In September 2017, Peters was chosen by the Burlington County Republican Committee to run for the Assembly seat after two-term incumbent
Maria Rodriguez-Gregg deciding against running for election after an incident earlier that year in which police thought that she was driving under the influence following a traffic accident. In the November 2017 general election, Peters (with 28,671 votes; 25.0% of all ballots cast) and his running mate, incumbent
Joe Howarth (with 28,841; 25.1%), defeated Democratic challengers Joanne Schwartz (28,321; 24.7%) and Maryann Merlino (28,196; 24.6%) to win both Assembly seats from the district for the Republicans. Of all 40 districts, the race in the 8th District was the closest in the state, with 650 votes separating the first and fourth vote-getters. With Joanne Schwartz, the closest Democratic candidate 350 votes behind Peters for the second seat from the district, the Democratic Party had considered filing for a recount; Peters stepped down from the Board of Chosen Freeholders, leaving Republicans to fill the seat with a candidate who could run in the November 2018 general election with fellow incumbent Kate Gibbs, with control of the board in the balance. In January 2018, former freeholder Linda Hughes was selected to fill the seat vacated by Peters when he took office in the Assembly. On January 14, 2020, Peters was sworn into his second term in the
New Jersey General Assembly. On January 21, 2021, Peters announced that he would not be a candidate for reelection, citing the desire to spend more time with his family.
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