district website state_senate predecessor successor religion birth_place party prior_term state_house birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
18th 64th -lsb- http://www.janet4iowa.com] iowa liz mathis jack holveck bruce bearinger united church of christ des moines , iowa , u.s. democratic 72nd -lrb- 2001 -- 2003 -rrb- iowa 1 august 1970 january 14 , 2013 january 8 , 2001 brian pattinson janet petersen - official portrait - 84th ga.jpg janet petersen
 january 13 , 2013 janet petersen university of northern iowa drake university
janet petersen

janet petersen -lrb- born august 1 , 1970 -rrb- 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 .
, 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 .
