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Peter is from Suffern, New York. He holds a bachelor's degree in resource management from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. He lives in Houston with his wife, Elizabeth. 

Peter currently works as a middle school English teacher at KIPP Texas Public Schools in Houston. He previously worked as an auto insurance producer for Progressive Insurance and as a Lawn and Tree Specialist at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company in Jacksonville.

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Peter Filler's campaign for US Representative in Congressional District 2 is his first run for public office. 

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Plans to "bring home appropriations dollars" and work with cities and the state to match the funds.

- Plans to "bring home appropriations dollars" and work with cities and the state to match the funds.
- Supports workers unions.

Economy

Wants to partner with local Police, Firefighters, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) departments to ensure they have the ability to be work in their communities and perform their jobs well.

- Wants to partner with local Police, Firefighters, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) departments to ensure they have the ability to be work in their communities and perform their jobs well.

Public Safety

Opposes the removal of Planned Parenthood and other facilities that provided Texas women with reproductive health care.

- Supports abortion access.
- Opposes the removal of Planned Parenthood and other facilities that provided Texas women with reproductive health care.

Healthcare

As of June 9, 2025, Peter Filler’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Education

Wants to work on the energy and commerce committees if elected to develop and expand renewable energy resources for the future.

- Wants to work on the energy and commerce committees if elected to develop and expand renewable energy resources for the future.

Energy & the Environment

Opposed the removal of Section 4b of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in 2013, which established a formula to determine which states and localities demonstrated a history of voting rights violations.

Plans to be "a voice of reason" if elected.

Wants to "unite our community around causes."

Plans to actively listen to voters and respond to their concerns.

Said "My opponent Dan Crenshaw is the exact opposite of me. Dan is short tempered, inconsiderate, and a poor communicator. He only really cares about himself and the special interests that donate to him and his PAC’s."

- Opposed the removal of Section 4b of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in 2013, which established a formula to determine which states and localities demonstrated a history of voting rights violations.
- Plans to be "a voice of reason" if elected.
- Wants to "unite our community around causes."
- Plans to actively listen to voters and respond to their concerns.
- Said "My opponent Dan Crenshaw is the exact opposite of me. Dan is short tempered, inconsiderate, and a poor communicator. He only really cares about himself and the special interests that donate to him and his PAC’s."

Voting & Elections

Said "There is no such thing as open borders at any border crossing in The United States or any such thing as illegal aliens in Texas. It's all Republican propaganda that Dan Crenshaw and Greg Abbott use to divide Americans..."

- Said "There is no such thing as open borders at any border crossing in The United States or any such thing as illegal aliens in Texas. It's all Republican propaganda that Dan Crenshaw and Greg Abbott use to divide Americans..."

Foreign Policy and Immigration

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Dan lives with his wife Tara and their daughter in Houston. He earned a bachelor's degree in international affairs from Tufts University and a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

Dan served as a U.S. Navy SEAL for a decade, achieving the rank of lieutenant commander. 

Dan Crenshaw is a US representative in Congressional District 2. He was elected in 2018 and is serving his 3rd term.

As of June 9, 2025, Dan Crenshaw’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Opposes federal funding of state red flag laws.

- Opposes federal funding of state red flag laws.
- Opposes bans on pistol braces.

Opposes "gender affirming care" for children.

As a US representative, introduced legislation to improve access to direct primary care for Medicaid recipients.

- Opposes "gender affirming care" for children.
- As a US representative, introduced legislation to improve access to direct primary care for Medicaid recipients.

As a US representative, introduced the Keeping America’s Refineries Act to address lawsuits related to refining petroleum.

Introduced the Primacy Certainty Act to support the approval of carbon capture projects.

Introduced the Conversation Funding Protection Act to require  the Department of the Interior to retain at least 2 region-wide oil and gas lease sales per year in the Gulf of Mexico.

- As a US representative, introduced the Keeping America’s Refineries Act to address lawsuits related to refining petroleum.
- Introduced the Primacy Certainty Act to support the approval of carbon capture projects.
- Introduced the Conversation Funding Protection Act to require  the Department of the Interior to retain at least 2 region-wide oil and gas lease sales per year in the Gulf of Mexico.

As US representative, introduced legislation to speed up the hiring of Border Patrol agents and provide them with incentive pay.

Supports addressing "loopholes in our asylum laws and flaws in current immigration statutes that encourage migrants to cross into our country illegally."

Introduced legislation to allow the use of military force against "Mexican drug cartels."

- As US representative, introduced legislation to speed up the hiring of Border Patrol agents and provide them with incentive pay.
- Supports addressing "loopholes in our asylum laws and flaws in current immigration statutes that encourage migrants to cross into our country illegally."
- Introduced legislation to allow the use of military force against "Mexican drug cartels."

- Your US Representative represents the interests of your district in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. Texas currently has 36 US Representatives.
- US Representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become national law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain policy areas, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the Speaker of the House or Majority/Minority Leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a legal resident of Texas for at least seven years before their election. US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.