Peter I. Blute

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Peter Blute

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd district
In office 1993-1997
Preceded by	Joseph Early
Succeeded by	James P. McGovern

Born	January 28, 1956 Worcester, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Roberta Blute
Religion	Roman Catholic

Peter I. Blute (born January 28, 1956), American politician, was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives between January 3, 1993-January 3, 1997. He represented the Third District of Massachusetts.

Blute was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, grew up and currently lives in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, attended parochial schools, and got his B.A. at Boston College in 1978. He was the owner of a sports promotion and marketing firm, and then a marketing representative for The Burdett School.

Blute was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1986 and served until 1993 when he was elected as a Republican to the 103rd Congress and then reelected to the 104th Congress. A moderate Republican, he surprisingly defeated 9 term incumbent Joseph Early in 1992.

After two terms in the House, Blute was defeated by current Congressman James P. McGovern in a 1996 in a reelection bid for the 105th Congress.

1 Electoral history
2 After Congress
3 Family
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Electoral history

1992 Race for 3rd Massachusetts US Congressional District
- Rep. Joseph Early (D), 44.3%
- Peter Blute (R), 50.4%
- Others, 5.3%
1994 Race for 3rd Massachusetts US Congressional District
- Rep. Peter Blute (R), 54.6%
- Kevin O'Sullivan (D), 44.2%
- Others, 1.2%
1996 Race for 3rd Massachusetts US Congressional District
- Rep. Peter Blute (R), 45.4%
- James P. McGovern (D), 52.9%
- Others, 1.7%

[edit] After Congress

From 1997 until 1999, Blute served as Executive Director of the Massachusetts Port Authority (MassPort). His tenure at MassPort came to an end following revelations of a workday "booze cruise", originally paid for with Massport funds and billed as a "survey" of Boston Harbor, during which a female passenger, actress Gidget Churchill, aboard the vessel with Blute exposed her breasts to a Boston Herald photographer. Questions remain as to why Churchill exposed herself and who notified the local media as to the time and date of the cruise.^[1]

He was then a radio talk show host for WRKO Boston from 5:30-9 AM, co-hosting with Andy Moes from 1999-2001, John Osterlind from 2001-2003, and Scott Allen Miller from 2003 until his retirement from the show on October 3, 2005.

On February 14, 2006, it was reported that Blute was meeting with National GOP leaders about a possible run against Senator Ted Kennedy in the November, 2006 US Senate Election.^{[citation needed]}

Currently he is host of The Peter Blute Show on AM 830 WCRN Worcester from 7-9AM.

[edit] Family

In 2005 Boston Magazine ranked the Blute family the 10th out of 50 families "that run [Boston]".^[2]

[edit] References

^ "Beat the Press: Blute and Carr/WRKO", WGBH, WGBH Boston, 2001-11-16.
^ "The Fifty Families (Part 1)", Boston Magazine, Boston Magazine, 2004-05.

[edit] External links

Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
2001-11-16 Episode of WGBH's "Greater Boston" detailing the infamous MassPort "booze cruise" incident.
"Blute says he won't challenge Kennedy" Boston Globe, 2006-02-24

Preceded by Joseph D. Early	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district 1993–1997	Succeeded by James P. McGovern