Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Mahaifin Peterson, Donald Peterson, ya kasance fitaccen jagora a Jam'iyyar Democrat ta Wisconsin a shekarun 1960 da 70. Ya jagoranci tawagar jihar zuwa 1968 Democratic National Convention
a Chicago, inda ya goyi bayan dan takarar yaki Eugene McCarthy kuma ya shiga zanga-zangar da ke faruwa a waje da wurin. Daga baya Donald Peterson ya gudu a cikin Jam'iyyar Democrat na farko don zaben gwamna na Wisconsin na 1970, amma ya ci nasara da mai nasara Patrick Lucey.