Pete Stauber
RepublicanU.S. Representative, MN-8| Age | 60 (b. 1966-05-10) |
| Gender | Male |
| In office since | 2019-01-03 (~7 yrs) |
| Race / ethnicity | White (German ancestry) |
| Religion | Catholic (Roman Catholic; member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church) |
| Education | Graduated from Denfeld High School, Duluth; earned a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology from Lake Superior State University. |
| Prior occupation | Duluth Police Department lieutenant (officer ~1995-2017, roughly 23 years); former professional/minor-league ice hockey player (1990-1993, Detroit Red Wings/Adirondack Red Wings organization); co-owner of Stauber Brothers Inc. (Duluth Hockey Company) |
| Military service | No |
| Birthplace | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Marital status | Married — Jodi Stauber |
| Children | 6 |
| Residence | Hermantown, Minnesota |
| Notable relatives | Brother Robb Stauber, former NHL goaltender who coached the U.S. women's national ice hockey team; brother Dan Stauber, also a hockey player. (Family hockey background, not a political dynasty.) |
Pending research: languages · openly lgbtq.
Career & politics
| First elected | 2018 |
| Previous offices | Hermantown City Council (approx. 8 years) · St. Louis County Commissioner (2013-2019) |
| Committees | Committee on Natural Resources - Chair, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources; member, Subcommittee on Federal Lands · Committee on Small Business - Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains · Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure - Subcommittees on Aviation, Highways and Transit, and Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials |
| Caucuses | Republican Study Committee · Republican Main Street Partnership / Republican Main Street Caucus · Republican Governance Group · Congressional Western Caucus · Congressional Steel Caucus · Law Enforcement Caucus · Congressional Motorcycle Caucus · Congressional Coalition on Adoption · Problem Solvers Caucus (former) |
| Leadership | Chair, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources (House Natural Resources Committee), 119th Congress · Chair, Republican Main Street Caucus (2021-2023) |
| Ideology | Conservative-leaning Republican. Heritage Action scorecard: 90% (117th Congress), 77% (116th Congress). Voted with Trump's positions about 90.4% of the time in the 116th Congress (per FiveThirtyEight tracking cited by Wikipedia). |
| Signature legislation | Superior National Forest Restoration Act (H.R. 3195) - would rescind the 20-year mineral withdrawal/mining ban and reopen ~225,500 acres of Superior National Forest near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to copper-nickel mining; passed the House in 2024 (212-203) |
Financial
Net worth: disclosed $836,015–$2,040,000 (2018) · estimate
| Securities & investments (brokerage/investment account) | fund · 2018 |
| Real estate at 5068 W Arrowhead Road | real_estate · 2018 |
| RedKing LLC | business_owned · 2018 |
| Stauber Brothers Inc. (Duluth Hockey Company) - co-owned retail business, sold to Pure Hockey in 2021 | business_owned · 2021 |
Scandals & crimes ledger
No recorded incidents. Under the adjudicated-only methodology, an entry appears only when a court or official body has formally acted and the record is cited.