Gary Peters

Gary Peters was born in Pontiac, Michigan, on December 1, 1958. He earned a B.A. from Alma College in 1980, an M.B.A. in finance from the University of Detroit in 1984, a J.D. from Wayne State University in 1989 and an M.A. in philosophy from Michigan State University in 2007. He was an assistant vice president at Merrill Lynch from 1980 to 1989 and a vice president at UBS/Paine Webber from 1989 to 2003, and served in the U.S. Navy Reserve from 1993 to 2000 and 2001 to 2005, reaching the rank of lieutenant commander.

Peters sat on the Rochester Hills city council from 1991 to 1993 and in the Michigan state senate from 1995 to 2002, and ran unsuccessfully for state attorney general in 2002. He was Michigan's lottery commissioner from 2003 to 2007. He served in the U.S. House from January 3, 2009, to January 3, 2015.

He was elected to the Senate in 2014, took his seat on January 3, 2015, and was re-elected in 2020 for a term ending January 3, 2027. He chaired the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 2021 to 2025 and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs in the 117th and 118th Congresses, where he is now ranking member.