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John Pederson (Minnesota)

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John Pederson
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Minnesota State Senate District 14

Education

Bachelor's

Northwestern College

Graduate

Cardinal Stritch University

Personal
Profession
Part-Owner, Amcon Block & Precast Inc.
Contact

Personal website

John C. Pederson (b. March 23, 1968) is a former Republican member of the Minnesota State Senate, representing District 14 from 2011 to 2017.

Pederson did not seek re-election to the Minnesota State Senate in 2016.

Biography

Pederson earned his B.S. in business administration and biblical studies from Northwestern College and his MBA from Cardinal Stritch University. His professional experience includes working as part-owner of Amcon Block & Precast, Inc, and as an instructor at St. Cloud Technical College, Rasmussen College and Dale Carnegie.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Pederson served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Pederson served on the following committees:

Minnesota committee assignments, 2012
• Capital Investment
• Finance
• Transportation and Public Safety

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Pederson served on the following committees:

Campaign themes

2012

Pederson's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]

  • Excerpt: "First, we need to ask our legislators to hold spending increases to the current rate of inflation and population growth and live within our means."
  • Excerpt: "Second, we need a state government to have a balanced budget to eliminate the uncertainty that people have about taking risks on their creative ideas and expand new or current businesses in our current economy."
  • Excerpt: "Third, we need an equal playing field for the small businesses that compete throughout the Midwest. If the costs of doing business in Minnesota are higher than surrounding states then our good jobs will move to other states."
  • Excerpt: "That is nearly double digit growth every year with single digit growth in the private sector economy. Can you imagine if Minnesota families like yours and mine allowed our expenses to increase in this manner (10-15%) when our increases in wages are 3-5%?"
  • Excerpt: "The state legislature needs to work to develop a funding formula that takes away the conflicts between the Boards of Education (taxpayer representatives) and our education workforce (teachers and staff)."

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2016

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Minnesota State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016. Incumbent John Pederson (R) did not seek re-election.

Jerry Relph defeated Dan Wolgamott and Steven Zilberg in the Minnesota State Senate District 14 general election.[2][3]

Minnesota State Senate, District 14 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jerry Relph 47.45% 17,519
     Democratic Dan Wolgamott 47.07% 17,378
     Libertarian Steven Zilberg 5.47% 2,021
Total Votes 36,918
Source: Minnesota Secretary of State


Dan Wolgamott ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 14 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Minnesota State Senate, District 14 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dan Wolgamott  (unopposed)


Jerry Relph ran unopposed in the Minnesota State Senate District 14 Republican primary.[4][5]

Minnesota State Senate, District 14 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jerry Relph  (unopposed)

2012

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2012

Pederson won election in District 14 in 2012 after redistricting. He defeated Jerry McCarter (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[6][7]

Minnesota State Senate, District 14, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Pederson Incumbent 52.6% 19,351
     Democratic Jerry McCarter 47.4% 17,434
Total Votes 36,785

2010

See also: Minnesota State Senate elections, 2010

Pederson had no opponent in the primary. He defeated Bruce Hentges (DFL) in the general election.[8]

Minnesota State Senate, District 15 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png John Pederson (R) 13495 50.78%
Bruce Hentges (DFL) 13035 49.05%
Write-In 43 0.16%

Campaign finance summary

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John Pederson campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2012Minnesota State Senate, District 14Won $95,280 N/A**
2010Minnesota State House, District 15Won $60,823 N/A**
Grand total$156,103 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Minnesota

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2017

In 2017, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from January 3 through May 22. The legislature held a special session from May 23 to May 26.

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to labor issues.
Legislators are scored on their support for the organization's principles, which it defines as "provid[ing] a basis for a constitutionally limited government established to sustain life, liberty, justice, property rights and free enterprise."
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to education.
Legislators are scored on their votes on labor issues.
Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
Legislators are scored on how they voted on tax and fiscal legislation.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2016


2015


2014


2013


2012


2011

Taxpayers League of Minnesota

The Taxpayers League of Minnesota, a Minnesota-based taxpayer advocacy organization, releases a legislative scorecard for the Minnesota House of Representatives and Minnesota State Senate once a year. The scorecard gives each legislator a score based on how they voted in the prior legislative term on tax issues and “their efforts to balance the state budget without a tax increase.” The organization also compiles a legislator’s individual "Lifetime Score."[9]

2013

Pederson received a score of 54 percent in the 2013 scorecard, ranking 28th out of all 67 Minnesota State Senate members.[10]

2012

Pederson received a score of 43 percent in the 2012 scorecard, ranking 26th out of all 67 Minnesota State Senate members.[11]

2011

Pederson received a score of 77 percent in the 2011 scorecard, ranking 16th out of all 67 Minnesota State Senate members.[12]

Personal

Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update.
Pederson is married with three children.

Recent news

This section links to a Google news search for the term John + Pederson + Minnesota + Senate

John Pederson News Feed

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "pedersonforsenate," Official Campaign Website
  2. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
  3. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016
  6. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "State of Minnesota Canvassing Report," accessed May 25, 2014
  7. ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Canvassing Report - State Primary - Tuesday, August 14, 2012," accessed April 23, 2014
  8. ↑ Secretary of State Official general election results
  9. ↑ Taypayers League of Minnesota, "Legislative Scorecards," accessed May 15, 2014
  10. ↑ Taypayers League of Minnesota, "Legislative Scorecard, 2013," accessed May 15, 2014
  11. ↑ Taypayers League of Minnesota, "Legislative Scorecard, 2012," accessed May 15, 2014
  12. ↑ Taypayers League of Minnesota, "Legislative Scorecard, 2011," accessed May 15, 2014
Political offices
Preceded by
Michelle Fischbach (R) 		Minnesota State Senate District 14
2013-2017 		Succeeded by
Jerry Relph (R)
Preceded by
Tarryl Clark (DFL) 		Minnesota State Senate District 15
2011–2013 		Succeeded by
Dave Brown (R)


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