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'''Peter Kooi Simpson, Sr.''' (born July 31, 1930), is a member of the Simpson political family in the U.S. state of [[Wyoming]]. He served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from Sheridan from 1981 to 1984, with assignment to the House Appropriations Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LegislatorSummary/LegDetail.aspx?Source=H&LegID=341|title=Legislator Information|publisher=legisweb.state.wy.us|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}</ref>
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Peter Kooi "Pete" Simpson, Sr.
|office=[[Wyoming]] State Representative<br> for Sheridan County
|term_start=January 1981
|term_end=1984
|birth_date=July 31, 1930
|birth_place=Cody, Park County, Wyoming
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=
|children=
|alma_mater=Universitiy of Wyoming<br>
[[University of Oregon]] (Eugene)
|branch=[[United States Navy]]}}
'''Peter Kooi Simpson, Sr.''', known as '''Pete Simpson''' (born July 31, 1930), is a member of the Simpson political family in the U.S. state of [[Wyoming]]. He served in the Wyoming House of Representatives from Sheridan from 1981 to 1984, with assignment to the House Appropriations Committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LegislatorSummary/LegDetail.aspx?Source=H&LegID=341|title=Legislator Information|publisher=legisweb.state.wy.us|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}</ref>
In 1986, Simpson was the [[Republican]] gubernatorial nominee, having been defeated, 54-46 percent, by the [[Democrat]] Michael J. Sullivan of Douglas in Converse County in southeastern Wyoming. It was a heavily Democratic year politically, as Republicans lost their majority in the [[U.S. Senate]] for the last two years of the [[Ronald W. Reagan]] administration. Sullivan succeeded fellow Democrat Edgar Herschler.
In 1986, Simpson was the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Governor|gubernatorial]] nominee, having been defeated, 54-46 percent, by the [[Democrat]] Michael J. Sullivan of Douglas in Converse County in southeastern Wyoming. It was a heavily Democratic year politically, as Republicans lost their majority in the [[U.S. Senate]] for the last two years of the [[Ronald W. Reagan]] administration. Sullivan succeeded fellow Democrat Edgar Herschler.
==Biography==
==Biography==
Simpson was born in Cody in northwestern Wyoming to subsequent Governor and [[U.S. Senator]] [[Milward L. Simpson]] and the former Lorna Kooi. His brother is former U.S. Senator [[Alan Simpson]]. Both have as their middle name the mother's maiden name "Kooi". One of Simpson's nephews is former State Representative Colin M. Simpson of Cody, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in the Republican primary election in 2010. The nomination and the election went to [[Matt Mead]], a grandson of former governor [[Clifford P. Hansen]].
Simpson was born in Cody in northwestern Wyoming to subsequent Governor and [[U.S. Senator]] [[Milward L. Simpson]] and the former Lorna Kooi. His brother is former U.S. Senator [[Alan Simpson]]. Both have as their middle name the mother's maiden name "Kooi". One of Simpson's nephews is former State Representative Colin M. Simpson of Cody, who ran unsuccessfully for governor in the Republican primary election in 2010. The nomination and the election went to [[Matt Mead]], a grandson of former governor [[Clifford P. Hansen]], who has since been succeeded by [[Mark Gordon]].
A graduate of the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Simpson lettered in basketball and earned his bachelor's degree in History in 1953. He served for four years in the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=simpson/> Simpson then moved to Billings, [[Montana]], where he became involved in folk singings and had a local television program.<ref name=larboom>{{cite web|url=http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2011/02/13/news/doc4d575a093f62d585775911.txt|title=Debra Thomsen, "Moving home Pete and Lynne Simpson are leaving Laramie, but not before giving the community one more production"|publisher=''Laramie Daily Boomerang'', February 11, 2011|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}</ref>
A graduate of the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Simpson lettered in basketball and earned his bachelor's degree in History in 1953. He served for four years in the [[United States Navy]].<ref name=simpson/> Simpson then moved to Billings, [[Montana]], where he became involved in folk singings and had a local television program.<ref name=larboom>{{cite web|url=http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2011/02/13/news/doc4d575a093f62d585775911.txt|title=Debra Thomsen, "Moving home Pete and Lynne Simpson are leaving Laramie, but not before giving the community one more production"|publisher=''Laramie Daily Boomerang'', February 11, 2011|accessdate=November 1, 2012}}</ref>