Candidate for
State Senator; District 28; Libertarian Party

A 35 year resident of California, Peter D. De Baets was raised in a small central San Joaquin valley farm town where he was an "A" student, a little league center fielder, and a Fresno Bee newspaper delivery boy.

He left the cotton fields and thick Tule fog to attend UCLA in 1980, and earned his bachelor's degree in Math/Computer Science in 1984.

Peter immediately began gaining a wide variety of experience in the business world working as a systems analyst and programmer for many different industries including health insurance, retail sales, oil and gas, hospital, defense, clothing manufacturing, entertainment, construction, satellite TV, and eventually by starting his own retail software business.

During this time, Peter also traveled around the world, visiting 19 countries in just over a year, and played lead guitar in a rock and roll band.

As a pro-Liberty activist, Peter has helped to put utility tax reduction initiatives on the ballot in different Southern California cities, and has organized, and participates regularly in, drug war protests and other Liberty-related events.

Peter is currently working on building his business, on his roller hockey slap shot, and on his conditioning for the upcoming beach volleyball season.