{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Sarah Peake | honorific_suffix = | image = Sarah K. Peake.jpg | state_house = Massachusetts | district = [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Barnstable district|4th Barnstable]] | term_start = January 2007 | term_end = September 22, 2024 | preceded = [[Shirley Gomes]] | succeeded = [[Hadley Luddy]] | office1 = Member of the [[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]] [[Board of Selectmen]] | term_start1 = May 10, 2002 | term_end1 = 2007 | office2 = Member of the [[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]] Charter Enforcement Commission | term_start2 = 1994 | term_end2 = 2002 |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|10|4}} | birth_place = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | spouse = Lynn Mogell | alma_mater = [[Colgate University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])<br>[[Pace University School of Law]] ([[Juris Doctor|J.D.]]) | website = [http://www.sarahpeake.org/ sarahpeake.org] }} '''Sarah K. Peake''' is an [[American politician]] from the [[Commonwealth of Massachusetts]]. A [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], she served in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] from 2007 to 2024. She represented the Fourth Barnstable district, a [[Cape Cod]] district that includes her hometown of [[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.mass.gov/legis/member/skp1.htm|title=Massachusetts General Court: Rep. Sarah K. Peake|access-date=2007-07-23}}</ref> She previously served on the [[Provincetown Board of Selectmen]].

Peake earned an [[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]] from [[Colgate University]] and a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Pace University School of Law]].

Elected to the Provincetown Board of Selectmen in 2002, she first ran for state representative in 2004, facing Republican incumbent [[Shirley Gomes]]. Gomes, running for a sixth term, defeated Peake by 55 percent to 42 percent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CT&p_theme=ct&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10623EBB52845F53&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Gomes secures 6th Beacon Hill term|work=[[Cape Cod Times]]|date=2004-11-03|access-date=2007-07-23|archive-date=2012-10-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012142028/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CT&p_theme=ct&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10623EBB52845F53&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|url-status=dead}}</ref> When Gomes decided against seeking re-election in 2006, Peake once again ran for the seat. She won the Democratic primary handily against two opponents. In the general election, she faced Republican Aaron Maloy and won by 56 percent to 44 percent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CT&p_theme=ct&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=11547DF4452A6EF8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Lower Cape changeover|work=[[Cape Cod Times]]|date=2006-11-08|access-date=2007-07-23}}</ref> She took office the following January.<ref name=codder>{{cite news|url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/brewster/homepage/8998979666991644671|title=Peake on the Hill|work=The Cape Codder|date=2007-01-25|access-date=2007-07-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520012308/http://www.wickedlocal.com/brewster/homepage/8998979666991644671|archive-date=2011-05-20}}</ref> Seeking a second term in November 2008, she faced former Harwich selectman and Republican nominee Don Howell. She won easily, defeating Howell by 68% to 32%.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081105/NEWS/811050340|title=Sarah Peake easily gains re-election|work=[[Cape Cod Times]]|date=2008-11-05|access-date=2008-11-07|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617082423/http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20081105%2FNEWS%2F811050340|archive-date=2011-06-17}}</ref> In 2010, she overcame Orleans selectman and Republican nominee David Dunford, winning 64% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20101103/NEWS/11030340/-1/NEWSMAP|title=Incumbent Peake fends off GOP challenge|work=[[Cape Cod Times]]|date=2010-11-03|access-date=2010-11-10|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617063140/http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20101103%2FNEWS%2F11030340%2F-1%2FNEWSMAP|archive-date=2011-06-17}}</ref>

In the legislature, she served as the Vice-Chair of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development, as well as a member of the House Committee on Post Audit and Oversight and the House Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets.

Peake resigned from the Massachusetts House in September 2024 in order to take a position in the administration of Governor [[Maura Healey]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/politics/2024/09/23/cape-cod-state-rep-sarah-peake-resigned-governor-maura-healey/75345601007/|title=Cape state rep resigns immediately, takes job with Healey administration|work=[[Cape Cod Times]]|date=2024-09-23|access-date=2024-09-30}}</ref>

Peake is married to Lynn Mogell.<ref name="codder"/><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mnQoAgAAQBAJ&q=sarah+peake+lesbian&pg=PA270 |title = Women and Elective Office: Past, Present, and Future|isbn = 9780199328734|last1 = Thomas|first1 = Sue|last2 = Wilcox|first2 = Clyde|year = 2014| publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref> Several of her campaigns have won the support of the [[Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.victoryfund.org/endorsed_candidates/profile/candidate:142|title=Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund: Rep. Sarah Peake|access-date=2007-07-23|archive-date=2008-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402045927/http://www.victoryfund.org/endorsed_candidates/profile/candidate:142|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also== * [[2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature]] * [[2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.sarahpeake.org/ Campaign website]

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