Education
Raised on a farm near Randall, Peppin graduated from Little Falls High School in Little Falls, then went on to the University of Minnesota in Duluth, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Speech Communications in 1992.
Raised on a farm near Randall, Peppin graduated from Little Falls High School in Little Falls, then went on to the University of Minnesota in Duluth, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Speech Communications in 1992.
In 2015, Peppin became the Majority Leader of the She also works in communications and public relations. In 2007, she earned her Master of Business Administration at the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul. She was a communications consultant for the Minnesota House from 1992–1997, worked as a communications manager and vice president of public relations for United States. Bancorp from 1997–2001, and was a communications specialist for the Minnesota House Republican Caucus until running for the House herself in 2004.
Peppin was first elected in 2004, and was re-elected in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014.
Elections.
Republican Party of Minnesota, Republican Party.
A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, she represents District 34A, which includes portions of Hennepin County in the northwestern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Peppin has also been active in her local community, serving on the Hassan Township Parks Commission from 1998–2004, as a member of the I-94 West Chamber of Commerce, and as chair of the Mary Queen of Peace Catholic School Advisory Board from 2002-2004.