Janet Petersen

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Janet Petersen
Member of the Iowa House of Representatives
from the 64th district
72nd (2001 – 2003)
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 8, 2001
Preceded by Jack Holveck
Personal details
Born August 1, 1970 (1970-08-01) (age 41)
Des Moines, Iowa
Political party Democrat
Spouse(s) Brian
Residence Des Moines, Iowa
Religion Disciples of Christ
Website Petersen's website

Janet Petersen (born August 1, 1970) is the Iowa State Representative from the 64th District. She has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2001. She received her BA from the University of Northern Iowa and her MA from Drake University.

As of October 2011, Petersen serves on several committees in the Iowa House - the Human Resources, Transportation, and Ways and Means committees. She also serves as the ranking member of the Government Oversight and Joint Government Oversight committees and as a member of the Electronic Health Information Advisory Council.

[edit] Electoral history

*incumbent

Election Political result Candidate Party Votes %
Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2000 [1]
District 72
Turnout: 3,228
Democratic Janet Petersen Democratic 1,897 58.8
Kevin McCarthy Democratic 1,289 39.9
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2000 [2]
District 72
Turnout: 13,701
Democratic hold Janet Petersen Democratic 8,843 64.5
Jeff Chavannes Republican 4,843 35.3
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2002 [3]
District 64
Democratic (newly redistricted) Janet Petersen* Democratic unopposed
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2004 [4]
District 64
Turnout: 15,673
Democratic hold Janet Petersen* Democratic 9,876 63.0
Eric Goranson Republican 5,781 36.9
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2006 [5]
District 64
Democratic hold Janet Petersen* Democratic unopposed
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2008 [6]
District 64
Turnout: 15,323
Democratic hold Janet Petersen* Democratic 10,259 67.0
Steve Svejda Republican 5,034 32.9
Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2010 [7][8]
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

[edit] References

  1. ^ "June 6, 2000 - Primary Election". Iowa Secretary of State. p. 30. http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfS/2000%20G%20IH.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  2. ^ "November 7, 2000 - General Election, Iowa Official Results, State House of Representatives". Iowa Secretary of State. 2002-07-16. p. 16. http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfS/2000%20G%20IH.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  3. ^ "Canvass Summary - Final - 2002 General Election (11/5/2002)". Iowa Secretary of State. 2002-12-02. p. 34. http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2002/results/Canvass%20Summary.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  4. ^ "Canvass Summary - Final - 2004 General Election (11/2/2004)". Iowa Secretary of State. 2004-12-06. p. 32. http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2004/general/CanvassSummary.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  5. ^ "Official Results Report - Statewide, 2006 General Election 11-07-2006". Iowa Secretary of State. 2006-11-21. p. 41. http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/GenOffResults.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  6. ^ "November 4, 2008 General Election Results". Iowa Secretary of State. http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/results/2008GeneralResults.html. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  7. ^ "Official Results Report, General Election held November 2, 2010". Iowa Secretary of State. 2010-12-16. p. 105. http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2010/gensummaryorr.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-19. 
  8. ^ "Sample Ballot, State Representative, District 64". Polk County Auditor. http://auditor.co.polk.ia.us/election/10general/house64.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-28. 

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Iowa House of Representatives
Preceded by
Jack Holveck
72nd District
2001 – 2003
Succeeded by
Richard Arnold
Preceded by
Mark Smith
64th District
2003 – present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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