Scott Harvey Peters (born June 17, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the
U.S. representative from
California's 50th congressional district since 2023.
His district includes both coastal and central portions of
San Diego
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, as well as the suburbs of
Poway and
Coronado.
A member of the
Democratic Party, Peters served two terms on the
San Diego City Council
The San Diego City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of San Diego, California. The city council was first established in San Diego in 1850. The council uses a strong mayor system with a separately elected mayor who act ...
from 2000 to 2008, and was the first person to hold the post of president of the city council (2006–2008). He also served as a commissioner for the Unified
Port of San Diego before becoming a member of Congress.
Early life, education, and legal career
Peters was born in 1958 in
Springfield, Ohio
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. He was raised in
Michigan
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. His father was a
Lutheran minister
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and his mother was a homemaker.
Peters has said that he took out student loans and participated in his school's work-study program, through which he was given jobs answering phones and cleaning pigeon cages.
[ He received his undergraduate degree from ]Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist Jam ...
.
Peters served as an economist on the staff of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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(EPA),[Scott Peters campaign website.](_blank)
Retrieved February 28, 2012. then earned a J.D. degree from the New York University School of Law
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.[ Before his election to the city council, he worked as a deputy county counsel for ]San Diego County
San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, making it California's second-most populous county and the f ...
and as an attorney in private practice focusing on environmental law.[ He gained notability in a lawsuit against a local shipbuilder.
]
California government career
California Coastal Commission
In 2002, Peters was appointed to the California Coastal Commission
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. He served one three-year term on the Commission. A coalition of environmental groups gave his votes an environmental score of 31% in 2002, 52% in 2003 and 40% in 2004. He was "involuntarily retired" in 2005 when new State Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez
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did not renew his appointment.
City Council (2000–2008)
Elections
In 2000, Peters ran for the San Diego City Council
The San Diego City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of San Diego, California. The city council was first established in San Diego in 1850. The council uses a strong mayor system with a separately elected mayor who act ...
's 1st district. In the open primary, he ranked second with 24% of the vote, qualifying for the November general election. Businesswoman Linda Davis ranked first with 32% of the vote. Peters defeated Davis, 53%-47%.
In the 2004 open primary, he came in first with 48% of the vote. Businessman Phil Thalheimer ranked second with 31% of the vote. In the November election, Peters was reelected, defeating Thalheimer 55%-45%.
Tenure
In 2004, San Diego city residents voted to change the structure of city government from a council-city manager form to a mayor-council form, which made the mayor the city's chief executive officer. Serving as a member of the city council during this time, Peters was elected to chair the transition committee in charge of this project.
In 2005, Peters's fellow council members elected him to serve as the first president of the San Diego City Council, which under the new form of government made him the chief officer of the city's newly defined legislative branch. In 2008, San Diego's mayor vetoed a 24% pay raise for the city council that Peters and four other council members had voted for.
Peters was a member of the San Diego City Council during the San Diego pension scandal. In 2002, he voted with the majority to underfund the employee pension system. The ensuing Securities and Exchange Commission
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investigation cleared Peters and the other council members of fraud, but the Kroll Report investigation called them "negligent." The city spent $7 million defending officials involved in this case, including $631,000 defending Peters. During the 2012 congressional election campaign, his Republican opponent, Brian Bilbray
Brian Phillip Bilbray (born January 28, 1951) is an American Republican politician who represented parts of San Diego County in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001 and again from 2006 to 2013.
Bilbray was Chairman of the House ...
, made the scandal a major issue.
In 2007, Peters was criticized for excessive water use during a drought. He ended the year having consumed more than 1 million gallons of water for his home, which sits on a 34,848-square-foot lot near Mount Soledad, and for an adjacent landscaped parcel.
Peters cited a reduction in sewer spills and beach closure days as accomplishments during his city council tenure. He stated that the city averaged one spill per day when he was elected in 2000, but that the incidence of such spills fell 80% during his terms in office. He was involved in the push to ban alcohol from the city's beaches, as well as to ban smoking from public beaches and parks.
2008 city attorney election
Having reached the end of his eight-year term limit on the city council, Peters ran for San Diego City Attorney in 2008
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, challenging incumbent City Attorney Mike Aguirre
Jules Michael Aguirre (born 1949), more commonly known as Michael Jules Aguirre, was the City Attorney for the City of San Diego, California, from 2004 to 2008.
In 2013, he was a candidate for mayor in a special election following Mayor Bob Fil ...
. In the open primary, state legislator Jan Goldsmith
Jan Ira Goldsmith (born January 26, 1951) is a Republican politician from San Diego, California, United States who served as the San Diego City Attorney from 2008 to 2016.
Education
He received his undergraduate degree from American Universit ...
ranked first with 32% of the vote. The incumbent ranked second with 29% of the vote, qualifying for the runoff election. Peters ranked third with 20% of the vote and did not advance to the runoff. He later served as deputy county counsel for the County of San Diego
San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, making it California's second-most populous county and the f ...
.
Port Commission (2009–2012)
Peters was a port commissioner from 2009 through 2012, serving as chair of the Port Commission in 2011. He was sworn in as a commissioner in January 2009, after having been appointed by the San Diego City Council
The San Diego City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of San Diego, California. The city council was first established in San Diego in 1850. The council uses a strong mayor system with a separately elected mayor who act ...
. He represented the City of San Diego on the Port Commission, making decisions about the uses of San Diego Bay
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and its adjacent waterfront land.[Port of San Diego: About Us.](_blank)
Retrieved February 28, 2012.
Peters's fellow commissioners chose him to serve as chair of the board of commissioners for 2011.
January 11, 2011. In January 2011, he said one of his top priorities was to decommission the South Bay Power Plant in Chula Vista to make room for better use. In the year Peters served as chair, the board of commissioners reached a deal with the former operator of the plant for its demolition. The Port also conducted community outreach for six months to gather ideas for improving San Diego's waterfront "front porch" between the airport and Seaport Village.
U.S. House of Representatives (2013–present)
Elections
2012
Peters ran for the newly redrawn 52nd district in 2012. The district had previously been the 50th district, represented by Republican incumbent Brian Bilbray
Brian Phillip Bilbray (born January 28, 1951) is an American Republican politician who represented parts of San Diego County in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001 and again from 2006 to 2013.
Bilbray was Chairman of the House ...
. In the final month of the race, Peters lent $1.25 million to his own campaign. In the open primary, Bilbray ranked first with 41% of the vote. Peters ranked second with 23% of the vote, qualifying for the November general election ballot. He narrowly edged out State Assemblywoman Lori Saldaña, a fellow Democrat, who earned 22% of the vote. The other candidates all received single-digit percentages. During the primary, Peters received the endorsement of retiring congressman Bob Filner of the neighboring 51st district. On election night the vote was too close to call, but Peters's small lead increased each day as more absentee, vote-by-mail, and provisional ballots were processed. On November 16, Bilbray conceded to Peters. Peters defeated Bilbray 51%-49%, a difference of 6,956 votes. He became the first Democrat to represent what is now the 52nd since 1991, when Jim Bates was unseated in what was then the 44th district (it was renumbered the 51st in 1993 and the 50th in 2003).
2014
In the June 2014 primary, Peters was opposed by three Republicans. Peters was the top vote-getter with 42%. Under California's "top two" primary system, he faced the second-place finisher, former city councilman Carl DeMaio
Carl David DeMaio (born September 14, 1974) is an American politician from San Diego, California. DeMaio hosts a radio show on NewsRadio 600 KOGO. He also founded and served as Chairman of Reform California, a conservative political action commi ...
, in the November general election. Peters was a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is the Democratic Hill committee for the United States House of Representatives, working to elect Democrats to that body. The DCCC recruits candidates, raises funds, and organizes races in ...
's Frontline Program. The program is designed to help protect vulnerable Democratic candidates. In August, Peters was endorsed by the United States Chamber of Commerce
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, which usually endorses Republicans. Peters was supported by 100 PACs that had supported the Republican incumbent, Brian Bilbray, in the previous cycle.
In a poll conducted by SurveyUSA for U-T San Diego and 10News
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during September 11–15, 2014, Peters polled at 47% and DeMaio at 46%. The same poll taken October 2–6 showed DeMaio with a 3-point lead over Peters, within the margin of error. An earlier Survey USA poll showed Peters leading by one point.
On election night the result was too close to call, with DeMaio ahead by 751 votes. Over the next few days Peters pulled into the lead. By Friday, Peters had a lead of 4,491 votes, and the Associated Press called the election for him. The final result was Peters 51.59% and DeMaio 48.41%.
2016
Peters was re-elected in 2016 with 56.5% of the vote, handily defeating Republican Denise Gitsham.
2018
Peters was reelected with 63.8% of the vote over Republican Omar Qudrat.
2020
Peters was reelected with 61.6% of the vote over Republican Jim DeBello.
Tenure
Peters supported reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act in early 2013. In April of that year, he voted for the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA (112th Congress), (113th Congress), (114th Congress)) was a proposed law in the United States which would allow for the sharing of Internet traffic information between the U.S. gover ...
, a bill that would allow federal intelligence agencies to share cybersecurity intelligence and information with private entities and utilities. Peters co-sponsored the BREATHE Act
The BREATHE Act is a proposal for a federal omnibus bill, presented by the Electoral Justice Project of the Movement for Black Lives. The bill proposes to divest taxpayer dollars from policing and invest in alternate, community-based approaches ...
in March 2013. In May, he voted against repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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(PPACA). The same year, he co-sponsored the Student Non-Discrimination Act. In October 2013, Peters was one of nine Democratic co-sponsors of HR3425, an unsuccessful proposal to delay any penalties under the PPACA until four months after the program's website was fully functional. As of late 2013, Peters had voted the same way as Republican Speaker of the House
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John Boehner
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nine of the 16 times that Boehner had cast a vote.
In 2014, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a Republican-affiliated lobbying group, said Peters voted with the Chamber's position on key bills 69% of the time. Also in 2014, Peters said he would prefer that Congress develop a strategy to deal with climate change, but that in lieu of congressional action, he would support President Obama's moves to bypass Congress and look for an international climate change deal.
Peters signed the Respect for Marriage Act
The Respect for Marriage Act (RFMA; ) is a landmark United States federal law passed by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden. It repeals the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), requires the U.S. federal gover ...
in early 2015. Months later, the Supreme Court decided '' Obergefell v. Hodges'', making the act ''de facto'' federal law.
Peters co-sponsored the Safe Drinking Water Act Improved Compliance Awareness Act, which would have required lead in drinking water to be reported to the public. In June 2016, House Democrats staged a sit-in on the House floor to protest the lack of a vote on gun control. The Speaker pro tem, Ted Poe
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, declared the House was in recess, and the video feed to C-SPAN
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was shut off. But after a brief interruption, C-SPAN was able to broadcast the sit-in because Peters streamed the activity using his Periscope
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In its simplest form, it consists of an outer case with ...
account. That same month, Peters voted in support of the DARK Act.
In 2019, Peters sponsored the bipartisan Super Pollutants Act, which according to a press release from his office "aims to slow climate change by regulating black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons, and methane–some of the most potent greenhouse gases. These short-lived climate pollutants, also called super pollutants, are significantly more potent than carbon dioxide."
In 2021, Peters voted against moving forward with the Build Back Better Act, leading to protest from environmentalist and progressive groups.
Committee assignments
2013–2014 113th session of Congress
* Committee on Armed Services
** Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
** Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities
* Committee on Science, Space and Technology
** Subcommittee on Oversight
** Subcommittee on Technology
2015–2016 114th session of Congress
* Committee on Armed Services
** Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces
** Subcommittee on Readiness
* United States House Judiciary Committee
** Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
** Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law
2017–2018 115th session of Congress
*Committee on Energy and Commerce
**Subcommittee on Energy
**Subcommittee on Environment
**Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
*Committee on Veterans' Affairs
**Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
**Subcommittee on Technology Modernization
2019–2020 116th session of Congress
*Committee on Energy and Commerce
**Subcommittee on Energy
**Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
*Committee on the Budget
2021–2022 117th session of Congress
*Committee on Energy and Commerce
*Committee on Small Business
Caucus memberships
* House Democratic Caucus
* New Democrat Coalition
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* Problem Solvers Caucus
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* Congressional Arts Caucus
* Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus
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* United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus
* Climate Solutions Caucus
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* U.S.-Japan Caucus
Political positions
Peters is a relatively conservative Democrat. He is vice-chair of the centrist New Democrat Coalition. A 2016 analysis found that Peters was among the House members "most likely to vote against his fellow party members." He was quoted saying "I’m proud of my independent record." Peters endorsed Michael Bloomberg's 2020 presidential campaign, saying that "we need an alternative to Sen. Sanders and Sen. Warren... I disagree with them more on policy."
Abortion
Peters is pro-choice
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. He has a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America
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and an F rating from the Susan B. Anthony List for his abortion-related voting record. He opposed the overturning of ''Roe v. Wade''.
Civil rights
;LGBTQ+
Peters supports same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being Mexico, constituting ...
.
;Women's rights
His efforts to support women's rights earned him an endorsement from the Feminist Majority in 2012.
Climate change
Peters supports bipartisan climate action. Peters has called climate change
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"a global emergency and imminent threat that requires us to work across party lines to take bold, immediate action." He supports efforts to decarbonize the economy to become net-zero carbon, including charging for carbon expenditures. He also wants to regulate methane
Methane ( , ) is a chemical compound with the chemical formula (one carbon atom bonded to four hydrogen atoms). It is a group-14 hydride, the simplest alkane, and the main constituent of natural gas. The relative abundance of methane ...
, hydrofluorocarbons and black carbon, which he believes contribute to climate change. Peters also wants to see the auto industry transition to electric vehicles.
;Wildfires
Peters acknowledges that wildfires
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have increased due to climate change. He considers wildfires, and natural disasters, high priority in his district. He has sponsored legislation to ensure transparency in government spending on disaster responses. He also has supported the Wildfire Disaster Funding Act to fund wildfire suppression and prevention efforts.
COVID-19
Peters called the Trump administration's response to COVID-19 "abysmal" and said that "other countries look on with a mixture of horror and pity for how this has gone for us.” He pushed to oppose a patent waiver that would allow developing nations to create their own vaccines.
Energy and oil
Peters opposes expanding offshore drilling
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and has supported efforts to ban it in the Gulf of Mexico. He supports nuclear energy and investing in advanced nuclear technologies.
Government reform
Peters supports D.C. statehood.
;Voting rights
Peters opposes requiring photo ID to vote. He supports automatic voter registration for eligible voters and making election day a federal holiday.
Guns
Peters supports background check requirements for every firearm sale and transfer.
Health care
He supports the Affordable Care Act
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and opposes efforts to repeal it.
In 2019, Peters supported a bill to lower drug costs, but in 2021, he played a leading role in preventing its passage. Peters was one of three Democrats on the House Energy Committee to oppose allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, except in a small subset of cases. In September 2021, he and Representatives Kurt Schrader and Kathleen Rice
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joined Republican members to block committee passage of such a bill, 29-29. Peters appeared to be the leader of the opposition group. Peters has received consistent and considerable financial support from the pharmaceutical industry since he was first elected in 2012. Over his career, pharmaceutical PACs and employees have donated $860,465 to his campaigns, the second-most of any industry, according to Open Secrets
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. By mid-September in the 2022 election cycle, pharmaceutical industry contributions to Peters exceeded those of all other House members and candidates at $88,550.
Housing
Peters considers housing and homelessness top concerns in his district. He supports affordable housing and building dense housing near transit, with the goal of getting more homes being built while improving transit infrastructure.
Immigration
Peters supports the DREAM Act
The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, known as the DREAM Act, is a United States legislative proposal to grant temporary conditional residency, with the right to work, to illegal immigrants who entered the United States a ...
and creating paths to citizenship for longtime immigrant U.S. residents. He opposed the Trump administration family separation policy. Peters co-sponsored the Providing Justice for Asylum Seekers Act to make it easier for immigration judges to reschedule cases to avoid automatic deportation of people seeking asylum.
Military
Peters has led efforts to improve infrastructure at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (MCAS Miramar) , formerly Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS) Miramar and Naval Air Station (NAS) Miramar, is a United States Marine Corps installation that is home to the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, which is the av ...
. He has encouraged the building of new Navy ships based in San Diego. He supports a new Navy Seals training facility in the San Diego area.
Police
Peters co-sponsored the Justice in Policing Act
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. He believes in partnering with law enforcement officers "to change the culture."
U.S.-Mexico relations
Peters considers the border relations between San Diego and Mexico one of his district's top priorities. He opposed the Trump wall and supports the USMCA. He has led efforts to upgrade the San Ysidro Port of Entry to reduce border waits. He also supports modernizing border security.
Big Tech
In 2022, Peters was one of 16 Democrats to vote against the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.
Personal life
Peters lives with his family in La Jolla
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La Jolla is surrounded on ...
. He and his wife, Lynn E. Gorguze, have two children. Gorguze is president and CEO of Cameron Holdings, and his family has a net worth of $112 million. As of 2014, Peters was the sixth- wealthiest member of Congress.
Electoral history
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
References
External links
Congressman Scott Peters
official U.S. House website
Scott Peters for Congress
campaign website
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1958 births
21st-century American politicians
Duke University alumni
Living people
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California
New York University School of Law alumni
Politicians from Springfield, Ohio
San Diego City Council members