenure, Patricia Cownie served as president pro term. Branstad's successor Kim Reynolds did not nominate Patricia Cownie to a second term.

## Electoral history

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