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Janet Petersen

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Janet Petersen


Minority Leader of the Iowa Senate
In office October 22, 2017 – January 11, 2021
Preceded by	Rob Hogg
Succeeded by	Zach Wahls
Member of the Iowa Senate from the 18th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 14, 2013
Preceded by	Liz Mathis
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 64th district
In office January 8, 2001 – January 13, 2013
Preceded by	Jack Holveck
Succeeded by	Bruce Bearinger

Personal details
Born	(1970-08-01) August 1, 1970 (age 53) Beaverdale, Iowa, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Brian Pattinson
Education	University of Northern Iowa (BA) Drake University (MA)
Website	Campaign website

Janet Petersen (born August 1, 1970) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Iowa Senate representing the 18th District since January 2013. She previously served as the Senate Minority Leader and has previously represented the 64th district in the Iowa House of Representatives between 2001 and 2013. She received her BA from the University of Northern Iowa and her MA from Drake University.

Petersen serves on several committees in the Iowa Senate – the Government Oversight, Judiciary, State Government and Ways & Means committees. She also serves as the ranking member of the Commerce Committee. Petersen served as state Senate minority leader after replacing Rob Hogg in October 2017.^[1] She was the first woman to lead the Senate Democratic caucus.

Career[edit]

Before her election to the state legislature, Petersen worked for the '92 Clinton-Gore campaign, the American Heart Association, and Strategic America, a marketing communications firm.^[2]

Since becoming a politician, much of her private work has focused on making Iowa "the safest place in the nation to have a baby". In 2004, she helped launch a stillbirth registry project that brings in more than $2 million a year to find causes and cures of stillbirths.^[2]

Electoral history[edit]

*incumbent

Election			Party	Votes	%
Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2000 ^[3] District 72 Turnout: 3,228	Democratic	Janet Petersen	Democratic	1,897	58.8
	Democratic	Kevin McCarthy	Democratic	1,289	39.9
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2000 ^[4] District 72 Turnout: 13,701	Democratic hold	Janet Petersen	Democratic	8,843	64.5
	Democratic hold	Jeff Chavannes	Republican	4,843	35.3
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2002 ^[5] District 64	Democratic (newly redistricted)	Janet Petersen*	Democratic	unopposed
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2004 ^[6] District 64 Turnout: 15,673	Democratic hold	Janet Petersen*	Democratic	9,876	63.0
	Democratic hold	Eric Goranson	Republican	5,781	36.9
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2006 ^[7] District 64	Democratic hold	Janet Petersen*	Democratic	unopposed
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2008 ^[8] District 64 Turnout: 15,323	Democratic hold	Janet Petersen*	Democratic	10,259	67.0
	Democratic hold	Steve Svejda	Republican	5,034	32.9
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2010 ^[9]^[10] District 64 Turnout: 12,376	Democratic hold	Janet Petersen*	Democratic	6,689	54.0
		Dan Kennedy	Republican	3,626	29.3
		Vicki Stogdill	Independent	1,490	12.0
Iowa Senate elections, 2012 ^[11] District 18 Turnout: 28,968	Democratic (newly redistricted)	Janet Petersen	Democratic	18,954	69.2
	Democratic (newly redistricted)	Jeff Chavannes	Republican	8,455	30.8
Iowa Senate elections, 2016 ^[12] District 18	Democratic hold	Janet Petersen	Democratic	unopposed

References[edit]

^ "Iowa Senate Democrats oust Hogg, opt for new leadership with Petersen".

^ ^a ^b "About - State Senator Janet Petersen". Iowa Senate. Retrieved 2017-02-28.

^ "June 6, 2000 - Primary Election" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 15, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-19.

^ "November 7, 2000 - General Election, Iowa Official Results, State House of Representatives" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2002-07-16. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 15, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-19.

^ "Canvass Summary - Final - 2002 General Election (11/5/2002)" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2002-12-02. p. 34. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2003-03-09. Retrieved 2011-09-19.

^ "Canvass Summary - Final - 2004 General Election (11/2/2004)" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2004-12-06. p. 32. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-04. Retrieved 2011-09-19.

^ "Official Results Report - Statewide, 2006 General Election 11-07-2006" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2006-11-21. p. 41. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-15. Retrieved 2011-09-19.

^ "November 4, 2008 General Election Results". Iowa Secretary of State. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved 2011-09-19.

^ "Official Results Report, General Election held November 2, 2010" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2010-12-16. p. 105. Retrieved 2011-09-19.^{[permanent dead link]}

^ "Sample Ballot, State Representative, District 64" (PDF). Polk County Auditor. Retrieved 2011-10-28.

^ "Official Results Report, General Election held November 6, 2010" (PDF). Iowa Secretary of State. 2012-12-16. p. 29. Retrieved 2017-02-28.

^ "Janet Petersen Elections". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2017-02-28.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Janet Petersen.

Senator Janet Petersen official Iowa General Assembly site
ProfileatVote Smart
AppearancesonC-SPAN

Iowa House of Representatives
Preceded by Jack Holveck	Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 72nd district 2001–2003	Succeeded by Rich Arnold
Preceded by Mark Smith	Member of the Iowa House of Representatives from the 64th district 2003–2013	Succeeded by Bruce Bearinger
Iowa Senate
Preceded by Liz Mathis	Member of the Iowa Senate from the 18th district 2013–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Rob Hogg	Minority Leader of the Iowa Senate 2017–2021	Succeeded by Zach Wahls