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peter kinder

peter d. kinder -lrb- born may 12 , 1954 -rrb- is an american politician and member of the republican party from the u.s. state of missouri .
he was elected lieutenant governor of missouri in 2004 as matt blunt was elected governor .
kinder was re-elected in 2008 at the same time democrat jay nixon was elected governor .
kinder was the only republican in missouri to win statewide office in 2008 , as all other republicans running for each of the other statewide offices suffered defeat .
despite the overwhelmingly poor election year for republicans , and his winning by only about 1.5 % of the votes cast , kinder carried 102 of missouri 's 114 counties .
in 2012 , once again the only republican to win statewide , kinder was re-elected as the first lieutenant governor to be elected to a third term in missouri since 1940 .
