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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.


Early life and education

A Democrat, she is a native of
Vinton, Iowa Vinton is a city in Benton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,938 in the 2020 census, a decrease from 5,102 in 2000. It is also part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. Vinton is the county seat of Benton County. ...
. She graduated in 1973 from
Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a Public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricult ...
in Ames, where she was a member of
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.


Career

Prior to being elected lieutenant governor on the Vilsack-Pederson ticket in
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
, Pederson served as an executive with the Meredith Corporation in
Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in Iowa, most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is the county seat of Polk County, Iowa, Polk County with parts extending into Warren County, Iowa, Wa ...
. 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 Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who represented North Carolina in the United States Senate from 1999 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the vice presidential nominee under ...
as the vice presidential candidate, it was widely rumored that Vilsack would be asked to become presidential candidate
John Kerry John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat who served as the 68th United States secretary of state from 2013 to 2017 in the Presidency of Barack Obama#Administration, administration of Barac ...
's running mate. It was later rumored that 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 A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' ma ...
(this distinction ultimately went to
Kim Reynolds Kimberly Kay Reynolds (née Strawn, August 4, 1959) is an American politician from Iowa. A Republican, Reynolds has served since 2017 as the 43rd governor of Iowa. She is the first female governor in Iowa history. Reynolds was elected Clarke ...
in 2017). Pederson declined to run to succeed Vilsack as Governor of Iowa in the 2006 election.


See also

* List of female lieutenant governors in the United States


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pederson, Sally 1951 births Lieutenant governors of Iowa Living people Politicians from Des Moines, Iowa Iowa Democrats State political party chairs of Iowa Women in Iowa politics Politicians from Ottumwa, Iowa People from Vinton, Iowa 21st-century American women