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Preceded by
  
Name
  
Janet Petersen

Spouse(s)
  
Brian Pattinson


Succeeded by
  
Bruce Bearinger

Preceded by
  
Political party
  
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Born
  
August 1, 1970 (age 54) Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. (
1970-08-01
)

Alma mater
  
University of Northern IowaDrake University

Religion
  
United Church of Christ

Iowa Senate Democratic Leader Janet Petersen's 2018 Opening Day Address


Iowa Senate Minority Leader Janet Petersen reacts to 2019 Condition of the State address


Janet Petersen (born August 1, 1970) is the Iowa State Senator from the 18th district. She has served in the Iowa Senate since 2013. Previously she served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013. She received her BA from the University of Northern Iowa and her MA from Drake University.

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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.

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Career

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.

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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.

Electoral history

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References

Janet Petersen Wikipedia


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