Lea Marquez Peterson is an American politician who has been on the Arizona Corporation Commission since 2019.
Peterson was also the 2018 Republican nominee for Arizona's 2nd Congressional District in the U.S. House.
[1] Peterson is the first Hispanic woman to hold statewide office in Arizona.
She has also been recognized as a 2021 Most Influential Woman of the Year by AZ Big Media.
Peterson and her husband live in Tucson, Arizona with their two children.