Peter Lucido


Peter J. Lucido is a Republican member of the Michigan Senate. He is the Senate Majority Whip.
Before being elected to the state senate, Lucido served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the 36th district from 2015 until 2018. Lucido is a licensed attorney and he founded the law firm Lucido & Manzella, P.C. He also founded Macomb Now Magazine. Lucido is Roman Catholic.
In January 2020, Lucido attracted controversy for telling Allison Donahue, a 22-year-old female reporter for the Michigan Advance, that a visiting group of teenage boys from De La Salle Collegiate High School could "have a lot of fun" with her if she were to "hang around" with them. The comment was widely interpreted as an instance of sexual harassment, prompting the Senate Business Office of the State of Michigan to open a sexual harassment investigation against Lucido. The controversy was covered in national and international outlets like The New York Times, Teen Vogue, and the BBC News. Lucido initially agreed that he had made these remarks, apologizing for them but asserting that they were not intended to be disparaging, but later reversed his agreement and alleged that he had been misquoted. Lucido was subsequently also accused of sexual harassment by Mallory McMorrow, a fellow Michigan senator.