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Peter Fischer
Democratic Party
Minnesota House of Representatives District 44A
Tenure
2023 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
3
Predecessor: Ginny Klevorn (D)
Prior offices:
Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A
Years in office: 2013 - 2023
Successor: Cedrick Frazier (D)
Compensation
Base salary
$51,750/year
Per diem
$86/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
University of St. Thomas
Personal
Profession
Finance director
Contact
Official website
Official Facebook
Campaign website
Campaign Facebook
Campaign X
Campaign Instagram
Personal Facebook

Peter Fischer (Democratic Party) is a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 44A. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.

Fischer (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 44A. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Peter Fischer lives in Maplewood, Minnesota. Fischer graduated from Hill-Murray School in 1976. He earned an A.A. from Lakewood Community College in 1979 and a B.A. in business administration from the University of St. Thomas in 1981. His career experience includes working as a nonprofit finance director.[1][2]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Fischer was assigned to the following committees:

2023-2024

Fischer was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Fischer was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Fischer was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2017
• Environment and Natural Resources
• Health and Human Services Finance

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Fischer served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Fischer served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2013
• Environment and Natural Resources Policy, Vice chair
• Health and Human Services Finance
• Housing Finance and Policy
• Labor, Workplace and Regulated Industries

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44A

Incumbent Peter Fischer defeated Karla Nelson in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44A on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Peter Fischer
Peter Fischer (D)
 
62.4
 
12,085
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Karla Nelson (R)
 
37.4
 
7,255
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
35

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 19,375
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Peter Fischer advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44A.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Karla Nelson advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44A.

Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Fischer in this election.

2022

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44A

Incumbent Peter Fischer defeated Alex Pinkney in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44A on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Peter Fischer
Peter Fischer (D)
 
62.8
 
9,918
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Alex Pinkney (R)
 
37.1
 
5,851
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
15

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 15,784
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Peter Fischer advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44A.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Alex Pinkney advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 44A.

2020

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A

Incumbent Peter Fischer defeated Paul Babin in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Peter Fischer
Peter Fischer (D)
 
60.7
 
14,496
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Paul Babin (R)
 
39.2
 
9,360
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
29

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 23,885
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Peter Fischer advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Paul Babin advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A.

Campaign finance

2018

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A

Incumbent Peter Fischer defeated Bob Cardinal in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Peter Fischer
Peter Fischer (D)
 
61.4
 
12,253
Image of Bob Cardinal
Bob Cardinal (R) Candidate Connection
 
38.5
 
7,691
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
24

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 19,968
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A

Incumbent Peter Fischer advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
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Image of Peter Fischer
Peter Fischer

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A

Bob Cardinal advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
✔
Image of Bob Cardinal
Bob Cardinal Candidate Connection

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

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2016

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.

Incumbent Peter Fischer defeated Bob Cardinal in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A general election.[3][4]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 43A General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Peter Fischer Incumbent 55.07% 11,970
     Republican Bob Cardinal 44.93% 9,767
Total Votes 21,737
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


Incumbent Peter Fischer ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A Democratic primary.[5][6]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 43A Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Peter Fischer Incumbent (unopposed)


Bob Cardinal ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A Republican primary.[5][6]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 43A Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Bob Cardinal  (unopposed)

2014

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 12, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Incumbent Peter Fischer was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Stacey Stout was unopposed in the Republican primary. Fischer defeated Stout in the general election.[7][8][9]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 43A General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Fischer Incumbent 50.6% 8,314
     Republican Stacey Stout 49.1% 8,068
     Write-in Write-in 0.2% 35
Total Votes 16,417

2012

See also: Minnesota House of Representatives elections, 2012

Fischer won election in the 2012 election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A. He defeated Bob Hill in the Democratic primary on August 14 and defeated Stacey Stout (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[10][11]

Minnesota House of Representatives, District 43A, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Fischer 52.8% 11,616
     Republican Stacey Stout 47.2% 10,374
Total Votes 21,990
Minnesota House of Representatives, District 43A Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Fischer 53.7% 1,534
Bob Hill 46.3% 1,324
Total Votes 2,858

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Peter Fischer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Peter Fischer did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2016

Fischer's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

Going forward I support:

  • Raising the minimum wage
  • Restoring White Bear Lake
  • Bonding to address the housing needs in the State
  • Continuing to address the water issues facing our region and state by re-establishing the Legislative Commission
  • Continuing to protect the right of choice for the women of our State
  • Working to eliminate red tape and streamline government operations
  • Improving funding and creating sustainable operations to meet our transportation and transit needs[12]
 ”
—Peter Fischer[13]

2012

Fischer's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[14]

Jobs

  • Excerpt: "One of the keystones of having a strong state is ensuring that everyone who wants a job has an opportunity to get a job. We are a long way from ensuring this, but we are getting closer."

Education

  • Excerpt: "Education is the key to getting our economy back on track. Without a strong education system, our graduates won’t have the skills they need to fill the jobs that are available."

The Environment

  • Excerpt: "I am against letting corporations write their own permits that have to be approved by the State. It’s the equivalent of having the fox in charge of the hen house."

Protecting Rights

  • Excerpt: "I will work as hard today to protect the rights of those who are disadvantaged. Supporting the efforts to address the needs of homeless youth, who often are unable to defend themselves, is also very important to me."

Wedge Issues

  • Excerpt: "I do not support either of the proposed changes to the Constitution."

Campaign finance summary

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Peter Fischer campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Minnesota House of Representatives District 44AWon general$50,771 $51,173
2022Minnesota House of Representatives District 44AWon general$35,288 $36,425
2020Minnesota House of Representatives District 43AWon general$41,739 N/A**
2018Minnesota House of Representatives District 43AWon general$42,147 N/A**
2016Minnesota House of Representatives, District 43aWon $43,356 N/A**
2014Minnesota State House, District 43AWon $65,554 N/A**
2012Minnesota State House, District 43AWon $30,516 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Minnesota House of Representatives, "Rep. Peter Fischer," accessed March 31, 2023
    2. ↑ Facebook, "Peter Fischer," accessed March 31, 2023
    3. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
    4. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
    6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016
    7. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "State Canvassing Board Report," August 19, 2014
    8. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed July 25, 2014
    9. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
    10. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2012 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed June 18, 2012
    11. ↑ AP "Minnesota - Summary Vote Results," accessed August 15, 2012
    12. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    13. ↑ Fischer for Rep, "Issues," accessed September 22, 2016
    14. ↑ "fischerforrep," Official Campaign Website

    Political offices
    Preceded by
    Ginny Klevorn (D)     		Minnesota House of Representatives District 44A
    2023-Present    		 Succeeded by
    -
    Preceded by
    -     		Minnesota House of Representatives District 43A
    2013-2023    		 Succeeded by
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