Governor Tom Vilsack Name Sally Pederson Resigned 2007 Profession Editor | Succeeded by Patty Judge Education Iowa State University Preceded by Joy Corning Role Editor | |
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Born January 13, 1951 (age 73)
Ottumwa, Iowa ( 1951-01-13 ) | ||
Political party Iowa Democratic Party | ||
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Sally Pederson (born January 13, 1951) is an American politician and editor who served as the Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1999 to 2007. A Democrat, she is a native of Vinton, Iowa. She graduated from Iowa State University in Ames.
Prior to being elected lieutenant governor on the Vilsack-Pederson ticket in 1998, Pederson served as an executive with the Meredith Corporation in Des Moines, Iowa. She also worked as an editor for Better Homes and Gardens magazine. She ran for lieutenant governor again in 2002 and was re-elected.
During the 2004 presidential election, prior to the selection of John Edwards as the vice presidential candidate, it was widely rumored that Vilsack would be asked to become presidential candidate John Kerry's running mate. It was later rumoredthat Vilsack would have been offered a cabinet-level position in the event of a Kerry victory. Had that occurred, Pederson would have become the first female Governor of Iowa (this distinction ultimately went to Kim Reynolds in 2017).